Borro, Girolamo, Del flusso e reflusso del mare, 1561

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              <s>TAL. </s>
              <s>Si ma non gia tanto, che basti; perche le Eteſie non
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              ſoffiano ſolamente dalla quarta del Ponente, come credette Ta
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              lete & Eudemone: ma anche da quella dello Aquilone: lequali
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              però non fanno gonfiare, i fiumi, che sbocchano ne mari Aqui­
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              lonari: & quelle Eteſie, che ſoffiano dalla quarta del Ponente,
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              non ribattono tutti gli altri fiumi, che quindi entrano ne mari
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              anzi laſciano loro l'entrata libera & aperta: laquale doureb­
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              bono impedire; ſe questa foſſe la cagione del gonfiare del Nilo:
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              Di poi: ſe le eteſie etiandio gonfiano dalla quarta del Ponente,
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              le nuuole
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              ſono ſpinte ſolo dallo Aquilone, come credette De
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              mocrito Abderite: In oltre le Eteſie non incominciano à ſoffia
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              re col creſcimento del Nilo, ma quaſi alla fine: & ſi fermano
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              molto prima, che non ſi ferma il Nilo: Adunque il creſcere &
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              lo ſcemare del Nilo inanzi, che le Eteſie ſi ſentino, & dopo, che
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              elle ſono finite, non naſce da loro, ma d'altronde: per che quella
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              cagione, laquale anche non è, ò vero, è gia destrutta, non puo
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              partorire neſſuno effetto. </s>
              <s>Apreſſo, ſe cio naſceſſe, perche le ac
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              que foßino ritenute, dal gonfiare eſtraordinario dell'onde mari
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              ne, il Nilo incomincerebbe, à creſcere dalla parte di ſotto, vici
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              na al mare, & le acque tornando addietro manifeſtamente ſive
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              drebbono correre allo in sù: il che
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              ſi vede: anzi ſi ſcorge tut
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              to il contrario, à punto: cioè incomincia l'augumento del Nilo
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              dalla Etiopia, & quindi ſcendono, à poco à poco arriua alle par
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              ti piu alte dello Egitto ſuperiore: poi ſe ne viene alle piu baſſe
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              dello Egitto inferiore, infino al Cairo: dopo ilquale il fiume in­
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              groſſato entrà nel mare: & non ſarebbe la cagione di questo ef­
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              fetto naſcosta, come ella è: anzi ella ſarebbe manifeſta, à tutti
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              gli habitatori di que paeſi, iquali co proprii occhi la vedrebbo­
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              no, & coſi foſſe: come naſcoſta non è ſtata, à tempi nostri la ca­
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              gione della inondatione del Teuere, à Roma: laquale nacque,
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              perche i venti, che ſoffiano dalla quarta di mezzo gior­
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              no, fecono gonfiare il mare: dalle onde delquale furono ri­
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              battute addietro l'acque del Teuere, quiui doue egli sbocca: la
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              onde elle ritornaro allo in sù, & allagaro tutta Roma: laquale
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              eſſendo per ſua natura ſecca terra, all'hora diuenne tutta naui </s>
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