Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              Cultoris ido
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              lorum ad­
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              uerſus reli­
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              quas leges
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              contentio.</s>
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              Iudæi cum
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              Mahumeta­
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              no, & Chri­
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              ſtiano diſpu­
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              tatio.</s>
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              <s id="s.009101">Sic illa euerſa, Iudæus aduerſus Chriſtia­
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              nos inſurgit. </s>
              <s id="s.009102">Si quæ fabulæ in noſtra lege
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              continentur, omnes ad vos tranſierunt, qui
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              noſtram legem recipitis. </s>
              <s id="s.009103">Dei vnius ſimplici­
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              tatem nemo adeò ſyncere vt nos colimus,
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              cuius etiam initium a nobis eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.009104">Miracula &
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              prodigia maiora, quàm vlla in lege alia, &
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              gentis nobilitas. </s>
              <s id="s.009105">Tum illi aduerſus eam: Non
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              placuiſſe Deo quicquid periit: illos in ſuos
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              prophetas ſæuiſſe: abominabile fuiſſe genus
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              eorum ſemper omnibus illos qui à Chriſtia­
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              nis ac Mahumetanis coluntur, à lege ſua iuſ­
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              ſos adorari. </s>
              <s id="s.009106">Hac exploſa rurſus Chriſtianus
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              aduerſus Mahumetanum diſputat: acrior eſt
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              hæc pugna, quæ magnis viribus vtrinque
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              innititur, & ex qua regnorum, & prouincia­
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              rum ſalus pendet. </s>
              <s id="s.009107">Chriſtianus quatuor ma­
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              ximè innititur fundamentis: prophetarum
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              primò teſtimonio, adeò diligenter omnia,
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              quæ de Chriſto euenerunt
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              , vt non
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              prædicta quis exiſtimet, ſed recitata poſt fa­
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              ctum putet. </s>
              <s id="s.009108">Hi nihil de Mahumete pronun­
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              ciant. </s>
              <s id="s.009109">Miraculorum deinde Chriſti autorita­
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              te, quæ tanta fuerunt ac talia, vt non ſint
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              Mahumetanorum prodigiis comparanda: vt
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              mortuorum reſurrectio, Lazari & puellæ, &
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              filij viduæ. </s>
              <s id="s.009110">At Mahumetanorum miracula,
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              caſus lapidum ab auibus nigris, vel occulta­
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              tio in ſpelunca, velut in Alcorano ſuo docet
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              vel quòd miſſus, aut tranſlatus ex Mecha in
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              Hieroſolymam in vna nocte: ſeu quòd in
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              cœlum aſſumptus ſit, aut quòd Lunam diui­
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              ſerit: quæ omnia aut teſte carent, aut miracu­
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              la non ſunt. </s>
              <s id="s.009111">Lapides enim ab auibus demiſ­
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              ſos, prodigioſum etſi ſit, & fuiſſe concedatur
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              non
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              eſt miraculum: at Lunam diuiſam
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              videri, nec miraculum eſt, nec prodigioſum.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.009112">Transferri autem à Mecha in
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              ,
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              vel in cœlum aſcendiſſe, eſſet miraculum, ſed
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              teſte caret. </s>
              <s id="s.009113">Tertia ratio à præceptis pendet
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              Chriſti, quæ nil continet à Philoſophia mo­
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              rali, aut naturali abſonum. </s>
              <s id="s.009114">Nam illius vitam
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              æquare nemo quamuis optimus, imitari au­
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              tem quilibet poteſt. </s>
              <s id="s.009115">Quid poteſt? </s>
              <s id="s.009116">imò quan­
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              tum ab illius exemplo abſcedis, tantum ne­
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              farij moris induis. </s>
              <s id="s.009117">At Mahumetus cædes &
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              bella conſulit, & turrim in Paradiſo: Para­
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              diſum autem in quo nubant, formoſi pueri
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              miniſtrent, carnes edant & poma, bibant
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              nectar, recumbant ſericeis lectis: & gemmas,
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              ſericeáque ſtrata in vmbra plantarum poſſi­
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              deant. </s>
              <s id="s.009118">Qui ſani ſenſus hæc ferat? </s>
              <s id="s.009119">Abſurda
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              nonne ſunt, quòd fingat Deum aſcendere ad
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              cœlum è terris, & quòd ipſe etiam per dæ­
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              monas ſeruos ſuos, iuret. </s>
              <s id="s.009120">Quid quòd hiſtoria,
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              etiamſi ſit, quum potius fabula, ad minus
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              quinquies de camelo repetita? </s>
              <s id="s.009121">Accedit vlti­
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              mo pro Chriſtianis coniectura, quòd pau­
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              ciſſimis imperitis, pauperibuſque aduerſus
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              tot Cæſares, ditiſſimóſque ſacrificos idolo­
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              rum, lex ipſa noſtra promulgata ſit, orbém­
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              que totum etiam hæreſibus debilitata inte­
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              ſtinis occupauerit. </s>
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            <p type="margin">
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              Chriſtiani
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              cum Mahu­
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              metano con­
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              tentio.</s>
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              <s id="s.009123">At Mahumetani & ipſi munimenta ha­
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              bent. </s>
              <s id="s.009124">Primùm, quòd Chriſtiani, non eam
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              quam ipſi in Deo
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              colant, & quòd
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              Chriſticolæ imagines venerantur, videan­
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              turque deorum non Dei vnius cultores. </s>
              <s id="s.009125">Suc­
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              cedit argumentum ex euentu, cùm tot victo­
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              rias iam obtinuerint, tot occupauerint pro­
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              uincias, vt vix Mahumetanæ legis Chriſtia­
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              na certa pars dici poſſet, ni beneficio Cæſa­
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              ris noſtri iam alius orbis Chriſtiani cultus
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              religione paſſim imbutus eſſet. </s>
              <s id="s.009126">Hem dicunt,
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              Deum melius ſentientibus fauere, eſt veriſi­
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              mile: nec cùm poſſit tot ſeruare minimo au­
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              xilio, quaſi illis infenſus, eos ſpontè perdat.
