Huygens, Christiaan, Christiani Hugenii opera varia; Bd. 1: Opera mechanica

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            contraque impoſtura & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s279" xml:space="preserve">obtrectatio late omnia obtineant; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s280" xml:space="preserve">quæ-
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            nam fortuna maneret inventum noſtrum, ſimul ac vulgò in-
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            noteſcere cœpiſſet, facile equidem prævidi, neque me fefellit
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            augurium. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s281" xml:space="preserve">Ecce enim jam primum in patria hac noſtra eo ex-
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            ceſſit quorundam tum audacia tum impudentia, ut nihil in-
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            terdicto veſtro deterriti, interpolare acceptum à nobis inven-
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            tum, ac dein tanquam novum prorſus, noſtroque etiam, ſi
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            diis placet, præſtantius jactare auſi ſint. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s282" xml:space="preserve">Atque hæc qui co-
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            ram & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s283" xml:space="preserve">ante oculos nobis fieri viderunt, nihilo meliora ab ex-
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            teris regionibus imminere crebro admonuerunt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s284" xml:space="preserve">Nempe alibi
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            quoque exorituros, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s285" xml:space="preserve">in gloriolam hanc noſtram involaturos
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            homines inique invidos, qui, forte an & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s286" xml:space="preserve">ſibi ipſis, certe orbi
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            univerſo perſuadere conentur, non hæc noſtr atium ingeniis de-
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            heri, ſed à ſua ſuorumve alicujus induſtria diu ante profecta
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            fuiſſe. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s287" xml:space="preserve">Cujus rei indignitas cum ad gentem omnem noſtram,
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            eoque ad vos etiam, Domini Illuſtriſſimi, ſpectare videretur,
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            qui nunquam æquo animo tuleritis inventorum longe præcla-
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            riſſimorum, typographiæ inquam & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s288" xml:space="preserve">telescopii, laudem à Ba-
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            tavia veſtra, plagiariorum fraude, averti; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s289" xml:space="preserve">fateor me non le-
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            vi ſtimulo impulſum fuiſſe, ut eidem hujus quoque qualiscun-
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            que reperti decus adſererem. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s290" xml:space="preserve">Itaque eam quæ ſola ad hoc pate-
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            re viſa eſt, viam ſecutus, rationem omnem & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s291" xml:space="preserve">conſtructionem
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            novi automati, autor ipſe, paucis deſcribendam & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s292" xml:space="preserve">in publi-
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            cum producendam ſuſcepi; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s293" xml:space="preserve">exiguo ſanè volumine, ſed quod
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            brevius etiam fuiſſet niſi obiter ad ea quoque reſpondendum
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            duxiſſem quæ à nonnullis objici mihi, ipſumque artificii noſtri
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            fundamentum laceſſcre poſſe, proſpiciebam. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s294" xml:space="preserve">Hoc vero quicquid
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            eſt operæ, quum melioribus auſpiciis lucem aſpicere non poſſet,
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            veſtro Illuſtriſſimo Nomini actutelæ, ea qua decet veneratione,
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            dicatum commiſſumque venio, neque tam pagellas haſce paucu-
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            las, quam inventum ipſum, ut videtur, non incelebre futurum,
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            dedico conſecroque. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s295" xml:space="preserve">Vos pro ſolita benignitate veſtrafavete, ad
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            publicam utilitatem, quoquo modo ſtudia ſua referenti, neque
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            aliud magis in votis habenti, quam ut majoris momenti in rebus
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            eadem poſthac approbare vobis conting at. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s296" xml:space="preserve">Ita Rempublicam ſub
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            imperio veſtro incolumem ſervet, beneque fortunet Deus.</s>
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