Casati, Paolo, De igne dissertationes physicae, 1686

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            cipientem comprehendentemque naturam oriuntur in agris
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            aut locuſtarum agmina, aut varii generis Inſecta, quę herbas
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            & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19431" xml:space="preserve">fruges depopulantur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19432" xml:space="preserve">Pertinere autem non poſſe hujuſmodi
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            ærumnas ad Cometam niſi diſſolutum, manifeſtum videtur
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            ex hiſtoricorum monimentis, quibus conſignatam habemus
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            memoriam calamitatum, quę anno conſequente provincias
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            afflixerunt.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s19434" xml:space="preserve">Dand. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19435" xml:space="preserve">Hinc ſatis apertè conſtat, quàm vani futileſque ſint
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            Aſtrologi certis Provinciis timorem iniicientes ſuis prædictio-
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            nibus, quaſi cladem illis illaturus ſit Cometa: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19436" xml:space="preserve">Tum quia prorſus
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            ignorant, ex quonam halituum genere & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19437" xml:space="preserve">complexione confla-
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            tus fuerit Cometa, ut in eoſdem reſolvatur, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19438" xml:space="preserve">calamitatem
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            pariat; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19439" xml:space="preserve">neque enim exhalationes omnes ſivè ſimplices, ſivè
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            complexę ejuſdem ſunt naturę & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19440" xml:space="preserve">efficacitatis, neque de illis
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            certa conjectura ſumi poteſt ex Cometę luce, quę pluribus ex
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            Cauſis ſimilis eſſe poteſt in diverſę naturę Cometis. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19441" xml:space="preserve">Tum quia
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            nihil incertius, nihil fallacius, quàm definire velle, quâ demum
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            in regione futurum ſit, ut ſubſideant diſſipati Cometę halitûs,
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            quos ventorum impulſioni obnoxios eſſe negare non poſſumus:
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19442" xml:space="preserve">Si enim Vento Africo invectas angues in Ægyptum ex vaſti-
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            tate Lybię, ut narrat Cicero de Nat. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19443" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19444" xml:space="preserve">Locuſtarum agmina à
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            ventis huc & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19445" xml:space="preserve">illuc translata legimus, quid prohibet, ne impen-
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            dentes Italię Cometarum halitûs à ventis aliorſum rapiantur,
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            & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19446" xml:space="preserve">à nobis omnem, ſi qua futura eſſet, mobiles ventorum
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            animæ avertant calamitatem? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19447" xml:space="preserve">Certè Cometam anni 1559. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19448" xml:space="preserve">ſub-
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            ſecutæ ſunt mortes Pauli IV. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19449" xml:space="preserve">Papæ, Henrici Secundi Regis
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            Galliarum, Regum Angliæ, Luſitaniæ, Danię, Ducis Vene-
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            torum, Herculis Ducis Ferrariæ, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19450" xml:space="preserve">quindecim Cardinalium. </s>
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            Mihi ſanè probabile non eſt tam multas tamque diſſitas regio-
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            nes pervagatos fuiſſe infeſtos illius Cometę halitûs; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19452" xml:space="preserve">Certumque
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            videtur prædici non potuiſſe imminens tot Principibus fatum. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19453" xml:space="preserve">
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            Cur enim Principibus potiùs, quàm vulgaribus hominibus
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            nociturus credatur Cometa? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19454" xml:space="preserve">Mors eſt naturę debita, non,
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            dignitati; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19455" xml:space="preserve">hæc autem ſivè eligentium ſtudio ac favore conſe-
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            ratur, ſivè hæreditario jure obveniat, aut proximè aut remotè
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            pendet ex arbitrio alieno; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19456" xml:space="preserve">quod utique Cometarum veneficiis
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            obnoxium conſtituere poteſt neminem, qui ſecurus Cometam
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            aſpexiſſet, niſi Princeps fuiſſet. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19457" xml:space="preserve">Neque ſatisfaciunt, qui Prin-
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            cipes delicatè ac molliter vivere aſſerunt, ideóque & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19458" xml:space="preserve">valetudine
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            & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19459" xml:space="preserve">naturâ imbecilliores factos faciliùs in graves atque lethales
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            morbos à Cometarum halitibus excitatos delabi: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s19460" xml:space="preserve">Nam </s>
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