Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663
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              in fine Veris, vel in æſtate, abſque vento­
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              rum flatibus vllis, cum vehementi calore,
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              & dum non pluit, turbidus tamen ac nebu­
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              loſus aër conſpicitur. </s>
              <s id="s.011278">Talem conſtitutionem
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              in Cramone ciuitate olim Hippocrates deſ­
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              cripſit, quam maxima, & horrenda peſtis
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              eſt ſubſecuta, in qua præter lethiferas fe­
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              bres, & tubercula atque carbunculos, inte­
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              gra membra tabo abſumpta excidebant. </s>
              <s id="s.011279">Ca­
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              lor enim ( vt diximus ) & humidum corru­
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              ptionis parentes ſunt, cùm motus illa non
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              temperauerit. </s>
              <s id="s.011280">Aliud è cœlo ſignum ſumi ſo­
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              let, cùm ſcilicet deliquia ſolis magna fiunt,
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              aut Cometes, aut igneæ flammæ in aëre vi­
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              dentur. </s>
              <s id="s.011281">Ex immodica enim ſiccitate, &
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              vapore bituminoſo, hæc quæ aërem etiam
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              corrumpere poſſunt, fieri ſolent: quanquam
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              ſi nihil aliud ſubſequatur, fallax ſit ſignum.
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              <s id="s.011282">Nam annis, 1531. & ſequentibus multæ
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              ſtellæ crinitæ, & ab anno 1539. vſque ad
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              annum 1551. tot Solis & maxima
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              Lunæ
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              deliquia apparuerunt, vt nunquam plura,
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              neque maiora contigiſſe legantur, & ta­
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              men Italia ab anno 1524. vſque ad annum
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              præſentem 1559. nullam paſſa eſt inſignem
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              peſtis cladem, imò neque fermè veſtigium.
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              <s id="s.011283">Si tamen arbores ardere videantur, certius
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              eſt ſignum calamitatis futuræ, quoniam
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              iam aër ipſe noſter non ſublimis, qui minùs
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              ad nos attinet, infeſtatur. </s>
              <s id="s.011284">Quòd ſi aër quaſi
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              puluerulentus menſibus aliquot perſeueret,
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              peſtem futuram denunciat ſui generis. </s>
              <s id="s.011285">Nam
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              impurum quod trahitur, cor, ſed magis ce­
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              rebrum vitiat. </s>
              <s id="s.011286">Cùm enim peſtis & ab aqua,
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              & ab aëre fiat, quæ ab aqua fit, cor magis
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              petit: quæ ab aëre, cerebrum. </s>
              <s id="s.011287">Nullum enim
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              ſeptum adeò denſum in cerebro velut in pul­
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              mone, cùm tamen cerebrum reſpiret. </s>
              <s id="s.011288">Ipſius
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              verò cerebri ſubſtantia, cordis mollior ac
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              magis exanguis. </s>
              <s id="s.011289">Quò fit, vt in ſpecubus ob
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              vitium cerebri primùm in lipothymiam, in­
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              de corde conſentiente in ſyncopen, & mor­
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              tem incidant. </s>
              <s id="s.011290">Ex his igitur in cauſarum co­
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              gnitionem venire licet, vt ex cauſis in mor­
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              bi genus. </s>
              <s id="s.011291">Cúmque panis aëri expoſitus, mu­
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              corem contrahit per nocte, habes iam cor­
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              rupti aëris ſigna, proximámque ſi nondum
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              cœpit peſtilentiam. </s>
              <s id="s.011292">Cùm verò diues anus,
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              aut puellæ ſtragem prænunciantes videre at­
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              que audire ſe eixiſtimauerint, peſtis ſubſe­
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              quetur. </s>
              <s id="s.011293">Nam ſi viderunt, inquam, & au­
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              dierunt, diui non mentiuntur? </s>
              <s id="s.011294">Si autem
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              non videntes videre ſe exiſtimant, atque
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              audire perperàm, iam atra bilis in ſanguine
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              exuperat aëris praua qualitate, quæ in de­
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              terius procedens peſtem facit. </s>
              <s id="s.011295">Canum quo­
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              que frequens rabies ob id peſtem nunciat,
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              quòd hi vel ab aquis, vel ab aëre in rabiem
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              aguntur. </s>
              <s id="s.011296">Declarauimus enim ab aquis cor­
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              ruptis rabiem generari. </s>
              <s id="s.011297">Similiter & lupo­
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              rum ingreſſus in vrbem, & moleſtia aſſi­
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              dua, rabiei in eis cuiuſdam ſignum eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.011298">Ni­
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              mia enim audacia rabiem nunciat. </s>
              <s id="s.011299">Ab his
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              igitur cauſis, quibus hi in rabiem aguntur,
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              corrumpuntur in hominibus humores, &
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              peſtis generatur. </s>
              <s id="s.011300">Ob id etiam quandoque
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              contingit ante peſtem aues deſerere oua at­
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              que nidos, & imperfectos pullos: omnia
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              enim hæc ſigna ſunt prædominantis atræ
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              bilis, ſeu ob aërem, ſeu ob aquam corru­
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              ptam. </s>
              <s id="s.011301">Oues autem præcipuè ante id tempus
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              clade afficiuntur: imbecilliores enim ac ſi­
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              miles hominibus natura, ab eiſdem cauſis,
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              quibus homines peſtem patiuntur: Rana­
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              rum quoque multitudo, & blattarum in
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              muris ob ſuperfluum humidum pingue fit,
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              quod naturæ humanæ aduerſatur, & illi
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              perniciem affert. </s>
              <s id="s.011302">Cúmque vermes ac ſer­
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              pentes apparent, tum talpæ, id contingit,
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              quoniam cubilia propria deſerunt ob mole­
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              ſtiam vaporis, qui ſub terra continetur, qui­
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              que aſcendens aërem vitiat adeò infeſto
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              affectu, vt perniciem ſerpentibus afferre poſ­
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              ſit, ne dum hominibus. </s>
              <s id="s.011303">Nihil enim penitùs
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              ſub terra ſalutare homini fermè eſſe poteſt:
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              generaliter autem omninò eſſe non poteſt.
