Heron Alexandrinus, Spiritali di Herone Alessandrino

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              <s>Il Sig.</s>
              <s> Gio.</s>
              <s> Battiſta Fatio al Giorgi.
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              <s>A
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              L tuo nome A
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              LESSANDRO,
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              altuo ſi raro
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              Valor che'n queſte carte vnico ſplende,
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              D'honorato de ſio l'alma s'accende
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              Di formar carme a te nobile, e chiaro:
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              Ma perche quai più dolci vnqua cantaro
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              Humili, e rochi, il tuo gran merto
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              E'n ſua propria virtute in alto aſcende
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              Sì ch'a pena il penſier vi giunge a paro,
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              Taccio; ch'Apollo in me le noti ſue
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              Non ſpira,e Amor perch'io tal'hor ſoruole
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              L'altere nubi, non m'impenna l'ali.</s>
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              Ne già de e riſonar le lodi tue
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              Palustre augel; quand'anco à ſi gran ſole
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              Occhio Aquila non hà, ne penne eguali.</s>
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              <s>Del medeſimo all'iſteſſo.
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              <s>T'
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              Auanzi sì d'alte virtù profonde,
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              Che qual più moue hoggi pegiato stile
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              Induſtrioſa man, pouero humile
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              A sì nobil ſoggetto non riſponde:
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              Che'n te non ſol corteſe Apollo infonde
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              Di facondia immortal ſpirto gentile;
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              Onde ancor ſenza te negletta, e vile
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              Fora di Dafne ſua l'eterna fronde:
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              Ma in mille modi ancor ſcopri l'ingegno
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              Tuo raro, e nouamente hoggi s'honora
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              HERONE
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              :altrui la tua mercè: più caro.</s>
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              Onde tu ſol del tuo valor ſostegno,
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              Come ſe steſſo il ſol di ſe colora,
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              Tale in te ſei per te ſublime, e chiaro.</s>
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