Varro, Michael, De motv tractatvs
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              nationi, vnitate erit proximè maior vel mi­
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              nor. </s>
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              <s>Si verò vis data non ſit naturalis,
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              qui­
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              dem ita æſtimare poſſumus, qualis vt plurimum
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              eſt, & ſi quidem ea ſit, qua mouere volumus, eam
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              ſtatuemus, quanta minima in eiuſdem generis ſub­
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              iecto eſſe poteſt, vt ſi vim hominis quinquaginta li­
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              bris æqualem ponamus, vim equi centum: ſi verò
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              ea ſit quam mouere volumus, ſtatuemus eam
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              maxima eſſe poteſt, vt vim hominis 300 libra­
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              rum, vim equi 500 librarum, & ſic dé cæteris: ita vt
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              nullum ſit dubium quin illa minor ſit, quam ſtatue­
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              rimus, hæc verò maior. </s>
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              <s>Vis verò fortuitæ quantitatem nulla certa con­
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              iectura aſſequi poſſumus: ita vt quaſcunque ma­
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              chinas ei aptemus, modò moueat, modò non mo­
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              ueat, neque ad noſtrum
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              magnoperè per­
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              tinet illa inquiſitio: cum fortuitorum nulla ſit diſci­
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              plina. </s>
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              <s>His igitur modis virium duarum datarum pro­
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              portio proximè maior nota fiet, quod in ſecundo
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              lemmate demonſtrandum ſumpſeramus. </s>
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              <s>Iam redeamus ad mediorum, quibus vi­
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              res annectuntur, conſide­
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              rationem. </s>
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