Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              vitæ eſt indicium: parum verò augeri & ce­
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              leriter, breuiſſimæ vitæ eſt argumentum:
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              nam humidum quod facillimè extenditur,
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              celeriter etiam conſumitur: quod verò tar­
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              dè conſumitur, pingue eſt ac denſum, &
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              minimè aqueum, & ob id etiam non faci­
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              lè extenditur. </s>
              <s id="s.009429">Ob id elephas, inde homo,
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              pòſt camelus, qui ad centeſimum quando­
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              que annum attingit, vitæ longiſſimæ cen­
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              ſentur.
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              Reſpiratio­
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              nis varietas.</s>
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              Maximum
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              ſignum vita
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              longaus.</s>
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              Longæua vi­
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              ta progenito­
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              rum autoris.</s>
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              <s id="s.009433">Accepi ex monumentis tabellariorum,
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              ab ortu abaui mei paterni Aldi, ad hanc
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              vſque diem 269. annos iam fluxiſſe, vt nul­
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              la familia vitæ longioris in Italia eſſe cre­
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              datur. </s>
              <s id="s.009434">Contigit & fermè ſimile in mater­
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              no genere, è pro auo enim Aluyſio vſque
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              ad hanc diem anni fluxere 170. Cauſa lon­
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              gitudinis vitæ in homine eſt calor maximus,
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              & humidi pinguis abundantia, & tenuitas
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              ſolida: breuitatis autem, multa reſolutio.
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              Homo igitur natura calidiſſimus, atque hu­
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              midiſſimus eſt, ob id etiam malorum mo­
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              rum: calore enim euaſit crudele, doloſum,
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              inconſtans, & iracundum: humido verò flu­
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              xum, enerue, laboris impatiens, & delicia­
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              rum amator, vtroque autem guloſum, ac
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              libidinoſum. </s>
              <s id="s.009435">Ob id etiam ſapientes cùm ca­
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              lidiſſimi ſint natura, ac humidiſſimi, pro­
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              pterea niſi Philiſophia proficiant, peſſimi
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              omnium ſunt. </s>
              <s id="s.009436">Adiuuat ad hæc perpetranda
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              induſtria, quàm ex ſtudiis acquiſierunt: &
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              melancholia, quæ reſoluto humore pin­
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              guiore gignitur ex ſuperfluis ſtudiis, atque
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              vigiliis. </s>
              <s id="s.009437">Vnde nephanda perpeſſo, egiſſé­
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              que ſapientes, nihil aliud eſt dicere, quàm
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              naturam ſecutos, non profuiſſe illis Philo­
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              ſophiæ ſtudium. </s>
              <s id="s.009438">Itaque & reſolutio humidi,
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              vitæ breuitatis cauſa eſt, vt abundantia diu­
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              turnitatis. </s>
              <s id="s.009439">Ea ratione etiam animalia minus
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              viuunt plantis: nam moueri illa neceſſarium
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              erat, igitur & habere calorem, qui conſu­
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              meret, calore humidum conſumente (vt di­
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              xi) vita breuior fit. </s>
              <s id="s.009440">Porrò tenuitas omnibus
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              rebus ſi ſoliditati iungatur vtilis eſt, iucun­
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              da atque grata: in paruis autem etiam ne­
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              ceſſaria. </s>
              <s id="s.009441">Apes quia tenui ſubſtantia ſunt,
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              ideò ſagaciſſimæ & diu viuunt, vt ad
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              ſeptimum annum. </s>
              <s id="s.009442">Vnde Virgilius ille Maro:
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              —— Neque enim plus ſeptima ducitur æſtas.
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              Homo cur
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              malorum
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              morum.</s>
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                <expan abbr="Sapiẽtes">Sapientes</expan>
              cur
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              peſſimi viri.</s>
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                <expan abbr="Sapiẽtes">Sapientes</expan>
              cur
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                <expan abbr="melãcholici">melancholici</expan>
              .</s>
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              Plantæ aut
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              animalibus
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              diuturniores.
