Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663
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              quoniam ad Capricorni circulum poſita ſit,
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              nunc docere oportet. </s>
              <s id="s.014050">Ergo ſub æquinoctij
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              circulo accedente ( vt dixi ) Sole, confer­
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              tim attrahitur vapor, qui cùm ſit adeò
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              copioſus, atque inter terram, & Solem
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              poſitus, refrigerat modicè aërem, & hu­
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              mectat vehementer: talis autem conſtitu­
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              tio meritò hyems vocatur. </s>
              <s id="s.014051">Igitur cùm
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              Sol eſt in illorum verticibus, tunc inci­
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              pit. </s>
              <s id="s.014052">Quamobrem hyems ad aduentu Solis
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              fit, à receſſu autem (vt diximus) æſtas at­
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              que ſerenitas. </s>
              <s id="s.014053">Maiora autem ſunt hæc in
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              montibus, atque etiam euidentiora, quàm
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              in plano. </s>
              <s id="s.014054">Ex his manifectum eſt, quòd So­
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              le quieſcente circa eandem regionem ( hoc
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              autem fit maximè iuxta Sienem ac Meroem)
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              pluuiæ adeò abundant, vt flumina tumeant,
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              & alueos exeuntes terram irrigent, vnde
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              inundationes adueniunt. </s>
              <s id="s.014055">Cur igitur pri­
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              mùm à Solſtitio æſtiuo fiunt hæ pluuiæ
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              illicò, & non antè, cùm partes Gemino­
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              rum, quæ ſunt ab 11. Maij, ſint in ea­
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              dem diſtantia ab æquinoctio cum partibus
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              Cancri, in quibus Sol moram ducit ab 11.
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              Iunij, ad 11. Iulij? </s>
              <s id="s.014056">Cauſa eſt, quoniam
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              terra diuturno recuſſu Solis iam ſiccata eſt,
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              nec attractio viget, donec Sol impreſſerit
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              calorem vehementem: hunc imprimere ne­
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              quit, antequam in eadem linea circum­
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              agatur. </s>
              <s id="s.014057">Hoc autem non contingit ante ſol­
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              ſtitium nobis. </s>
              <s id="s.014058">Atque hæc eſt cur non an­
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              te ſolſtitium nobis vehemens æſtus contin­
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              gat, æſtaſque ob id incipiat, nec hyemis
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              ſimiliter: initium enim perfectionis ſem­
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              per eſt à perfectiſſimo ſtatu. </s>
              <s id="s.014059">At hic fit So­
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              lis ſolſtitiis, altero quidem ad calorem,
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              reliquo ad frigus procedente: tunc enim
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              Sol quaſi immobilis eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.014060">Non igitur ante­
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              quàm ad ſolſtitium æſtiuum Sol peruene­
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              rit, attractio vehemens inchoabit, quare
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              nec pluuiæ: antè enim à ſiccitate aëris va­
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              pores attracti conſumentur. </s>
              <s id="s.014061">Incipit igitur
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              pluuia hæc in Æthiopia ab æſtiuo ſolſtitio,
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              & 40. diebus perſeuerat. </s>
              <s id="s.014062">Cur autem non
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              donec ad Libræ initium Sol peruenerit?
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              <s id="s.014063">Eadem cauſa, quæ de æſtatis terminis ad­
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              duci ſolet, ſatisfacit. </s>
              <s id="s.014064">Cùm enim Sol ad
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              medium Leonis acceſſerit, iam adeò ſic­
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              cat terras, & ſenſim trahit, vt pluuiæ
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              etiam deſinant abſumpto vapore. </s>
              <s id="s.014065">Cùm
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              igitur ab initio Cancri ad medium Leo­
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              nis Sol proceſſerit, in Æthiopia perpe­
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              tuò fiunt imbres, ac illis Sole in vertice
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              poſito, hyems ob aquarum multitudinem
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              fit. </s>
              <s id="s.014066">Non autem cùm Sol eſt ſub æquino­
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              ctio: nam licet etiam ibi vapores eleuet, &
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              aquas demittat cœlum, quia tamen in ſin­
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              gulis quinque diebus fermè ab æquinoctio
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              duabus recedit partibus, infirma redditur
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              attractio in ſingulis regionibus, quare
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              non imbres, neque nimbi, vel procel­
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              læ, ſed pluuiæ aliquot. </s>
              <s id="s.014067">Sole autem ad
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              circulum Cancri accedente, vix in 40. die­
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              bus vltro, citroque parte vna recedit: qua­
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              mobrem non iam pluuiæ aut imbres, ſed
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              nimbi atque procellæ fiunt. </s>
              <s id="s.014068">Contingunt
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              enim nimbis ( vt dixi ) fulgura, quia dum
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              fit pluuia ( vt dictum eſt, neceſſariò nubes
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              cogitur: ſed coacta nube intercluſus vapor
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              ſulphureus, vt in tormentis bellicis, accen­
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              ditur: cumque ſic maiorem occupet locum,
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              diſrumpit nubem impetu maximo: neque
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              enim ( vt dixi ) natura patitur duo corpora
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              eodem in loco conſiſtere: quare abrumpitur
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              denſa nubes eo impetu, emicatque fulgur.
