Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              maticarum, qui nunc non in medio eſt, ſed
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              in calce libri fermè ad vnguem ſomnio reſ­
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              pondebunt. </s>
              <s id="s.013343">Nam Plinij de Naturali hiſto­
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              ria magnitudine volumen, id quod per
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              quietem legebam, æquare videbatur. </s>
              <s id="s.013344">Por­
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              rò in hac extrema emendatione abſumpti
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              ſunt menſes 37. vnus ſiquidem plus trien­
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              nio. </s>
              <s id="s.013345">Tantum igitur poteſt ſomniorum vis
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              apud aliquos. </s>
              <s id="s.013346">Sed non hæc mihi ſomnia vi­
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              dentur, ſed aliquid maius. </s>
              <s id="s.013347">Velut & illud,
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              quo ad ſcribendum hortatus ſum, cuius hi­
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              ſtoriam à tergo ærearum noſtrarum imagi­
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              num inſculpi feci. </s>
              <s id="s.013348">Et illud pro Alciati ami­
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              ci noſtri mortem paucis antè diebus, quàm
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              obiret, vidi. </s>
              <s id="s.013349">Et quo in cœlo poſt obitum
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              viſus ſum eſſe, & quo libri de Rerum Va­
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              rietate, mihi oſtenſi fuêre. </s>
              <s id="s.013350">Sed hæc noſtræ
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              genti propria ſunt, atque ab vtroque pa­
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              rente hæreditario iure accepta. </s>
              <s id="s.013351">Nam pater
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              nocte præcedente, quam dies conſecutus
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              eſt, quod peſte correptus fuit, per ſomnium
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              monitus eſt, quòd luce ſuccedente peſtis
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              eum inuaderet. </s>
              <s id="s.013352">Nec ſeræ aut peſſuli ad vi­
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              tandam ſomnij expectationem valuere. </s>
              <s id="s.013353">Et
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              mater cùm duos è ſex, me excepto, filios
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              ſuperſtites haberet, nocte ea, qua ægrota­
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              re cœperunt antequam illi conquererentur,
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              ambos eripi ſibi, & ad cœleſtia regna per­
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              uenire vidit: nec fruſtrato euentu, am­
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              bo enim octaua à ſomnij, & morbi nocte,
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              cùm pueri eſſent, migrarunt in cœleſtes ſe­
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              des. </s>
              <s id="s.013354">De ſomniis decem libros ſcripſimus.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.013355">Hæc ſolùm adiicere volui, vt homines ſci­
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              rent eſſe aliquid in nobis præter nos. </s>
              <s id="s.013356">Dico
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              autem, in omnibus hominibus. </s>
              <s id="s.013357">Sed hos,
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              quia volunt, ad virtutes incitat, alios ad
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              cædes, & veneficia. </s>
              <s id="s.013358">Quid exiſtimas men­
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              tem eſſe conſcelerati? </s>
              <s id="s.013359">an homo ibi ſolus eſt?
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              </s>
              <s id="s.013360">an timores, odia, ſuſpiciones, iræ, & tor­
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              menta animi, vt quum homo ſe in poteſta­
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              tem dederit, ſui iuris eſſe non poſſit. </s>
              <s id="s.013361">Sepe­
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              liuntur in ſingulis ſemina, & germen aduer­
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              ſæ factionis. </s>
              <s id="s.013362">Quamobrem excitari nemo ad
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              virtutem poterit, neque ſomniorum verita­
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              tem experiri, qui quod in ſe eſt, præter ſe
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              obruit, atque ſepelit. </s>
              <s id="s.013363">Sunt enim factiones
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              tres, Dæmoniorum malorum, & lucis cla­
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              ræ, & voluptatis. </s>
              <s id="s.013364">Et dæmoniorum ac lucis
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              magis inter ſe ſimiles, quam eorum, qui
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              quæſtui ſolùm inhiant: hi enim omninò à
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              carne, & corporeo amictu ortum habent.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.013365">Quamobrem & ſceleſtis hominibus ſomnia
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              vera, & futurorum prouidentia, & miran­
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              da accidunt. </s>
              <s id="s.013366">Dæmon enim quòd corpore ca­
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              reat, cum luce commune aliquid habet, alia
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              nihil prorſus. </s>
              <s id="s.013367">Scio quid mihi obiici poſſit,
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              quòd ſcilicet diuinus videri velim. </s>
              <s id="s.013368">Ita me
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              excordem putant, vt apud homines hoc
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              mihi potiùs, non vanitati aſcribendum eſſe
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              ſciam, quàm laudi? </s>
              <s id="s.013369">Verùm quæ vidi, quæ­
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              que ſcio, vel maximo periculo propoſito,
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              tacere non poſſum. </s>
              <s id="s.013370">Auxilio non mihi paruo
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              eſt, quòd cùm Galeno eadem contigiſſent,
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              idem metus, eadem ſuſpicio, quam ipſe non
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              ignorare faſſus eſt, voluit tamen iuſſis pa­
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              rêre, & quæ ſciebat non tegere famæ iactu­
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              ra, quàm hominum gloriæ ſtudere. </s>
              <s id="s.013371">Qui non
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              eſt ex ouibus, non iudicet quantum referat
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              carnem non attingere. </s>
              <s id="s.013372">Quòd ſi forſan ex hoc
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              opinionem ſanctitatis quiſquam me quære­
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              re ſuſpicetur, ſciat nullum inter veteres ma­
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              gis conſtanter animorum noſtrorum interi­
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              tum affirmaſſe, quàm Galenum, & nos pec­
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              catores eſſe: quare aliò deducenda ratio ho­
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              rum: vnde ad libros de Æternitatis arcanis,
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              & de Fato, hæc pertinent, non ad præſentem
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              diſputationem, neque illi propria ſunt. </s>
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              Somnia quæ
