Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663
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              referunt anthropophagos, Caribes à quibuſ­
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              dam ab aliis Canibales, adeò truculento ac
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              toruo, & terribili eſſe aſpectu, tum truci,
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              vt homines cæteri captiuorum, & mortuo­
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              rum vix aſpectum ſuſtinere queant: quod
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              etiam de Mario ſepties Conſule captiuo, &
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              Nerone mortuo auctores fide digni refe­
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              runt. </s>
              <s id="s.012488">Cibus igitur mutat aſpectum, & na­
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              turam, hoc enim luculenter in ſecundo Con­
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              tradicentium medicorum demonſtratum eſt.
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              <s id="s.012489">Facilè eſt igitur conſuetudine, & victus ge­
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              nere mutare mores ac formam animan­
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              tium, tum etiam proprietates eis mirabiles
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              adiicere.
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              Anthropo­
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              phagorum
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              intuitus cur
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              adeò terri­
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              bilis.</s>
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              Cur qui vno
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              oculo malè
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              vident, ſtra­
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              bi
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              <s id="s.012492">Quædam etiam in aperto habent cau­
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              ſam, velut cur qui oculo vno malè an nihil
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              prorſus vident à pueris, ſtrabi euadunt? </s>
              <s id="s.012493">Ra­
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              tio eſt manifeſtiſſima: nam cùm ab aduerſa
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              parte oculus non videat, cogitur inflecti,
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              & diſtorqueri, & ex conſuetudine ſtrabi
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              euadunt. </s>
              <s id="s.012494">Hi autem oculos ad naſum obli­
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              quos, & reſpicientes habent. </s>
              <s id="s.012495">Quòd ſi cæci­
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              tas poſt infantiam contingat, non adeò ſtra­
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              bi fiunt, duabus ex cauſis: altera, quòd iam
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              oculus aſſueuit ſtare ſuo ſitu, nec diſtorque­
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              ri, tunc verò nerui iam duri ſunt, nec fa­
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              cilè nouis motibus ſeruiunt: reliqua,
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              quòd adulti collum pro oculo conſultò in­
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              flectunt.
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              Quomodo
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              muſculi mo­
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              ueantur.</s>
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              <s id="s.012497">Sed ex hac rurſus ſubtiliſſima contem­
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              platio oritur, quam Galenus ſe neſcire ſol­
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              luere profitetur: quónam pacto muſculi mo­
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              ueantur. </s>
              <s id="s.012498">Nam rudes & pueri, & belluæ ap­
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              tè illos mouent, & ad actus, quos deſide­
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              rant, cùm tamen nouerint eorum functio­
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              nem, imò neque illos ſe habere ſciunt Ita­
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              que exiſtimandum eſt, cùm duo ſint neceſ­
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              ſaria ad motum aptum, & membri electio,
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              & muſculorum in membro: primùm qui­
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              dem ab anima, & ſpiritu proficiſci, reliquum
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              verò à conſuetudine. </s>
              <s id="s.012499">Nam ſi videas infantes,
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              cùm ambulare conantur, omnes trahunt
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              muſculos, hunc modò, modò illum, at­
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              que tandem aſſueſcunt vnicuique motui in­
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              ſeruientem proprium muſculum contrahe­
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              re: quod in teſtitudine pulſantibus manife­
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              ſtè deprehenditur: eas enim chordas tangunt
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              vtrunque, quas tangere oportunum eſt, ſo­
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              la conſuetudine ducti. </s>
              <s id="s.012500">Sed mihi maior vide­
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              tur de membris difficultas, cùm linguam non
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              manus loquendi cauſa, ambulandi gratia
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              pedes, non caput moueant belluæ. </s>
              <s id="s.012501">Verùm
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              videtur & hoc ab eadem contingere cauſa:
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              nam cùm catulum in aquam nuper natum
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              proieceris, omnia mouet membra: verùm
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              capite extento minùs ſuffocari, pedibus
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              verò anterioribus motis meliùs ſuſtineri ſe
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              ſentiat, ea virtute, quam Græci vocant
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              phantaſiam, caput quidem ſuper aquas
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              quantum poteſt, ſeruat immobile, inde
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              caudam mouet, tum pedes poſtremos ma­
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              gis, maximè etiam anteriores: à quibus au­
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              tem non ſentit ſe iuuari, ea mouere deſinit,
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              donec tândem opportunis motibus aſſueſcat.
