Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              eſt amariſſimum, vt quod ſub arena arden­
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              tiſſima eruitur. </s>
              <s id="s.004018">Salſum enim cùm vlteriùs
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              decoquitur, Galeno teſte, amarum euadit.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.004019">Itaque Ammoniacum ſal, etiam arte confi­
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              ci poteſt: quamuis multi in hoc fruſtra labo­
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              rauerint, Sal gemma ſplendet cryſtalli in mo­
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              rem, acutius ſale factitio. </s>
              <s id="s.004020">Nam in omnibus
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              quæ arte fiunt, & elaborantur,
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              compoſi­
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              tione, natura ſimile efficit: vnde ſulphur quod
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              ſpontè naſcitur, carius longè reliquo, quàm
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              ſit vtilius: ita in calchanto & cæteris. </s>
              <s id="s.004021">Te­
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              nuiſſimum inter ſalis genera halinitrum eſt:
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              hoc medium inter ſal eſt ac nitrum. </s>
              <s id="s.004022">Nitrum
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              inuenitur in arena Nili præcipuè. </s>
              <s id="s.004023">Albertus,
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              Magnus cognomento, narrat in Goſelaria
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              aquam collectam in imo montis, qui Cyprio
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              abundabat ære, dum cogeretur, in
                <expan abbr="nitrũ">nitrum</expan>
              ver­
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              ti. </s>
              <s id="s.004024">Huius candidior pars quædam ac laxa
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                det</expan>
              in ſpeluncis Stiriarum inſtar: quandoque
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              etiam è ſolo reſudat:
                <expan abbr="vocatúrq;">vocatúrque</expan>
                <expan abbr="Aphronitrũ">Aphronitrum</expan>
              ,
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              quaſi nitri ſpuma. </s>
              <s id="s.004025">Vtrunque horum periiſſe
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              noſtra tempeſtate falsò creditum eſt, vnde
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              turbata compoſitio Diaſpolitici. </s>
              <s id="s.004026">Amarius eſt
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              ſale nitrum, & minus ſalſum: in quorum me­
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              dio (vt dixi)
                <expan abbr="halinitrũ">halinitrum</expan>
              . </s>
              <s id="s.004027">Tenuibus partibus ac
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              ſicciſſimis conſtat, quòd putredine quadam
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              coaleſcat: vnde in cęmentis vetuſtis exoritur,
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              & vbi excrementa iumentorum in terra
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                </expan>
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              putruerunt. </s>
              <s id="s.004028">Mirum illud, quòd detracto ha­
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              linitro è terra, ſi illa in cumulum redigatur,
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              pòſt quinque, aut ſex annos copioſius fœnus
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              reddit. </s>
              <s id="s.004029">Nec omninò abſurdum dici debet, ſa­
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              lem ſerere. </s>
              <s id="s.004030">Nam (vt dixi
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              )
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              ſeu cumuli terræ, è
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              quo detractum fuerit, ſub tuguriis ſeruentur,
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              ſeu halinitrum aqua diſſolutum in cumulos
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              terræ ſpargatur, non ſecùs ac ſato tritico, poſt
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              quinquennium copioſior fructus redditur.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.004031">Sunt enim vires omnibus rebus, vt potentia
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              tale aliquid reddant, qualia actu priùs
                <expan abbr="fuerãt">fuerant</expan>
              .
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              </s>
              <s id="s.004032">Quòd verò potentia eſt, ad actum etiam per­
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              uenit vi Solis: vnde vermes & muſcæ in lo­
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              cis, in quibus manent, id relinquunt, quo ad
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              aliorum ſimilium generationem, ac generis
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                <expan abbr="multiplicationẽ">multiplicationem</expan>
              facultas ſuppeditatur. </s>
              <s id="s.004033">Exci­
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              pitur autem hoc modo: In ciſtas perforatas,
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              lenáſque bouino, equinouè fimo, aut quod
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              melius eſt,
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              ſtercore aqua ſuperfun­
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              ditur, quæ deinde excepto conſumitur ad ter­
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              tiam ſui partem, inde hæc tertia pars alteri
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              fimo ſuperfunditur
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              excoquitur, excepta
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              denuò:
                <expan abbr="demũ">demum</expan>
              relicta tertia pars ſub diuo po­
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              ſita, concreſcit in halinitrum. </s>
              <s id="s.004034">Quod verò elu­
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              tum eſt, denuò alia aqua repurgatur,
                <expan abbr="atq;">atque</expan>
              ea­
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              dem ratione, quod vtile eſt, excipitur. </s>
              <s id="s.004035">Quòd
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              ſi voluptatis cauſa, vt inferius docebimus,
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              halinitrum in aquam tranfierit, excocta per
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              horam fermè aqua excipitur cochleari:
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              cúmque primùm in pauimento gelaſcere
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              cœperit, ab igne amota, concreſcere ſi­
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              nitur. </s>
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              Sal continet
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              oleum.</s>
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              Genera ſalis.</s>
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              Nitrum.</s>
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                <expan abbr="Aphronitrũ">Aphronitrum</expan>
              .</s>
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              Halinitrum.</s>
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              Halinitrum
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              generatio.</s>
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            <p type="margin">
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              Halinitrum
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              quomodo
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              colligatur.</s>
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              <s id="s.004043">
                <expan abbr="Itaq;">Itaque</expan>
              vt ad halinitri naturam redeam, in eo
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              tenuis pars eſt, tum in ſale aquæ & terræ im­
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              miſta, quæ dum ardet, cogit terreas partes
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              diſſipari: ideóque ſubſilit ſal & halinitrum in
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              igne poſitum, & crepitat. </s>
              <s id="s.004044">Et cùm ſocero meo
