Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663
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              myrrhinis proxima. </s>
              <s id="s.003546">Sunt autem myrrhina,
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              ea, quæ hodie vocantur Procellanæ, dicen­
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              te Plinio: Oriens myrrhina mittit: inueniun­
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              tur enim ibi in pluribus locis, nec inſigni­
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              bus, maximè Parthici regni, præcipuè ta­
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              men in Carmama. </s>
              <s id="s.003547">Humorem eſſe putant, ſub
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              terráque calore denſatum. </s>
              <s id="s.003548">Amplitudine nuſ­
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              quam paruos excedunt abacos, craſſitudine
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              rarò quanta dictum eſt, neceſſaria vaſi po­
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              torio: ſplendor his ſine viribus, nitórque ve­
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              rius, quàm ſplendor. </s>
              <s id="s.003549">Sed in pretio varietas
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              colorum, ſubinde circumagentibus ſe macu­
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              lis in purpuram, candorémque, & tertium
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              ex vtroque igneſcentem, veluti per tranſi­
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              tum coloris purpura rubeſcente, aut lacte
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              candeſcente. </s>
              <s id="s.003550">Sunt qui maximè in his lau­
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              dent extremitates, & quoſdam colorum re­
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              percuſſus, quales in cœleſti arcu ſpectantur.
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              <s id="s.003551">His maculæ pingues placent. </s>
              <s id="s.003552">Tranſlucere
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              quicquam, aut pallere, vitium eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.003553">Item ſa­
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              les, verrucæque non eminentes, ſed vt in
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              corpore etiam plerunque ſeſſiles. </s>
              <s id="s.003554">Aliqua &
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              in odore commendatio eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.003555">Ergo quis non
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              videt figulina hæc eſſe, & eius generis, quod
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              (vt dixi) hodie Procellanas ſolemus appella­
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              re? </s>
              <s id="s.003556">conſtant enim & hæc, ex ſucco quo­
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              dam ſub terra denſato, & ex Orien­
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              te vehuntur. </s>
              <s id="s.003557">At noſtra pallidiora ſunt, &
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              odore carent, & quæ ex his etiam tranſlu­
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              cent, magis probantur, foliiſque ac imagini­
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              bus placent, nullúmque purpuræ veſtigium:
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              quæ omnia videntur ab antiqua myrrhina
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              diſſidere, verùm temporum varietas & opifi­
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              cum, tum vſus, hoc pepererunt. </s>
              <s id="s.003558">Nam pre­
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              tium fecit copiam, dum multitudinem auge­
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              re ſtudent: cùm verò materia deeſſet nobi­
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              lior, aliam ſuppoſuêre: inde excogitata pi­
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              ctura, reſarciendæ vtilitatis cauſa, ita honos,
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              ac ſynceritas vaſis deceſſit. </s>
              <s id="s.003559">Aut enim vilior
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              materia, aut non eadem, vel omninò impu­
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              rior, aut non adeò elaborata, aut vaſa ipſa
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              ante tempus eruta, ob lucri cupiditatem mo­
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              ræ impatientibus: vtcunque res ſe habeat, &
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              pretium, & locus, & materia, & modus quo
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              fiunt, eadem eſſe docet hæc myrrhinis. </s>
              <s id="s.003560">Nunc
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              longo Indiæ tractu fiunt, maximè apud
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              Chinam: hi olim Seres, vt alibi dictum eſt.
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              <s id="s.003561">Fieri dicuntur ex conchyliorum, atque ouo­
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              rum corticibus, ſepeliuntúrque conſtanti
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              fama in 80. vel 100. annos, quaſi hæredi­
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              tatum loco. </s>
              <s id="s.003562">Inde eruta obducuntur vitro ne
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              combibant. </s>
              <s id="s.003563">Succi autem quibus cortices ex­
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              cipiuntur, non ſatis noti ſunt. </s>
              <s id="s.003564">Pinguntur
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              etiam antequàm vitrum ſuperaddatur. </s>
              <s id="s.003565">In­
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              certum eſt an excoquantur, ob nitorem ac
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              duritiem. </s>
              <s id="s.003566">Maiora in pretio ſunt, ſed multum
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              ab antiquis degenerant. </s>
              <s id="s.003567">Et quamvis ita ſit,
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              non tamen minus eſt ſuperbum his cœnare,
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              quàm auratis, atque argenteis vaſis, ſeu
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              quòd raritas, & labor ea commendauerint:
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              ſeu quòd conſtans fama ſit, non ferre ve­
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              nenum. </s>
              <s id="s.003568">Atque huic & Lemniæ maior no­
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              bilitas inter terrarum genera, aut argilla­
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              rum. </s>
              <s id="s.003569">Lemnos inſula noſtri maris eſt: mons
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              qui eam gignit, nec lapidem habet, nec
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              arborem, vtilis cruentis fluxibus, & vlce­
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              ribus, ſed magis venenis. </s>
              <s id="s.003570">Ob id arborem
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              non alit, quoniam ſicciſſima eſt: nec in lapi­
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              dem coit, quoniam adeò eſt tenuis ſubſtan­
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              tiæ, vt non excipiat aquam, ſed potius ab
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              aqua excipitur. </s>
              <s id="s.003571">Habet & pinguedinis ali­
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              quid, qua venenis reſiſtat. </s>
              <s id="s.003572">Manifeſtum verò
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              ex his, quoniam arte talem efficere poſſu­
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              mus: vt ſi argillam communem diu contun­
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              damus, ac aquâ in aqua ſcordion & iunipe­
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              ri ſemen incocta ſint, aſpergamus, in tu­
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              mulóſque formemus, denuò etiam
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              ,
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              inſpergentes, ac in tumulos cogentes, ac ſic­
