Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              vbique contingit. </s>
              <s id="s.006791">Sed eſt modus in his præ­
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              ſtantior: Triennis aut paulò antiquioris ce­
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              raſi truncum terebra transfodito: per id
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              foramen bimæ vitis, quæ iuxta nata ſit, ra­
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              mum traducito, locum diligenter com­
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              plens fimo, vnde cera & ſtupa claudens,
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              ſic vt qui prominet ſurculus ab vtraque
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              planta trahat alimentum: inde poſt bien­
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              nium in calidæ regione, in frigida poſt
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              triennium: præcinde ramum à vite iuxta ce­
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              raſum, vt vitis à ſola ceraſo trahat alimen­
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              tum: vtque vitis hæc præcoces feret vuas,
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              ſic eodem modo inſita, mala, roſa, flores, ſub
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              bruma. </s>
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              <s id="s.006792">Eiuſdem rationis eſt, quum ſemen li­
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              ni cepis inditum profert herbam lini fo­
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              lio, ſapore verò acri. </s>
              <s id="s.006793">Oportet autem &
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              alimentum conuenire. </s>
              <s id="s.006794">Atque ea ratione
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              excogitatam puto ſcalongiam, quæ tuni­
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              cis ac forma allium refert, odore autem &
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              ſapore tum ſubſtantia cepam: vt inter hæc
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              duo media, ad vnguem videatur: medium
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              enim prorſus eſt inter omnia, ſeu natura,
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              ſeu arte.
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              Scalongia,
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              ſeu macro­
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              cronion.</s>
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              Conuerſio fo­
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              liorum in
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              plantis an­
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              nua diurna­
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              que.</s>
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              <s id="s.006797">Vertunt & arbores quædam folia ſolſti­
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              tio, vt olea, tilia, vlmus, ſalix, populus
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              alba: alia verò ad curſum Solis toto ſemi­
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              circulo ſingulo die, vt lupinus, heliotro­
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              piúmque, vnde nomen illi impoſitum. </s>
              <s id="s.006798">Cau­
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              ſa huius conuerſionis poſtremæ, eſt hu­
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              midum tenue ad Solis calorem ſe habens,
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              vt corij ad ignem: quoniam & ipſum iux­
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              ta ignem poſitum, inflectitur ad illum.
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              Flores cur
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              matutinò
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              aperiantur.</s>
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              <s id="s.006800">Eadem ferme ratione, flores quum te­
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              nues ſint, ac ſpongioſi, calore Solis ſicca­
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              ti, ſuperueniente frigore conſtringuntur
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              Solis occaſu. </s>
              <s id="s.006801">At poſtquàm humorem noctis
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              combiberint, impleti ſucco, ac tumidi ne­
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              ceſſariò à Solis calore matutino aperiuntur.
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              <s id="s.006802">Verùm plantæ, quarum folia ſolſtitio in­
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              uertuntur, aliam rationem habent ſui mi­
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              raculi. </s>
              <s id="s.006803">Quum enim folia prope caſum
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              ſunt, quod humidum ſit, tenacius con­
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              uertuntur: conſpicuáque fit foliorum ob id
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              mutatio. </s>
              <s id="s.006804">Itaque omnibus arboribus id con­
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              tingit. </s>
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              <s id="s.006805">Verùm animaduertimus ſolùm in ea­
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              rum foliis, quarum domeſtica à ſylueſtri,
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              pars colore multùm differt. </s>
              <s id="s.006806">Sed neque cre­
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              dideris, hanc conuerſionem totam ſolſti­
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              tij die fieri ( propè enim ad miraculum res
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              accederet ) ſed quod paulatim factum eſt,
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              dum perficit, id totum ad tempus in quo per­
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              fectum eſt, referunt mortales.
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              De nucibus
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              florentibus
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              ia feſto B. Io.
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              <s id="s.006808">Baptiſtæ.</s>
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              <s id="s.006809">Velut & de genere quodam pumilio­
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              num iuglandum, quòd folia, flores, aut
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              fructus ſimul emittere creditur nocte illa,
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              quæ feſtum Beati Ioannis Baptiſtæ præcedit.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.006810">Quòd ſi ita eſſet, quod aliud ( quæſo ) argu­
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              mentum illuſtrius noſtræ religionis aduerſus
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              pertinaces Iudæos, aut ſuperbos Mahumeti
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              cultores, aut garrulos Philoſophos deſidera­
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              remus? </s>
              <s id="s.006811">Verùm (vt dixi) quod natura arboris
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              iuxta illud tempus contingit, id totum in
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              religionem diui illius clariſſimi verſum
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              eſt.
