Delfino, Federico, De fluxu et refluxu aquae maris, 1559

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              ; tuæ Maieſtatis illo frui contigit
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              ; Sol.
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              <s>Nec tamen illud prætermittendum uidetur, quòd, cum tam illuſtri
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              ; mones exemplo tuo, ut no­
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              beant fluctus, in quibus ipſe tam ſæpe, tanta tranquillitate, tam fe­
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              lici curſu nauigaſti. </s>
              <s>Conſtantiam ergo tuebimur;
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              ; duce, ſpera­
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              admodum nemo te omnium, qui uiuunt, uirtute anteit, & à fortu­
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              monium illuſtrius, aut ueræ erga te præbeat obſeruantiæ. </s>
              <s>Quòd ſi
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              munus hoc, nunc à nobis ad te miſſum, minime tibi fuiſſe ingratum
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              cognouerimus: non modo iacta eſſe præclara operis à nobis inſtituti
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              fundamenta, uerum aditum etiam aliquem ad ſperatam perfectio­
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              nem eſſe patefactum exiſtimabimus. </s>
              <s>Munus ipſum inſigne admodum
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              eſt, tum quia nobiliſſimum ac perdifficile continet argumentum, de
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              fluxu ſcilicet, & refluxu,
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              ; præterea marinæ aquæ motibus;
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              quæ quàm non aperta, quàm ardua cognitio ſit, Ariſtotelis,
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                rumque</expan>
              ; philoſophorum induſtria declarat; ſed etiam quia rationes
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              non uulgares, nec à ueteribus perceptæ, in hoc libro exponuntur.
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              <s>Addidimus autem de motu octauæ ſphæræ ſubtilem & eruditam di­
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              ſputationem,
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              ; merito. </s>
              <s>ſi quidem tanti,
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              ; uarii maris motus
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              non modo ad Solis
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              ; curſum, ſed ad primum etiam mobile re­
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              feruntur. </s>
              <s>Atque hæc eruditiſſima,
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              ; à multis optata ſcripta
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              cum in tenebris laterent, fortaſſe, paulatim uetuſtate corrupta, pe­
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              riiſlent, niſi præſtantis uiri, & doctrina clari, Lucæ Hieronymi Con
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              tareni, patricii Veneti, cui præceptor fuit Delphinus ipſe, horum
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              ſcriptorum auctor, ſingularis humanitas ea conceſſiſſet Academiæ
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              <s>nec uero ſibi unquam ſatisfaciet, donec
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              plane peripiciat, neminem poſſe ipſo præſtantius ad tuum decus </s>
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