Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              Aliæ verò quatuor, aut quinque occultæ
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              omnibus præterquàm ipſi Principi, ad
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              quinque millia, vel etiam longius in lu­
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              cos denſos, & quos ſuccidere iam longa
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              conſuetudo prohibeat, finiantur. </s>
              <s id="s.011847">Pulchrè
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              enim hoc facit ad admittendos nuncios, ad
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              annonam importandam, ac præſidia indu­
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              cenda. </s>
              <s id="s.011848">Ipſi domorum vrbis muri alio ( vt
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              dixi ) muro circumdentur, ac muniantur,
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              nulláque domus promineat. </s>
              <s id="s.011849">Nuper Bura
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              capta, cum ictu tormenti domus tugu­
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              rium concidiſſet, prominebat enim, ciui­
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              tatis Principes, qui in ea ad conſulendum
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              coierant extincti ſunt. </s>
              <s id="s.011850">Et dum Galli vr­
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              bem noſtram obſiderent, M. </s>
              <s id="s.011851">Antonius
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              Columna, Camilluſque, Triuultius ſimi­
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              li caſu periere, ob idque conciſæ illorum
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              vires primò, inde etiam fractæ, demum
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              ex Inſubria funditus potentia auulſa eſt.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.011852">Ipſarum autem virium, quæ ſecretò extra
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              vrbem feruntur, vſus ad emittendos ex­
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              ploratores quaſi neceſſarius eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.011853">Nec pro­
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              tinus ad hoc auxilium confugiendum, ne­
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              que tantiſper expectandum donec res pe­
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              rierit, ſed ſæuiente obſidione iam & in
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              opinato.
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              Ratio mu­
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              niendarum
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              vrbium.</s>
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            <p type="margin">
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              Muri quot
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              lateres con­
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              tineant.</s>
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              Fornicum
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              conſtruenda­
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              rum ratio.</s>
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              Quomodo
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              cum vrbe ob­
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              ſeſſa per fa­
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              ces procul
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              colloqui li­
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              ceat.</s>
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              Nocte poſt diem Martis hora ſexta nos
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              hoſtem aggrediemur: vos exite cum om­
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              ni milite, fortiter que pugnate: tota enim
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              noſtra ſalus ex hoc pendet.
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              <s id="s.011859">Eſt & aliud communicandorum conſi­
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              liorum obſeſſis vrbibus remedium, quòd
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              tutum eſt & ſemper paratum: nec minus
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              licet intelligere quæ velint, qui auxilio
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              veniunt, aut venturi ſunt, quàm vrbis
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              ſtatum patefacere, parumque differt ab
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              epiſtola. </s>
              <s id="s.011860">Igitur ſi ciuitas ipſa cupit explo­
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              ratori, quæ velit ſignificare, aut exerci­
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              tus Duci in auxilium venienti, ſuper quin­
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              que turres procul inuicem poſitas, ita vt
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              longè diſtinctæ videantur, ſingulæ faces
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              ardentes collocentur, ſingulique qui eas
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              tenent, verba quæ ſignificaturi ſunt ſcri­
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              pta antè ſe habeant, & vt litera ſucce­
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              dit, quæ ad facem pertineat ſuam, aut
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              duæ, treſve, eam, eaſve facem eleuando
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              aut deprimendo, aut in dextram, vel ſini­
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              ſtram flectendo ſignificet. </s>
              <s id="s.011861">Pari ratione ex
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              altiſſima turri conſilia Ducis in auxilium
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              venientis exercitu hoſtium intermedio
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              quiſque literas coniungendo intelliget,
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              prorſus hoſtibus, nec aduertentibus, ne­
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              dum inſciis, quòd faces auxiliariorum hu­
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              miles erunt. </s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s id="s.011862">Sed ad vrbis munitionem redeo: quæ ſi
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              muris altis conſtabit, præter ſumptus ma­
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              ximos in extruendo id habet incommodi,
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              quòd vbi vi tormentorum muri deciderint,
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              commodiſſimum, ac tutiſſimum pontem
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              hoſtibus præbebunt. </s>
              <s id="s.011863">Humiliores verò vt
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              ſecuriores aduerſus extructos ab oppugna­
