Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              collo, turdi magnitudine, quæ aduerſus cau­
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              datas ſimias: quarum ibi numerus eſt in­
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              credibilis, hoc modo ſe munit, vt nec homo
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              tot commoda aduerſus periculum inuenire
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              queat. </s>
              <s id="s.008759">Eligit primò arborem excelſam ac
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              ſpinis obſitam, vt metu terreatur ob altitu­
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              dinem, & à ſpinis arceatur ob incommo­
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              dum. </s>
              <s id="s.008760">Ramis huius arboris maximè aculeatis
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              ſuſpendit nidum prædurum, ne frangi ab
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              inimico poſſit: inſtruit aditum anguſtum, vt
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              hoſtis arceatur, ipſa ingredi: latum in imo,
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              vt commodè cum pullis degere poſſit, tum
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              maximè quòd in eodem excrementa illo­
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              rum colligere cogitur, nullo exitu patente
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              alio, quàm is, per quem in ſuprema parte eſt
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              ingreſſus. </s>
              <s id="s.008761">Verùm quia hoſtem vti nouit, ma­
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              nu non ſecùs, quàm hominem nidi longitu­
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              dinem ad quatuor palmos extendit, vt cùm
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              manum immiſerit, etiam procul abſit ab
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              imo, atque ea ratione oua, vel pullos, qui in­
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              tùs latent, tuatur. </s>
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              Regulus.
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              <s id="s.008763">Paſſer muſ­
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              catus auium
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              minimus.</s>
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              Paſſer ſtul­
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              tus.</s>
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              <s id="s.008765">Præſtant aures mirum in modum genera­
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              liter ingenio, ſagacitatéque, quòd fructibus
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              non plantis, aut deteriore aliqua colluuie
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              nutriantur, & in aëre puriore degant. </s>
              <s id="s.008766">Atque
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              inter cæteras pſittacus, quòd grandi ſit ca­
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              pite, atque in India cœlo ſyncero naſcatur:
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              vnde etiam didicit non ſolùm loqui, ſed me­
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              ditari. </s>
              <s id="s.008767">Meditantur ob ſtudium gloriæ, parti­
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              cipes enim ſunt, & huius, & amoris, vnde
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              memoria non vulgaris illis. </s>
              <s id="s.008768">Eſt varietas eo­
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              rum in coloribus magna, vnde pulcherrimi
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              etiam apud Indos exiſtimantur: nam præ­
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              ter colorum aptam varietatem illam, ſplen­
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              dor etiam quidam affulget. </s>
              <s id="s.008769">Roſtri partem
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              ſuperiorem ſola hæc auis mouet, ſed non
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              adeò frequenter aut euidenter, vt inferio­
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              rem: ipſa verò inferior pars, quæ collo iungi­
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              tur, diuiſa eſt: his duobus ad omni anima­
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              lium genere pſittacus diſtinguitur. </s>
              <s id="s.008770">Vt Cæſar
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              Scaliger, partim benedixerit, quòd ſuperio­
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              rem partem moueat, partim malè cum cro­
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              codilo eum aſſimilauerit.
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              Pſittacus.</s>
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              Pauo noſter.</s>
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              <s id="s.008773">Nullam tamen auem pulchriorem pauo­
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              ne noſtro fingere naturam poſſe credam, niſi
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              cùm videro, tot oculis in cauda tam longa
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              atque denſa plumis, tanta colorum varietate
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              tanto nitore, tam ſelectis etiam colorum ge­
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              neribus, vt nec album, quòd is alios obſcuret
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              colores, nec nigrum, quòd triſtior ſit, reci­
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              piat. </s>
              <s id="s.008774">Sunt tamen qui toto corpore candidi
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              ſint, atque pulcherrimi. </s>
              <s id="s.008775">Cuſtodes optimi
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              ædium, & vbi fures, aut ignem viderint, non
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              deſinunt clamoribus dominum admonere,
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              tum domeſticos. </s>
              <s id="s.008776">Verùm alioqui moleſti te­
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              gulas frangunt, totámque viciniam voce in­
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              quietant. </s>
              <s id="s.008777">Diu ob lucrum ſpectaculo in Græ­
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              cia fuit ex oriente, Alexandri iuſſu tranſla­
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              tus in Europam: qui illi ob decorem parci
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              imperauit. </s>
              <s id="s.008778">Sentit ipſe pulchritudinem ſuam,
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              exclamátque dum pedes intuetur, deformita­
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              tem eorum aſpernatus, caudámque in rotam
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              erigit, exponítque Soli, vt pulchrior videa­
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              tur, gaudétque hominum admiratione, qui
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              illam intuentur, ob id vſque ad laſſitudinem
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              eam continet. </s>
              <s id="s.008779">Quòd fit, vt pauo Indus, & ipſe
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              caudam ſuam miretur, in orbem conuerſam
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              geſtiens, quamuis pulchritudine multùm à
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              noſtro pauone decedat. </s>
              <s id="s.008780">Decoratur & pelle
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              circa caput, cuius colorem pro voluntatis ar­
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              bitrio mutat. </s>
              <s id="s.008781">Cùm enim varij coloris ſit, al­
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              bóque ac cinereo, quaſi diſtincti, aduenien­
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              te ſanguine modò carulea, modò rubra fit.