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              <s id="s.011304">Ob id oportet talia frequenter videri, & paſ­
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              ſim, & perſeuerare, & augeri: tunc enim
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              procul dubiò peſtem futuram prænunciant.
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              <s id="s.011305">Aues etiam ſi hunc morbum concipiant, in­
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              gentis peſtis ſignum ſunt. </s>
              <s id="s.011306">Refert enim Ioa­
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              chimus Schælerus, in illa grauiſſima peſte
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              Britannica aues ſub arboribus mortuas in­
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              ueniri ſolitas cum puſtulis ſub alis. </s>
              <s id="s.011307">Itaque
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              cùm ſiccius animalium genus atque liberius
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              eo morbo afficitur, multò magis etiam ho­
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              mines. </s>
              <s id="s.011308">Tranſire enim hic etiam in equos vi­
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              ſus eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.011309">Naſcitur præterea in fructu quercus,
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              vocant, & qui rarò menſe Martio
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              perforatur, vermis quandoque,
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              araneus, & quandoque muſca. </s>
              <s id="s.011310">Vbi vermis
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              innaſcitur, peſtem nunciat: nam vermis ex
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              multo fit humido, ſed non probè concocto.
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              <s id="s.011311">Si muſca, fertilitatem: nam humidum tenue,
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              & benè concoctum declarat: vnde aëris
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              temperatum eſſe docet, qui vbertatem
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              affert. </s>
              <s id="s.011312">At ſi aranea erumpat, iam hoc ſteri­
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              litatis eſt indicium: eſt enim aranea animal
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              frigidum atque ſiccum, & ob id telas confi­
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              cit: frigus autem ac ſiccitas generationi om­
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              ni ac vitæ contraria ſunt. </s>
              <s id="s.011313">Porrò fertilitatis
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              ac ſterilitatis ſigna ad quatuor in vniuerſum
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              genera referri debent. </s>
              <s id="s.011314">Ad aſtra quidem pri­
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              mum, at de his ſuis locis planè dictum eſt.
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              <s id="s.011315">Ad elementa verò immoderantia omnis,
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              qualis calidi, vel frigidi, ſicci, aut humi­
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              di, & nimia aëris tranquillitas, & peruer­
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              ſitas, vt hyems calida, vel ſiccum, & tran­
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              quillum, æſtas temperata. </s>
              <s id="s.011316">Ad ipſas plan­
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              tas, velut frugum ſemina cùm leuia fuerint,
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              aut corrupta, ſterilitatem futuram in eo ge­
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              nere nuntiant. </s>
              <s id="s.011317">Et ſi ſub Caniculæ ortu
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              citò areſcant. </s>
              <s id="s.011318">Si enim vehemens hoc ma­
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              lum fuerit, in plurimos annos protenditur:
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              velut de ſterilitate Ioſeph ſub Pharaone,
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              quæ ſeptem annis durauit. </s>
              <s id="s.011319">Ob id etiam
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              qui ſerunt, meliora ex eo genere legunt ſe­
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              mina. </s>
              <s id="s.011320">Similiter & in fructibus, in quibus
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              perpetuum illud fermè manet, vt maximam
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              vbertatem maxima ſterilitas ſubſequatur,
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              ſeu exhauſtis arborum viribus, ſeu quomo­do
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              cunque læſis germinibus, à quibus germina
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              prodeunt, vt etiam ex grandine contingit.
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              <s id="s.011321">Ab accidentibus vero, & ſignis: nam terræ­
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              motus, & locuſtæ, ſæpè peſtis, frequentiùs
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              ſterilitatis cauſæ manifeſtæ, & efficaces fue­
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              runt. </s>
              <s id="s.011322">Et inſectorum ac piſcium abundantia
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              ſterilitatem nuntiat: ab humidi enim co­
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              pia fiunt piſces, triticum autem ab humido
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              , vnde (vt diximus) nec in inſula </s>
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