Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              vel quibus ſeris? </s>
              <s id="s.009569">an pronepotibus? </s>
              <s id="s.009570">ob id
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              ceſſarunt ſtudia maiorum rerum. </s>
              <s id="s.009571">Itaque ſi
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              vel cibo, vel regione tantum vitæ ſpatium
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              quæras, fruſtra egeris. </s>
              <s id="s.009572">Nec filio: ſed ſi per­
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              ſeueres, pronepotibus eueniet. </s>
              <s id="s.009573">Cibos dixi­
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              mus & vitæ auxilia hoc in libro, tum aliis
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              pluribus. </s>
              <s id="s.009574">Solida ſubſtantia cibis & exerci­
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              tatione paratur, vt multitudo pinguioris
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              humidi. </s>
              <s id="s.009575">Sed de aëre dubitatio non leuis ſu­
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              pereſt, tenuiſne aër an craſſus magis ad vitæ
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              longitudinem conducat. </s>
              <s id="s.009576">Craſſior enim qui­
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              buſdam videtur: quoniam qui iuxta mare,
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              mare autem humidum, humidum autem
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              craſſum. </s>
              <s id="s.009577">Videtur etiam minus atterere quod
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              craſſum eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.009578">Sed ſi rectè conſideramus, quæ­
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              cunque viuunt in tenuiore elemento, ſunt
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              viuaciora, vt piſces vermibus, animalia ter­
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              reſtria piſcibus, aues terreſtribus quadrupe­
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              dibus, quia in puriore degunt aëre aues,
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              quàm quadrupedia. </s>
              <s id="s.009579">Minimam enim vitam
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              vermes viuunt, qui in terra viuunt, & ab
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              humido ſolùm terræ refrigerantur. </s>
              <s id="s.009580">Talpæ
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              enim, quemadmodum aliàs dixi, non in
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              terra, ſed ſub terra viuunt. </s>
              <s id="s.009581">Ob id igitur
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              tenuiſſimo aëre vita longiſſima: nihil enim
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              notatu dignum talis aër exedit. </s>
              <s id="s.009582">Qua de cau­
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              ſa ſi qua in æthere viuunt, tamdiu viuunt,
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              vt æterna dici poſſint. </s>
              <s id="s.009583">Sunt & qui vitam ſi­
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              ne incommodo trahunt, vſque ad extremum
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              ſenium, qualem fuiſſe Laurentium Bonin­
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              contrium, cuius liber Aſtronomicus manu
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              ſcriptus apud me extat, Lippus Brandoli­
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              nus in libello de Vitæ humanæ conditione
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              refert: octogenarium enim adeò integra
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              memoria vſum, vt quæcunque illi puero
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              contigiſſent, & quæ in iuuenta legiſſet, adeò
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              memoriter teneret, vt eadem die viſa, aut
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              lecta crederes. </s>
              <s id="s.009584">Summum igitur auxilium,
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              non ſolùm ad vitæ longitudinem, ſed ad vi­
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              tanda ſenij incommoda ſunt, victus mode­
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              ratus, expers crapulæ: vini potentioris. </s>
              <s id="s.009585">Ve­
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              neriſque, tum mens læta, & ſomnus proli­
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              xus, cùm exercitatione: non medicamen­
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              tis, non venæ ſectione vtaris. </s>
              <s id="s.009586">Aër quidem
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              purus, ac perflatus, humiduſque, ac qui
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              ventis ex Oriente agitatur, optimus eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.009587">Bri­
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              tannia humidum habet aërem
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              tepidum,
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              ac putredini ob ſalſedinem minimè
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              .
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              <s id="s.009588">Victus verò ratio ex lacte, diuturnitati vi­
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              tæ maximè conducit: ſcripſit enim Hippo­
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              crates, imbecilliores cibi breuem vitam fa­
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              ciunt. </s>
              <s id="s.009589">Quicunque igitur denſiores ſunt, diu­
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              tius viuunt ac denſitati huic non mollities,
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              ſed laxitas opponitur. </s>
              <s id="s.009590">Molles igitur etiam
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              longæuæ vitæ eſſe poſſunt, laxi vix, aut non
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              ſine magnis incommodis: quippe mollitiem
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              effugere non licebat homini, laxitatem li­
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              cuit. </s>
              <s id="s.009591">Nam præter id quòd homo humidiſſi­
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              mus futurus erat, experſque quantum fieri
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              poteſt terrenæ partis, atque ob id mollis,
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              tum quòd elementa ipſa retuſa eſſent, ac­
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              ceſſit commodum, vt facillimè ſentiret &
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              exquiſitè. </s>
              <s id="s.009592">Ob id pueri ſenſibus vigent, &
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              inter viros molliori carne præditi, & inter
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              membra cerebrum molle eſt, quoniam ſen­
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              ſum omnium baſis eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.009593">Sed vt ad vitæ ſpa­
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              cia redeam, Indi natura diutiſſimè viuunt,
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              adeò vt in quibuſdam regionibus alij cen­
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              tum, alij centum viginti, alij centum quin­
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              quaginta annis viuant. </s>
              <s id="s.009594">Aër enim ibi me­
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              lior, & cibi, & conſuetudo, vnde etiam vi­
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              ta prolixior ac firmior. </s>
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              Quæ regiones
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              longæuam
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              vitam effi­
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              ciant.