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              augeant, vel
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              minuant.</s>
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              Autor quo­
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              modo librem
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              hunc abſol­
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              uerit.</s>
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              <s id="s.013375">Illud verò proprium huic tractationi, cur
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              ſomnium tempus longius multò oſtendat,
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              quàm ſit: nam hora vna quandoque iuiſſe
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              ex Mediolano in vrbem quampiam viſus
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              ſum incognitam, quæ 300000. paſſuum
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              à Mediolano diſtabat. </s>
              <s id="s.013376">Atque interim vr­
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              bem alias perluſtraſſe, tot montes, valles,
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              campos, vt vix ſex diebus hæc peragas:
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              videbárque ob id multum obdormiſſe, ſed
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              nolarum ſonus admonebat, neque per in­
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              tegram horam nos naturæ ſatisfeciſſe. </s>
              <s id="s.013377">Cau­
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              ſa eſt, quòd operationes perficiuntur abſ­
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              que corporis labore, atque ideò promptiſ­
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              ſimè: iudicium verò temporis æſtimatione
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              laboris corporei à ratione per ſomnum im­
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              pedita ſumitur: quamobrem qui imaginan­
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              tur hæc vigilantes, tempus non augent,
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              cùm agnoſcant non hæc tranſegiſſe verè,
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              ſed ſola mente, quæ celeriter omnia hæc po­
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              teſt perficere, concepiſſe. </s>
              <s id="s.013378">Contraria ratio­
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              ne tempus in ſomno contrahitur, cùm vel
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              non ſomniamus: aut pauca, atque ſine mo­
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              tu: motus enim tempus eſt menſura. </s>
              <s id="s.013379">Sed
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              quid tempus eſt? </s>
              <s id="s.013380">cuius cùm nihil vnquam
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              ſit, omnia tamen in illo ſunt, & ſemper om­
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              nibus aſſiſtit. </s>
              <s id="s.013381">Illud idem omnia generat, &
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              occidit, auctor vitæ ac mortis. </s>
              <s id="s.013382">Vtque illius
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              exſpectatio longiſſima, ita ſemper memoria
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              breuiſſima. </s>
              <s id="s.013383">Cúmque nos ſemper comitetur,
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              nunquam ipſum tamen agnoſcimus. </s>
              <s id="s.013384">Nec
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              cùm eius tanta fit copia, reparatio tamen vl­
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              la conceditur: vnde fit, vt nullius alterius rei
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              iactura ſit maior, & vilior. </s>
              <s id="s.013385">Profuit mihi non
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              parùm hæc nouiſſe: ſed quædam horum illi
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              conueniunt, quædam verò his, quæ cum eo
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              ſunt coniunctiſſima. </s>
              <s id="s.013386">Nam tam longè proce­
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              dere, quod nunquam ſit, admiratione ſatis
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              dignum eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.013387">Ergo nos non tempus, ſed quod
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              in eo fit, factúmque eſt, atque manet, com­
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              prehendimus. </s>
              <s id="s.013388">Tempus verò ipſum per ſe eſt
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              ſenſui ignotum: nam imaginatione conſtat,
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              quod à nobis cognoſcitur. </s>
              <s id="s.013389">Ergo non ſolùm
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              ſomniis mira referuntur, ſed etiam vigilia.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.013390">Atque hæc quidem triplex: alia media, vt
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              in ectaſi. </s>
              <s id="s.013391">Contigit quandoque Andreæ
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              Oſiandro, viro in omni genere linguarum
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              eruditiſſimo, Norimbergenſi, Theologó­
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              que, amico noſtro, vt ille nobis aliàs per
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              Epiſtolam ſignificauit, quod cùm eſſet ado­
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              leſcens, quartanáque laboraret, ſub ipſius ac­
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              ceſſionis tempore videbatur in nemore eſſe,
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              atque à feris ac ſerpentibus diuerſi gene­
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              ris expeti, quod illi erat acerbiſſimum, nec
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              ab vllo poterat perſuaderi, vel quòd in do­
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              mo eſſet, vel quòd hæc ipſa imaginaretur
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              falsò. </s>
              <s id="s.013392">Verùm cùm pater accederet, illicò
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              menti priſtinæ reſtituebatur, agnoſcebát que
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              domum, cubiculum, amicóſque aſſiſtentes
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              abſque vlla formidine. </s>
              <s id="s.013393">Sed recedente pa­
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              tre, denuò ſpecies illa obuerſabatur in oculis,
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                <expan abbr="redibántq;">redibántque</expan>
              imagines omnes,
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              hoc
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              , donec & febris, quę diu
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              afflixit. </s>
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              Somnium
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              quomodo lon­
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              gius tempus,
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              quàm ſit,
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              oſtendat.</s>
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              Tempus quid
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              ſit, &
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              illius pul­
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              cherrima
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              quæſita.</s>
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              Andreæ O­
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              ſiandri mira
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              hiſtoria.</s>
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              Eremitarum
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              illuſiones
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              vnde.</s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s id="s.013398">Similia hæc prorſus exiſtimo his, quæ </s>
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