Casati, Paolo, De igne dissertationes physicae, 1686
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              <pb o="187" file="0615" n="615" rhead="De ignibus Cœleſtibus."/>
            jam habet rationem ſpeculi, atque corporis illuminantis ſpe-
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            ciem oculo ingerit, ita tamen, ut nonnihil primigenii nitoris
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            deteratur: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s20017" xml:space="preserve">ſic nubes ſublucida, illius imaginem ex aquâ re-
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            percuſſam excipientibus, apparet ſubobſcura, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s20018" xml:space="preserve">qui Solis
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            eclipſim directè aſpicere non audent, ne nimio fulgore viſus
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            hebetetur, illam in pelui aquæ plenâ, aut in ſpeculo con-
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            templantur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s20019" xml:space="preserve">Quare, cum lucem jam tum ab ipſo rerum,
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            exordio creatam, atque ſupra faciem abyſſi longè latèque dif-
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            fuſam, non ſit à recto Divinarum literarum ſenſu alienum
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            ſtatuere fuiſſe naturam quandam perſiſtentem, quam Deus
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            laudaverit tanquam bonam, atque illam neque fuiſſe omni-
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            nò extinctam dicendum ſit, neque adhuc permanere, ut
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            priùs diffuſam; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s20020" xml:space="preserve">quid magis rationi conſentaneum, quàm aſ-
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            ſerere eandem quartâ die coactam in Solem, atque diſtribu-
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            tam inter ſidera Firmamento infixa? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s20021" xml:space="preserve">eſto aliquâ lucis parte
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            reſperſa fuerint tum inferiora hæc corpora, tum ipſi Planetę,
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            ut ſuo quæque colore conſpicua fierent, acceptamque extrin-
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            ſecùs lucem modificarent, aut temperarent. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s20022" xml:space="preserve">Quoniam verò
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            ſtellas fixas à tellure tanto intervallo diſiunctas ex apparente
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            diametro conſtat ingentes eſſe (adeò ut non deſint, qui Al-
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            cor ſtellam ſextæ magnitudinis pronuntient novem vicibus
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            terrâ majorem) manifeſtum eſt in ſingulis maximam vim
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            lucis fuiſſe congeſtam & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s20023" xml:space="preserve">coagmentatam, ac proinde porrec-
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            tionis & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s20024" xml:space="preserve">contractionis motum ita notabilem eſſe, ut micare
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            videantur.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s20026" xml:space="preserve">Dand. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s20027" xml:space="preserve">At Venus aliquando ſcintillat, atque Mercurius;
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s20028" xml:space="preserve">neque tamen illis innatam lucem tribuere poſſumus, quæ alio-
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            quin, utpote ſemper eadem, ſemper micaret. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s20029" xml:space="preserve">Niſi fortè
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            dicamus, quemadmodum terra non ubique habet montes
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            ignivomos, ita Venerem atque Mercurium habere lucem
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            plurimam inſitam, ſed ſolùm quâ facie Soli ſemper obversâ
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            tunc nos reſpiciunt, cum pleno orbe Solis radios excipere vi-
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            dentur: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s20030" xml:space="preserve">neque enim incredibile eſt Venerem atque Mercu-
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            rium Solis aſſeclas, circa quem ſuos circuitûs perficiunt, ean-
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            dem ſemper faciem Soli obvertere ſimiliter, ac Luna tellu-
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            rem circumiens eandem ad nos faciem ſemper convertit, ut
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            ex ejus Maculis manifeſtum eſt.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s20032" xml:space="preserve">Grad. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s20033" xml:space="preserve">Hæc aſſerentem quo efficaci argumento redarguerem,
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            me non habere ſponte fateor: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s20034" xml:space="preserve">ſed quia neque invenio proba-
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            bile aliquid ad faciendam fidem rei tam dubiæ, illud propo-
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            no, quod cum primùm mihi ſe videndum præter ſpem </s>
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