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              toribus aggeres, neque domus, neque mi­
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              lites tutos præſtant. </s>
              <s id="s.011864">Quæcunque ruere de­
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              bent, antè edito ſtrepitu ruinam produnt,
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              Nam compages illa quum iam ſuſtineatur,
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              aliquid habet quo maneat, id ante ruinam
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              frangi neceſſe eſt: dum frangitur, ſtrepi­
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              tus fit: ob id quibuſdam vnicus, in aliis
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              plures, in quibuſdam multò antè, ſtatim
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              in aliis fiunt. </s>
              <s id="s.011865">Rimæ quoque murorum quum
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              pars altera dehiſcit, periculum multò antè
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              prætendunt. </s>
              <s id="s.011866">Referunt quidam araneas fu­
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              gere: adeò voluit natura videri plus ſapere,
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              quàm homines. </s>
              <s id="s.011867">At nihil certius inclinatio­
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              ne in muris: nam etiamſi nullo preman­
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              tur pondere, ſpontè ruunt. </s>
              <s id="s.011868">Cæterùm tur­
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              res ornatus ſæpe cauſa fiunt, vt olim quum
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              Mediolanum trecentas haberet: quando­
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              que magnificentiæ, vt Papiæ ac Piſis: non­
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              nunquam tutelæ, at neque ornatus deeſt.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.011869">Apud Argentoratum Tabernam olim ci­
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              uitatem Iulius Cæſar turribus quinquagin­
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              ta duabus condiderat, atque inter duas
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              quaſque turres proximas ſeptem erant pin­
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              næ, ſic turres hebdomadarum anni, pinnæ
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              dies implerent. </s>
              <s id="s.011870">Generaliter autem, vt etiam
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              multis qui iſta legunt, vel verbo vno
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              compendium rei familiaris afferamus, in
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              magnis ædificiis proprij currus ad vehen­
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              dum authendumque non aſpernandam mi­
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              nuendarum impenſarum vtilitatem affe­
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              runt. </s>
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            <p type="margin">
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              Domus cur
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              antequam
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              ruant ſtrepi­
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              tum edant.</s>
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            <p type="margin">
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              Tabernæ ci­
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              uitatis pul­
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              chritudo
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              murorum.</s>
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              Ædifican­
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              tium com­
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              pendium.</s>
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              <s id="s.011874">Sed iam aliud ſubtilius exemplum, nec
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              minus vtile tranſeamus. </s>
              <s id="s.011875">Eius autor fuit
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              C. Cæſar, vt in quarto de bello Gallico
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              refert. </s>
              <s id="s.011876">Pontem ſuper Rhenum in decem die­
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              bus, hac ratione perfecit, quem vt à
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              paucis bene intellectum docere inſtitui­
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              mus. </s>
              <s id="s.011877">Tigna bina C litera ſignificata ſeſ­
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              quipedali craſſitudine, longitudine tanta,
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              vt in imo fluminis fixa aquæ ſuperficiem
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              attingant, duorum pedum interuallo vtrin­
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              que iunge. </s>
              <s id="s.011878">Inde præacuta facta ab imo ma­
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              chinationibus immiſſa, fiſtuciſque firmata
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              ad fluminis naturam prona ex vno latere, fi­
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              ges, ſic vt tignorum alterum ripæ proximius
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              ſit. </s>
              <s id="s.011879">Totidem æqualiaque ſimiliter iuncta
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              æquidiſtantia quadraginta pedum interual­
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              lo in inferiore fluminis parte aduerſus il­
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              lius impetum prona defigito, vocenturque
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              F. </s>
              <s id="s.011880">Supremas iuncturas C & F, trabe lati­
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              tudinis pedum duorum ſcilicet pro iunctu­
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              ræ magnitudine iunges, binis fibulis ex
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              vtroque latere, ex interiore parte tigni
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              reuinctis: incluſæ enim fibulæ vincie­
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              bantur tignis, eaque ratione poſitæ, vt
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              quo magis diſcluderentur, eo firmius tra­
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              bem continerent: quod illam ex aduer­
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              ſo premerent. </s>
              <s id="s.011881">Æqualia his atque è di­
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              recto poſita ex altera parte fluminis ſic vt
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              trabs D trabi alteri æquidiſtet, conſtrues, </s>
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