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              <s id="s.008782">Et cùm ſit iracundum, ſpeciem ac effectum
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              irati hominis præbet, pellem illam pro facie
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              habens. </s>
              <s id="s.008783">Sed aliud eſt maius, quod eam pel­
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              lem
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              colligit, vt vix videatur,
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              pallet: aliquando verò eam extendit, adeò vt
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              roſtrum totum integat, túncque purpurea
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              plerunque videtur. </s>
              <s id="s.008784">Indicio eſt igitur illam
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              vnà cum ſanguine extendi: quanquam &
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              viderim ſimul pallentem atque extenſam.
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              <s id="s.008785">Colligitur igitur ac contrahitur, quoniam
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              tenuis eſt, & laſſa, vt ſcroti etiam cutis, quæ
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              quandoque tota contracta videtur quando­
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              que verò extenſa multùm. </s>
              <s id="s.008786">Igitur laxitas, &
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              tenuitas, extenſionis, & contractionis cauſæ
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              ſunt. </s>
              <s id="s.008787">At de his ſuperiùs diximus. </s>
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              Zamo Indus.</s>
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              <s id="s.008789">At gallus noſter exertam ſemper habet
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              criſtam, atque rubentem, niſi malè valeat, etſi
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              rarum eſſet hoc animal, non ſolùm forma,
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              ſed cantu admiratione digniſſimum eſſet.
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              <s id="s.008790">Exultat voce, procúlque ea exauditur, & no­
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              ctu etiam ad mille atque ampliùs paſſus:
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              cùm expergiſcitur à cibo canit: plerunque
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              tamen Sole meridiante, mediáque nocte, ac
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              cùm radij primum auroram effingere inci­
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              piunt: robur igitur Solis ſequitur, & in octo
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              partes totum diuidit diem naturalem, non
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              tamen oriente Sole, ſed cùm accedit ad au­
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              roræ terminos, ſic & ante meridiem. </s>
              <s id="s.008791">Cre­
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              duntur, apud boreales horarum metam ex­
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              quiſitiſſimè ſeruare: ab eius cantu homines
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              à nocturnis terriculis ſe tutiores putant. </s>
              <s id="s.008792">Sa­
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              ginantur ac odoris ſuauitatem, & gratiam
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              ſaporis iuniperi granis. </s>
              <s id="s.008793">Præliis ac partubus
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              fauſtè occinunt, ſi prodigioſum ſit. </s>
              <s id="s.008794">Inſeri­
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              tur cum ſerpente, cane, & ſimia, culeo parri­
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              cidæ: inſons tamen huius culpæ, in maréque
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              præcipitatur. </s>
              <s id="s.008795">Vt enim ſimia homo non eſt,
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              attamen videtur, ſic qui proprium occide­
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              rit patrem. </s>
              <s id="s.008796">Serpens inſidiis anteit, inimi­
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              ciſſimúmque humano generi non ſecùs
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              ac parricida, Canes omnes odiſſe videntur,
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              ſolúmque hoc animal nulli penitus parcit,
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              neque proprio generi. </s>
              <s id="s.008797">Gallus inſons huius
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              culpæ, forſan ob gentis ſimilitudinem adii­
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              citur, quàm maximè Romani oderunt, ſeu
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              quòd ſuperbiſſimus ſit: præcipitatur in ma­
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              re, velut omni indignum elemento, & cuius
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              ſocietate aër, terra, aquáque inficerentur,
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              ob id culeo inſuitur, virgis ſanguineis priùs
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              verberatus. </s>
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              Gallus.</s>
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              Galli cantus
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              cur.</s>
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              Cur gallus
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              ſimia,
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              canis cul
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              parricidæ in
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              ſerantur. </s>
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              <s id="s.008801">Sed his relictis ſuperſtitionibus ad natu­
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              ræ leges ſanctiſſimas, ac prudentiſſimas re­
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              uertamur. </s>
              <s id="s.008802">Decretum erat, aues facere, quæ
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              volarent, aërémque hunc decorarent (nam
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              hoc de auibus pro cæterorum etiam anima­
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              lium ratione exemplum ſumptum ſit (ob id
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              capite leuiſſimo illas eſſe oportuit: quamob­
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              rem inter cuncta animantia aues minimo ca­
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              pite ſunt: & quæ magnum inter aues habent,
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              tenue os, ac cerebro inane ſortiuntur, aláſque
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              magnas. </s>
              <s id="s.008803">Ad capitis paruitatem duo
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              tur detrimenta, alterum vt ſtolidæ eſſent, al­
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              terum, vt dentibus carerent: nam
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              par­
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              uum capiti paruo neceſſarium fuit,
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              ob id nulli vſui, tum quòd robur non eſſe
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              illis poterat, tum quia roſtri, & oris par­
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              uitas, ne mandere poſſent, impediebat. </s>
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