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              <s id="s.009447">Subtilitas in
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              omnibus vti­
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              lis, ſed in
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              paruis neceſ­
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              ſaria.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.009448">Vitæ longæ­
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              uæ quorun­
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              dam anima­
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              lium paruo­
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              rum.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.009449">Hiſtoria de
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              tenuitate
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              cadauerum.</s>
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              <s id="s.009450">Formica etiam ipſa diu viuit, ac quan­
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              tum apis. </s>
              <s id="s.009451">Sunt qui teſtudinis vitam ad ſe­
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              xaginta, atque amplius annos producunt,
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              argumento quòd multum & tardè creſcant,
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              quòd ( vt dixi ) argumentum non ſolùm in
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              hominibus, ſed & animalibus omnibus, &
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              plantis valet. </s>
              <s id="s.009452">Hominem igitur inter omnia
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              eſſe tenuiſſimæ ſubſtantiæ, tum illius adi­
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              pem, oſtendit ſepulchrum Ducis Alexandri
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              Florentiæ, quod cùm ex candidiſſimo mar­
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              more, craſſóque conſtaret, pinguedine ta­
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              men cadaueris, tranſeunte fœdatum eſt ma­
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              cula tum baſis, decidentibus in eam guttu­
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              lis columnarum. </s>
              <s id="s.009453">Alphonſi quoque Auali,
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              quanquam medicamentis plurimis tum ſale,
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              ac ſabulo ſiccatum eſſet cadauer, pinguedo
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              tranſmeans plumbum in ſubiectas è loculo
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              petras decidens eas fœdauit: & tamen mor­
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              tuorum corpora non ſunt tantæ tenuitatis,
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              quantæ viuentium. </s>
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              <s id="s.009454">Duo igitur dona mortalium præcipua,
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              diuturnitas atque nobilitas, ab ipſa tenui­
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              tate quaſi parente profluunt. </s>
              <s id="s.009455">Maximè igitur
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              paratus Veneri inter omnia animantia ter­
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              rena, homo quidem eſt: quia calidiſſimus
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              eſt, & humidiſſimus: vincitur tamen ab
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              auibus, quoniam hæ parum admodum emit­
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              tunt ſeminis, etiam pro corporis ratione, &
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              quia teſtes intus habent. </s>
              <s id="s.009456">Sapientes autem
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              ob contemplationem ad Venerem minus
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              ſunt prompti, quoniam ſpiritus ob ſtudium
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              reſoluuntur, feruntúrque à corde in contra­
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              riam partem genitalium, ſcilicet verſus ce­
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              rebrum, & ob id, & debiles, ac maximè ſi­
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              bi diſſimiles generant filios. </s>
              <s id="s.009457">Itaque iuuat
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              maximè cum pulchris verſari puellis, & hi­
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              ſtoriam legere amatoriam. </s>
              <s id="s.009458">Quinetiam depi­
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              ctas virgines formoſas habere in cubiculis,
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              & Venerem nunquam omninò intermitte­
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              re, tum maximè cùm rara ad alleuandum
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              curas nihil ſit melius: balnea etiam his qui
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              ob texturæ laxitatem nimis reſoluuntur,
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              ſunt vtilia. </s>
              <s id="s.009459">Verùm erectio ipſa virgæ à fla­
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              tu craſſiore fit, & quandoque dum detru­
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              ditur ob alacritatem, aut commiſeratione
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              virga erigitur. </s>
              <s id="s.009460">Quibuſdam dum ſuſpende­
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              rentur membrum tendi videbam, eſtque
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              hoc genus conuulſionis. </s>
              <s id="s.009461">Imaginatio etiam
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              doloris alieni, in aliquibus ſuſcitat Vene­
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              rem, adeò quòd ( vt refert Ioannes Miran­
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              dula ) quidam non arrigebat niſi vapularet,
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              multi niſi verberarent. </s>
              <s id="s.009462">Alij etiam dum eru­
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              beſcunt, aut timent, à Veneris vſu prohi­
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              bentur, & ſe veneficiis petitos exiſtimant.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.009463">Multa ſunt quæ huic malo occurrere cre­
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              duntur: & formicæ volantes oleo ſambuci­
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              no
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              (
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              vt dicunt ) exceptæ & membro virili
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              illitæ: tum multa alia, de quibus dictum
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              eſt, dicetúrque inferiùs, quæ ad imagina­
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              tionem & medicamenta pertinent. </s>
              <s id="s.009464">Sed qua­
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              lis plenitudini venæ ſectio, & lauacrum laſ­
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              ſitudini, talis concubitus mulieris ſupino
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              viro ad eos, qui faſcinati eſſe creduntur:
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              cùm enim à propriis vinculis membrum ad
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              ventrem trahatur ſupino homini ſi mulier
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              ſuperſtet, neque ob vincula penis cadere
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              poteſt, nec retrahi ad ventrem, cùm in vul­
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              ua contineatur: cogitur igitur ſemen red­
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              dere, quo excuſſo ſenſim aſſueſcit pronus
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              vir decumbere. </s>
              <s id="s.009465">Venus enim conſuetudine
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              conſtat, ob id à conſuetis mulieribus prohi­
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              bere difficile eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.009466">Prohibentur à virginibus,
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              quibus cum conſuetudo non intercedit, ob
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              idque negant afferre auxilium. </s>
              <s id="s.009467">Ob id etiam
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              aſſidua vtentes Venere non intercipiun­
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              tur. </s>
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              Diuturnitas
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              & nobilitas,
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              duo morta­
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              lium dona
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              præcipua.
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              <s id="s.009469">Homo cur
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              ſalaciſſimus
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              animalium.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.009470">Sapientes
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              cur ad Ve­
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              nerem exci­
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              tentur.</s>
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              Eorum qui
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              Venere vti
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              nequeunt,
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              cura.</s>
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              <s id="s.009472">Teſtium verò auulſio Venerem omninò
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              extinguit & tollit. </s>
              <s id="s.009473">Præter id quoque calui­
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              tium prohibet, & barbam naſci, contra­
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              rios formè affectus producendo: tuetur &
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              hominem à podagra. </s>
              <s id="s.009474">Si autem caluitium,
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              aut caſus capillorum, pilorúmve alia ratio­
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              ne contingat, oleum tartari optimè medetur,
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              & cadentes reſtituit, & qui non nati ſunt,
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              naſci facit. </s>
              <s id="s.009475">Itaque nihil ſine ratione à natura
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              factum eſt, cùm calor ſit ille qui pilos euocat:
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              hoc verò oleum tenuiſſimum eſt, calidum non
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              parum. </s>
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              Ad caſum
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              pilorum.</s>
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              <s id="s.009477">Sed & ob calorem, & humorem grauem
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              eſſe oportuit: & ob id ſine alis: neque enim </s>
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