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              cantes. </s>
              <s id="s.003573">Feret vtique temporis iactura com­
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              modum, & ſarciet. </s>
              <s id="s.003574">Nam Lemniæ ſphragidis
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              pretium eſt pro auri pondere, adeò creuit in
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              immenſum res viliſſima, vbi deſiit ob rarita­
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              tem eſſe communis: intercepta enim ambi­
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              tione principalium medicorum, qui regi O­
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              rientis aſſiſtunt, nobilior haberi cæpit. </s>
              <s id="s.003575">Nec
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              tamen olet, hoc enim rarum eſt terris, atque
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              aquis omnibus. </s>
              <s id="s.003576">Nam vt benè oleant, tenui
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              humido, ac bene concocto opus eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.003577">Aquæ
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              humidum bene concoctum eſſe non poteſt,
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              quòd plurimùm ſit terræ, quòd non ſit te­
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              nuis. </s>
              <s id="s.003578">Odor (vt dixi) ſuauis non eſt: admiſtis
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              tamen quibuſdam, contingit terram, aut
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              aquam bene olere. </s>
              <s id="s.003579">Quamobrem manifeſtum
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              eſt, terram & aquam etiamſi bene oleant,
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              breui odorem amittere, vt contingit aquæ
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              roſaceæ, & magis violaceæ. </s>
              <s id="s.003580">Terræ igitur,
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              & aquæ maxima pars odore caret, ma­
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              gna eſt etiam quæ grauiter olet, minima quæ
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              bene. </s>
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              Vaſa figuli­
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              na optima.</s>
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              Lib. 37. na
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              tur. hiſtor.
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              cap.2.</s>
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              Lemnia
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              terra.</s>
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              Cur terra ra
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              rò benè oleat.</s>
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              Aquæ cur ce­
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              leriter
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              bonum amit­
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              tant.</s>
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              <s id="s.003586">Proxima Lemniæ eſt Armenia. </s>
              <s id="s.003587">Hæc ve­
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              rius Samia eſt, quàm Armenia: nam non
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              ex Armenia, ſed propius aduehitur. </s>
              <s id="s.003588">Nec ta­
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              men Lemnia eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.003589">Samiæ autem deſcriptio­
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              ne Galeni ad vnguem reſpondet: nam ſub­
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              rubra eſt, & egregiè ſiccat: ob id peſtilen­
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              tibus morbis & tabi illi quæ vlcere pulmo­
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              nis prouenit, ſalutaris. </s>
              <s id="s.003590">Nam & ob eandem
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              cauſam carbunculi, ſmaragdi, ſapphyri,
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              hyacinthi, margaritæ, corallique vtiles ſunt
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              in peſte, quòd vehementer ſcilicet ſiccent:
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              verùm vt minus Armenio luto id agunt,
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              ita ſpiritui vitali reparando ſunt vtiliores
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              lapides. </s>
              <s id="s.003591">Eſt igitur Armenium lutum ſicciſ­
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              ſimum, ac moderatè frigidum, minimè
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              acre, ſed tamen tenuiſſimum. </s>
              <s id="s.003592">Ob id etiam
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              venenis erodentibus ſalutare, vt cantha­
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              ridibus: item putrefacientibus, vt marino
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              lepori. </s>
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              Armenia
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              terra.</s>
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              Gemmæ cur
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              in peſte vti­
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              les.</s>
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              <s id="s.003595">Eſt & Apuliæ lutum rubrum, & Armenio
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              viribus non abſimile, eò tamen longè im­
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              becillis. </s>
              <s id="s.003596">Quid tamen prohibet, ne meliùs
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              reddatur etiam Armenio? </s>
              <s id="s.003597">Elue igitur Apuli­
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              cum lutum, repurga ab arena, inde diligen­
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              ter ſiccatum aceto accerrimo, & olei par­
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              te ſexta excipe, vt in formam pultis redi­
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              gatur. </s>
              <s id="s.003598">Sepelies autem humido loco in mul­
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              tos annos. </s>
              <s id="s.003599">Ergo aduerſus venena
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                ta</expan>
              tum vermes hac ratione conficies, terra
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              argillacea puriſſima, oleo, aceto, ſcordio,
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              iuniperi ſemine, gentiana, diptamo, con­
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              tundendo diu, inde ſepeliendo in multos
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              annos. </s>
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              Modus
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                di</expan>
              lutum
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                menium</expan>
              artifi­
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              cioſum natu­
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              rali præſtan­
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              tius.</s>
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              <s id="s.003601">Quæret forſitan aliquis, quid iuuet ad
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              vitam tam diuturna ſepultura? </s>
              <s id="s.003602">Eadem pro­
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              fectò quæ in montibus ad metallicorum ge­
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              nerationem cauſa conducit. </s>
              <s id="s.003603">Sed viuacior
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              in montibus tamen, ob plures cauſas. </s>
              <s id="s.003604">Nam
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              montes vitæ quandam habent ſpeciem,
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              cùm ſaxis conſtent. </s>
              <s id="s.003605">Saxa autem viuere do­
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              cebimus: vbi autem vita, ibi etiam omnis </s>
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