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              <s id="s.009127">Vita verò illorum atque mores mutatis vi­
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              cibus, cum nos Mahumetem, illi Chriſtum
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              imitari videantur, legi ſuæ non paruam tri­
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              buit autoritatem: orant, ieiunant, ſimplici
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              vtuntur cultu, imò ſimpliſſimo, abſtinent à
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              cædibus, alea, adulteriis, ac improbis erga
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              Deum,
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              blaſphemiis, quibus qua­
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              tuor potiſſimè vitiis populus Chriſtianus pe­
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              nè obtritus totus eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.009128">Quid ſi mulierum
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                ſtatem</expan>
              , & templorum cultum inſpicias? </s>
              <s id="s.009129">Deni­
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              que quod ad miracula attinet, nos recitata,
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              ipſos præſentia habere dicunt. </s>
              <s id="s.009130">Alij multis
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              diebus abſtinent cibo, alij igne vruntur, ac
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              ferro ſecantur, nullum doloris
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              præ­
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              ferentes: multi ſunt vocem è pectore
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                tes</expan>
              , qui olim engaſtrimuthi dicebantur: hoc
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              maximè eis contingit cùm Orgia quæ­
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              dam exercent, atque circumferuntur in
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              .
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              <s id="s.009131">Quæ tria vt veriſſima ſunt, & naturali ra­
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              tione mira tamen conſtant, cuius ſuperiùs
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              mentionem fecimus, ita illud confectum
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              naſci pueros è mulieribus abſque concubitu. </s>
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              Azoaris 15.
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              & 52.</s>
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              <s id="s.009133">Sed hæc parum Philoſophis attinent, pro
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              quibus inſtitutus eſt ſermo: ad
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              miracula tranſeamus. </s>
              <s id="s.009134">Adeò refert varietas
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              loci, vt ſub vtroque polo nox vna ſit perpe­
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              tua ſex menſium, dieſque
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              illi
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                tes</expan>
              : ſed & in locis proximis quatuor, in remo­
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              tioribus duorum, vel vnius menſis. </s>
              <s id="s.009135">Ita vt in
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              Nugardia vrbe olim ditiſſima, nunc Moſcho
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              regi ſubdita, templo ampliſſimo adhuc inſi­
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              gni, vbi mella nullo cultu in nemoribus pro­
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              ueniunt, æſtate lux vna pluribus diebus ma­
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              neat: atque hæc ex ſphæræ ratione: qua con­
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              ſtare non poteſt, quod Haitomus de Hanſem
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              regione ( ea poſita eſt inter Moſchicum &
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              Antitaurum montes, non procul ab vrbe
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              Zoriga
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              (
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              refert, ſcilicet perpetuis eſſe in te­
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              nebris: atque ob id inacceſſam eſſe. </s>
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              Tenebræ ſex
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              menſium, &
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              dies in qui­
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              buſdam re­
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              gionibus.</s>
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              <s id="s.009137">Eſt & aliud diſcrimen in regionibus à ca­
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              lore ac frigore:
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              enim ſunt iuxta po­
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              los, gelu rigent: quæ ſub zona
                <expan abbr="quã">quam</expan>
              Sol pre­
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              mit, æſtu feruent: mediæ ſunt
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              pro­
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              ximæ. </s>
              <s id="s.009138">Sub polis ciuitates eſſe populoſas eſt
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              impoſſibile, quoniam ſterilis eſt terra, &
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                commoda</expan>
              vectio frugum: quamobrem aut pa­
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              lantes viuere neceſſe eſt, aut in paruis vil­
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              lis. </s>
              <s id="s.009139">Qui verò temperatam incolunt
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              ,
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              mediocres habent vrbes: nam
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              fru­
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              ges in eas euehunt, & melius ac tutius in his
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              quàm in villis verſantur:
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              multitudine ho­
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              minum, & muris ſunt firmiores,
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              ſibi
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              inuicem melius auxilio eſſe poſſunt. </s>
              <s id="s.009140">Conti­
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              git tamen Romæ, quòd orbis imperium ob­
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              tinuerit, magnitudo incredibilis,
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              mænio­
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              rum, ſed populi. </s>
              <s id="s.009141">At in feruidis regionib. ma­
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              ximas ciuitates eſſe neceſſe eſt:
                <expan abbr="primũ">primum</expan>
              , quòd
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              ſoli pars aut ſterilis eſt, ſi aquis careat: aut
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              fertiliſſima, ſi abundet: ob hanc
                <expan abbr="inæqualitatẽ">inæqualitatem</expan>
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              cùm locus multitudini alendæ oportunus in­
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              uenitur, pars eſt ampliſſimam vrbem condi,
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                <expan abbr="numeroſiſſimumq;">numeroſiſſimumque</expan>
              populum in eam conflue­
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              re. </s>
              <s id="s.009142">Alia potentior cauſa eſt, quòd cùm procul </s>
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