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              <s id="s.009596">Vitæ huma­
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              næ longitudo
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              mira.</s>
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              Homines
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              paruorum
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              oculorum.
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              <s id="s.009598">Mulieres for­
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              tiſſima.</s>
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              Aër tenuis
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              an craſſus
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              vitæ longi­
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              tudini ap­
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              tior.</s>
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              Laurentius
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              Bonin con­
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              trius Aſtro­
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              logus.</s>
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              Homo cur
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              mollis.</s>
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              <s id="s.009602">Quatuor mihi natura maxima diligentia
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              finxiſſe videtur: horum primum eſt homo
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              diuinitate quadam, vt reliqua ſileam, ele­
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              phantem ſecundo loco ſtatuo, ob vitæ lon­
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              gitudinem, ac docilitatem, adeò denſa cute,
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              vt homo molli: adamantem inter gemmas
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              nitore, duritie, & quòd ignibus non cor­
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              rumpatur: quartus locus auro relinquitur,
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              quòd tenuiſſimæ ſit, ac puriſſimæ ſubſtan­
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              tiæ, nullaque rubigine tentetur, non aquis,
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              aut ignibus, aut tempori cedens, tantò gra­
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              uius quantò lenior adamas. </s>
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              Quatuor na­
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              turæ cona­
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              tus.</s>
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              <s id="s.009604">Hæc igitur ſunt ſubtilitatis præmia. </s>
              <s id="s.009605">Sed
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              vide quantum etiam in generatione ipſa
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              ſubtilitas præbeat, auxilij, initio ab oui
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              exemplo ducto. </s>
              <s id="s.009606">Primùm igitur calore fo­
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              uente gallinæ, ſemel illud in fiſtulas pau­
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              latim oui candidum vertit, tum verò & lu­
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              tei aliquid, nam alæ & crura ex luteo
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              <s id="s.009607">Indicio eſt, quòd pulli qui ex ouo, cuius lu­
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              tea duo ſunt, abſque ſepiente membrana, ca­
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              pite vno, ſed quatuor alis, & totidem pe­
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              dibus naſcuntur,
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              prodigium,
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              quale olim Mediolani contigit. </s>
              <s id="s.009608">Itaque quic­
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              quid bullis refertum eſt agitatur & ſiccatur,
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              tranſitque in membranas, neruos & duriores
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              partes: quòd igitur primò fit, eſt arteria ac
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              vena,
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              cordis conſtat vbi
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              ipſum
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              eſt: quapropter cùm ſemen in medio ſit ani­
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              malis, quod primò gignitur, in medio
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                re</expan>
              decet. </s>
              <s id="s.009609">Hoc
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              cor,
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              iecur. </s>
              <s id="s.009610">Quòd verò
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              circa membranas adiacet, minus eſt ſiccum,
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              propterea interius vna membrana circum­
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              cingit omnia, & circumquaque oſſa mem­
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              brana tegi neceſſe eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.009611">Igitur eadem ratio
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              fuit neceſſitatis in generatione, & vtilita­
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              tis in genitis, vt ſcilicet àb extremis duriſ­
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              ſimis, ad molliſſima per media tranſitus
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              eſſet. </s>
              <s id="s.009612">Cùm verò amplius calor augetur, ſpi­
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              ritus quaſi terebrat materiam, quæ ab ouo
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              vel à matre ſuppeditatur, donec ad oui
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              membranam perueniat: in quadrupede verò
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              viuiparum pariente ad vterum. </s>
              <s id="s.009613">Igitur calidi­
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              tas & motus, tum fiſtula, & ſiccatio, & for­
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              matio ſe inuicem conſequuntur, donec ani­
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              perficiatur. </s>
              <s id="s.009614">Nec ſemper calor animalis ne­
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              ceſſarius eſt, ſed in quidam ſeruatur in ouis,
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              velut piſcium: in aliis neceſſe eſt, vt in
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                tre</expan>
              educantur fœtus, vt in viperis: quibuſ­
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              dam oua excluſa iuncta manent corpori, do­
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              nec naſcuntur fœtus, vt in cancris: in aliis
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              ſimile calori materno quiddam ſufficit: vnde
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              ſic ſine gallina pullos ex ouis educunt. </s>
              <s id="s.009615">Pul­
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              uinaria duo reple ſtercore gallinarum te­
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              nuiſſimè trito, inde plumas gallinarum an­
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              necte conſuetudo vtrique molles, ac den­
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              ſas, oua verò capite tenuiore ſuprà extante,
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              colloca ſuper alterum puluinar, deinde re­
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              liquum ſuperpone in loco calido, permitte­
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              que immota duobus diebus, pòſt verò ad vi­
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              geſimam vſque diem illa ſic verte, vt vn­
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              dique æqualiter foueantur, inde ſtata die,
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              quæ iuxta vigeſimam primam eſt, pipil­
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              lantes iam ex ouo ſènſim educito. </s>
              <s id="s.009616">Nec
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              mirum, cùm Ariſtoteles narret Syracuſis
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              ſub terra foueri, in Ægypto verò nullo au­
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              xilio prorſus. </s>
              <s id="s.009617">Noſtra ætate compertum eſt
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              ſuppoſito igne leui, atque fimo edi pullos, </s>
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