Newton, Isaac, Philosophia naturalis principia mathematica, 1713

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              IN
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              VIRI PRÆSTANTISSIMI
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              ISAACI NEWTONI
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              OPUS HOCCE
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              MATHEMATICO PHYSICUM
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              Sæculi Gentiſque noſtræ Decus egregium.
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              <s>EN tibi norma Poli, & divæ libramina Molis,
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              Computus en Jovis; & quas, dum primordia rerum. </s>
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              Conderet, omnipotens ſibi Leges ipſe Creator
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              Dixerit, atque operum quæ fundamenta locarit. </s>
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              Intima panduntur victi penetralia Cæli,
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              Nec latet, extremos quæ Vis circumrotet Orbes. </s>
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              Sol ſolio reſidens ad ſe jubet omnia prono
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              Tendere deſcenſu, nec recto tramite currus
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              Sidereos patitur vaſtum per inane moveri;
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              Sed rapit immotis, ſe centro, ſingula gyris. </s>
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              Hinc patet, horrificis qua ſit via flexa Cometis:
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              Diſcimus hinc tandem, qua cauſa argentea Phœbe
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              Paſſibus haud æquis eat, & cur ſubdita nulli
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              Hactenus Aſtronomo numerorum fræna recuſet:
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              Cur remeent Nodi, curque Auges progrediantur. </s>
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              Diſcimus, & quantis refluum vaga Cynthia Pontum
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              Viribus impellat; feſſis dum fluctibus ulvam
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              Deſerit, ac nautis ſuſpectas nudat arenas;
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              Alterniſve ruens ſpumantia littora pulſat. </s>
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