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              <s id="s.012502">Indicio eſt meliùs natare vnum animal,
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              quàm aliud, vt natura dociliora ſunt, &
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              adultum, quàm nuper natum, & aſſuetum,
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              quàm quod nunquam natauit: atque ita
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              etiam in cæteris motibus contingit. </s>
              <s id="s.012503">Hi igi­
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              tur omnes motus duobus conſtant princi­
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              piis: altero, quod omne animal etiam im­
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              perfectum habet virtutem, qua quod dele­
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              ctat, ſequitur, fugit quod lædit: reliquum
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              eſt genus memoriæ, ſed habitus quidam,
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              quo didicit membra, & muſculos mouere,
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              quæ & quos apta illi motui iam aliàs exper­
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              tum eſt: atque ea de cauſa videmus quoſdam
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              longo morbo viros coactos rurſus non ſecùs
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              ac infantes diſcere ambulare: igitur muſculi
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              tum membra conſuetudine ad oportunam
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              occaſionem didicerunt applicari. </s>
              <s id="s.012504">Artibus
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              omnibus ſubtiliores ſunt, quæ diuinare do­
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              cent, quòd ( vt dixi ) futura cognoſcere, ſit
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              benè diuinum. </s>
              <s id="s.012505">Nobiliores in hoc genere,
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              præter eas, quæ de temporum natura conſi­
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              derant, vt ſuprà diximus, ſunt Aſtrologia, &
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              pulſuum ratio. </s>
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              hæ ſolæ propè ſuum aſſe­
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              quuntur finem. </s>
              <s id="s.012507">Medicus enim in ægro illius
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              auxilio, mortem etiam procul ſtantem vi­
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              det. </s>
              <s id="s.012508">Ergo verè ſapiens longè rege beatior
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              eſt: nam quum ſapiens ea, quæ nouit, ſe­
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              cum recolligit, quantúmque à cœtu vulgari
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              abſit, intelligit ſecurus ac cœtus, inde con­
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              tentus viuet. </s>
              <s id="s.012509">At Rex cùm ærumnas, ſerui­
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              tutem, pericula, quódque omnia amiſſurus
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              eſt breui recognoſcit, incertus, & anxius,
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              tum ad omnes caſus pauidus ac trepidus
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              viuet. </s>
              <s id="s.012510">Hæc igitur ſumma, quam homini
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              Deus tribuere aut potuit, aut voluit, felici­
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              tas eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.012511">Voluit autem quicquid potuit in
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              bonis. </s>
              <s id="s.012512">Cùm enim cætera in incerto poſita
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              ſint, animus ipſe vt tenuiſſimæ ſubſtantiæ, ita
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              immortalitatis abundè particeps, & vitæ
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              qualiſcunque melioris, quàm inter ſordes
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              habere potuit. </s>
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              Nobiliores
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              artes futura
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              prædicendi.</s>
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              Sapiens lon­
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              gè rege bea­
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              tior.</s>
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              <s id="s.012515">Ad hanc habendam ſapientiam delectu
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              in ſtudiis opus eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.012516">Euclidem primò, inde Al­
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              chindum ad firmandam
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              aggredie­
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              mur, pòſt verò Calculatorem: nam eo
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                τατία</foreign>
              à ſenſu omni abſoluta confirmatur.
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              <s id="s.012517">Pòſt Arithmetica diſcere oportet, atque
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              inter illa, quæ à nobis ſcripta ſunt, in libris
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              Artis magnæ, & hortis numerorum. </s>
              <s id="s.012518">Inde
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              ad Archimedem, Appollonium, & Eutocium
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              tranſibimus. </s>
              <s id="s.012519">Inde Scotum cum Ariſtotele,
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              & interpretibus, Theophraſto, Alexandró­
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              que, tum Themiſtio, Simplicio, Philopono,
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              Auerroë, atque eiuſcemodi viris claſſicis.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.012520">Sexto loco Ptolomæum, ſeptimum
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              ſtatuemus. </s>
              <s id="s.012521">Hinc ad quam voluerimus artem
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              profiteri, vt medicam, aut iuris prudentiam,
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              aut Theologiam tranſibimus. </s>
              <s id="s.012522">Atque hic or­
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              do ſcientiam. </s>
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              Ratio ſtudio­
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              rum.</s>
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              <s id="s.012524">Cæterùm in ſingulis ſcientiis optimos
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              quoſcunque auctores poſtquam omnium
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              conſenſu ſapientum vita noſtra breuis eſt,
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              legere oportet Qui autem ſint, iam ex parte
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              dictum eſt: generaliter autem non eſt ha­
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              bendus in pretio, in aliqua arte, qui non
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              multùm ſcripſerit, & præter quam in Poëſi,
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              & Mathematicis. </s>
              <s id="s.012525">Cùm enim reliquæ artes
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              iudicio præter inuentionem conſtent: iudi­
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              cium ex ſcientia multarum rerum proce­
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              dit, ſi amor gloriæ eos ſtimulat, ſuppetit­
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              que ſtylus, multa eos ſcribere, qui multa
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              ſciunt, optiméque ſciunt, neceſſe eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.012526">Nam
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              dulciſſima eſt voluptas, gloria, & nominis
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              ac imaginis intellectus proprij æternitas,
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              multóque anteferendam ſtatuis ac imagini­
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              bus, quibus reges memoriæ ſui ſtudent. </s>
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