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              <s id="s.014069">Ergo confracta repente nubes ſtrepitum il­
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              lum maximum tonitru vocatum edit, quo
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              multa animalia, præcipuè oues, & quæ­
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              dam etiam mulieres, abortiunt. </s>
              <s id="s.014070">Cùm ve­
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              rò non vt in bellicis machinis exeat re­
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              pentè totus ignis, ſed ob altitudinem ne­
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              bulæ partes aliæ ſenſim, ſed tamen celeri­
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              ter, atque vno tempore lacerentur, inde
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              fit vt tonitru non ſolùm longum ſtrepitum
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              edat, velut & bellica machina, remitten­
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              te ſono, ſed principalis tonitru ſtrepitus,
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              diuerſas habeat partes, vt etiam nubis par­
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              tes vna poſt aliam ab igne deſcendente diſ­
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              rumpuntur. </s>
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              Torridæ Zo­
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              næ mirabi­
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              lia.</s>
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              Æſtas à ſol­
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              ſtitio cur
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              intium du­
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              cat, &
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              Fulgura
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              vnde.</s>
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              Tonitru vn­
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              <s id="s.014075">Sed cùm fulgur ignis ſit, quare deſcendit,
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              cùm proprium ſit ignis aſcendere? </s>
              <s id="s.014076">Cauſa
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              eſt, quia primus impetus eſt à denſiore lo­
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              co: contingit autem quandoque denſiorem
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              eſſe nube ſuprà, quàm infrà, atque id
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              conſentaneum rationi, quòd ( vt dixi
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              fri­
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              gidior ſit pars ſublimior aëris inferiore, ma­
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              ximè æſtatis tempore, quò potiſſimùm fiunt
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              fulgura. </s>
              <s id="s.014077">Ita etiam machinæ bellicæ meli­
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              natæ ſphæram infrà, & ignem mittunt in­
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              ferni, quoniam primus impetus eſt à ſu­
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              periore parte. </s>
              <s id="s.014078">Contingit etiam nonnun­
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              quam fulgura verſus cœlum tendere, cùm
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              rarior fuerit nubes ſuprà, quàm infrà. </s>
              <s id="s.014079">Hæc
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              eſt alia cauſa, quare nix abſque fulgure fit,
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              nam neque cogitur vapor ſulphureus, vt ac­
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              cendi poſſit, nec (vt dictum eſt ) ſi accen­
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              datur, impetum in rara admodum nube effi­
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              cere poterit. </s>
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              <s id="s.014080">Sed cur ſemper in imbribus, cui cum
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              ventis fiunt, vapor ille igneus adeſt? </s>
              <s id="s.014081">Quia
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              in terrę ſuperficie ſulphureum
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              in eſt,
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              quod à vi Solis rapitur in æſtate. </s>
              <s id="s.014082">Atque
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              hæc eſt tertia cauſa, cur dum nix fit, fulgu­
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              ra non decidunt: nam Solis vis imbecillis
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              terreum vaporem trahere altius nequit, Sed
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              quónam pacto accendi poteſt, cùm ſpar­
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              ſus ſit? </s>
              <s id="s.014083">Ventorum vis ingens dum excutit
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              vaporem aqueum, quod ſulphureum eſt, in
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              reiicit, vnde vt in calce pars exterior le­
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              uiter madefacta, & interior aſſiduo vento­
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              rum motu ſiccata contrarietate frigoris at­
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              que humoris accenditur, inuenienſque par­
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              tem inferiorem rariorem, dum in flammam
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              erumpit, deſcendit vt ignis, qui è machinis
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              inclinatis terram verſus excutitur. </s>
              <s id="s.014084">Nunc de­
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              mùm alia ſupereſt dubitatio, ſcilicet cùm
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              Sol etiam iuxta Capricorni circulum quieſ­
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              cat, vt circa Cancri, cur non ibi etiam inun­
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              dationes mouet? </s>
              <s id="s.014085">Atque ita in India, &
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              Æthiopia procellæ fient à medio Decem­
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              bris: nam & hæ regiones vſque ad eum cir­
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              culum perueniunt. </s>
              <s id="s.014086">Quamobrem ita dicen­
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              dum eſſet, niſi forſan quòd tunc Sol pro­
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              pior terræ, quippe in perigeo vehementiùs
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              ſiccando prohibeat pluuias: ſed ſi modò hæ
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              ibi contingant vltra fontes Nili ſunt. </s>
              <s id="s.014087">Nilus
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              enim fluuius maximus in Goiano Æthiopiæ
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              regno, quod ſub Presbytero Iano eſt Neguz
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              lingua propria vocato, naſcitur è duobus la­
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              cubus, qui ob
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              mari
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              , </s>
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