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              igni aſſiſtenti, tegulæ peruertuſtæ fruſtum
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              igni impoſitum eſſet, repentè crepuit, & in
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              diuerſas partes magno impetu fragmenta
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              proſilierunt, nemine ex adſtantibus, quòd
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              mirum fuit, læſo. </s>
              <s id="s.004045">Cauſa huius fuit modica,
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              vt reor, halinitri pars (quòd tegula antiqua
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              eſſet) illi incluſa. </s>
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              Cur ſal igne
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              crepitet.</s>
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              <s id="s.004047">Eadem ratione candelę è ſepo, aut cera ſali­
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              ta crepitant, verùm cæteris longè diutius du­
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              rant. </s>
              <s id="s.004048">Inter ſalis genera, ſalchali, ſeu alumen
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              catina reponi ſolet, vitri non ſolùm medica­
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              mentum, vt quòd ductile efficiat, ſed etiam
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              materia. </s>
              <s id="s.004049">Aduehitur ex Oriente: ſed Braſauo­
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              lus Ferrarienſis affirmat ex herba fieri poſſe
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              optimum, quæ iuxta Comum in ripa ſalſa­
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              rum aquarum exoritur. </s>
              <s id="s.004050">Quòd ſi, vt illi credi­
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              mus, vera eſt hiſtoria, propagata herba non
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              paruum compendium rei pecuniariæ fieret,
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                <expan abbr="eſſétq;">eſſétque</expan>
              ars hæc admodum lucroſa. </s>
              <s id="s.004051">Illud ſatis
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              conſtat, hoc ſalis genus fieri ex Vſnen herba
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              arboreæ magnitudinis, ſaporis ſalſi, quàm
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              quidam exiſtimant eſſe Anthyllidis primum
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              genus. </s>
              <s id="s.004052">Salis ſubſtantia tenuior eſt materia
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              chalcanthi: cuius adeò ſunt variæ ſpecies, vt
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              illas explicare non leue ſit. </s>
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                <expan abbr="Chalcanthũ">Chalcanthum</expan>
              vul­
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              gus vitriolum vocat: denigrat adeò, vt ex ip­
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              ſo fiat atramentum quo ſcribimus. </s>
              <s id="s.004054">Puluis hic
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              cineri coloris eſt, poſtquam triueris, immiſ­
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              ſum vino, vel aquæ, illicò nigerrimam efficit.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.004055">Cauſa huius eſt quòd ſuccus eſt,
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              denſus
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              admodum, tum ex partibus conſtans tenui­
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              bus,
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              exuſtis: quia ſuccus eſt, ideò reſolui­
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              tur in humidam ſubſtantiam, & hærere po­
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              teſt, nec calamo negotium faceſſit: quòd non
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              contingeret terreo, vbi terreum eſſet, etiamſi
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              in puluerem tenuiſſimum redigeretur. </s>
              <s id="s.004056">Cùm
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              verè deuſtus ſit, lumen prohibet, & nigrum
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              efficit: quia verò ex tenuiſſimis partibus con­
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              ſtat, glutinoſum minimè reddit ſcriptorium
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              atramentum. </s>
              <s id="s.004057">
                <expan abbr="Atq;">Atque</expan>
              ex his facilè eſt coniicere
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              quarum ſit virium. </s>
              <s id="s.004058">Elegantius eo eſt Miſy,
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              quòd Romanum vocant vitriolum: eius fu­
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              mus adeò grauis, vt etiam arbores ipſas ne­
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              cet, & ſyluas deformet: ſplendet quandoque
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              Miſy, & aureis quaſi guttulis ſcintillat. </s>
              <s id="s.004059">In
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              omni enim
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              genere aliquid eſt, quòd
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              ſcintillat: vt inter ſuccos Miſy, inter metalla
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                <expan abbr="aurũ">aurum</expan>
              , inter lapides gemmæ & marmora, inter
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              terras argentaria. </s>
              <s id="s.004060">Fit enim nitor, cùm denſa
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              materia ab arte, vel natura expolitur: at in
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              omni genere foſſilium aliquid denſum inue­
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              niri neceſſe eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.004061">Quæ vero pars chalchanti aut
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              Miſy quaſi ſpuma eruitur, nec elaboratur, di­
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              citur Cuperoſa: à Galeno autem ac cæteris
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              antiquis, chalcitis. </s>
              <s id="s.004062">Eſt autem candida, proxi­
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              ma naturæ calcanthi, haud ſplendida, &
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              ciens egregiè vomitum. </s>
              <s id="s.004063">Exuſto chalcantho
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              aut Miſy, vi ignis per vitrea vaſa oleum de­
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              trahitur acutiſſimum, & calidiſſimum, aliter
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                <expan abbr="chalcãthi">chalcanthi</expan>
              libras binas in vitreo vaſe, vas vi­
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              treum in ferreo reponito: deſtilla, vbi aqua
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              non amplius exit, collum vaſis alterius vitrei
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              collo inſerito, ſic vt
                <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan>
              reſpiret. </s>
              <s id="s.004064">Lutum vtri­
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              que ignibus inuiolabile obducito, & follibus
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              oleum educito: ita totum hoc opus die vna
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              abſoluere licebit: ſi quis iam ſaucitas ver­
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              rucas tangat, abſcedent illæ. </s>
              <s id="s.004065">Idem guſta­
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              tum, ferit linguam, haud ſecùs quàm can­
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              dens ferrum: eſt tamen illius vtilis ad
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              ſiccanda vlcera interiora deplorata, vbi
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              non multùm ſordida fuerint, vt in qui­
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              buſdam contingit phthoë laborantibus abſ­
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              que dolore. </s>
              <s id="s.004066">Facit ad præſcindendos can­
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              cros, & corrupta membra, ligno oliuæ il­
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              lito ex eo. </s>
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