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              Arbores quæ
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              ex herbarum
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              genere ſunt.</s>
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              <s id="s.006813">Sunt & quædam ex genere arborum, at­
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              que herbarum, vt ruta, de qua iam di­
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              ximus, ſaluia, caulis: arboreſcit & pha­
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              ſellus in Senegæ regno, de quo iam di­
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              ctum eſt: ex arbore copioſiſſimus proue­
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              nit: ſunt autem parui, rubri, oculóque ni­
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              gro. </s>
              <s id="s.006814">Alius verò Indicus eſt, magnitudi­
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              ne amygdali, quem apud me ſeruo, & cu­
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              ius feci periculum. </s>
              <s id="s.006815">Is nulla in parte à ve­
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              ri phaſelli forma deficit: magnitudine ve­
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              rò atque ſubſtantia tam corticis, quàm nu­
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              clei amygdalis perſimilis eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.006816">Cortex qua­
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              cunque tæda melius ardet: olei enim plu­
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              rimùm continet, atque id adeò acre, vt li
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              guam feriat magis quàm piper: & ob id
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              creditum: mirum in modum prodeſſe vul­
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              neribus. </s>
              <s id="s.006817">Nucleus, piſtacij ſaporem refert. </s>
              <s id="s.006818">Ob
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              id ſi ex herba naſceretur, non leuis lucri pro­
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              uincia eſſet illum transferre: nam impenſam,
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              oleum corticibus exceptum ad lampadum
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              vſum, ſuperaret: toto medulla vſuræ loco
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              eſſet. </s>
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              Phaſellus
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              Indicus.</s>
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              <s id="s.006820">Herbæ enim quum ſingulis annis proue­
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              niant ex cœli varietate, non ideò mutantur,
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              vt vel ſemine careant, vel ſemen edunt in fœ­
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              cundum: multorum tamen annorum curſu,
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              viribus deficientibus, ſemina proculdubio
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              degenerant. </s>
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              Herbarum
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              tranſlatio
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              tutior ad lu­
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              crum, quam
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              arborum.</s>
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              <s id="s.006822">Igitur re ex voto ſuccedente, licet ſequenti
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              anno vberem induſtriæ tuæ tibi fructum col­
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              ligere: fruſtratus annua iactura parum po­
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              teſt afferre detrimenti. </s>
              <s id="s.006823">At in arboribus
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              haud tanti eſt experimentum multarum
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              plantarum, pereunte agri vſu, & labore
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              irrito. </s>
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              <s id="s.006824">Quicquid enim detrimenti multis herba­
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              rum ſationibus irritis ſuccedere poſſet, hoc
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              totum vna in arborum iactura eſſet, ſi vel ſa­
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              tæ non orirentur, aut ortæ non adoleſcerent,
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              vel adultæ fructum non ederent, vel ſi fru­
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              ctus edantur inutiles. </s>
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              <s id="s.006825">Ergo experiri in arborum multitudine,
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              periculoſum: in paucis, ob temporis lon­
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              gitudinem inutile: & ſi etiam benè ceſſe­
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              rit, ingratum. </s>
              <s id="s.006826">Longa enim expectatio­
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              ne dum iterare nobis rem, neceſſarium eſſe
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              intelligimus, ſpes homines torquet, non
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              allectat. </s>
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              <s id="s.006827">Qui tamen primus in agro Mediolanen­
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              ſi moros plantauit, lucrum tulit non tam
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              ſapientis inuenti, quàm audacis: ſed præ­
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              mium potius tulerunt ſucceſſores, quàm
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              auctor. </s>
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              <s id="s.006828">Sed vt ad phaſellum Indicum redeam, in
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              regione naſcitur, cui nomen eſt Benin.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.006829">Cortex eius ſolùm apud incolas in vſu pro
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              gingibere, vocatúrque ab eis Vnias. </s>
              <s id="s.006830">Be­
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              nin regio in Oriente poſita, in itinere re­
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              ctà ad Calecutum è Luſitania ducente. </s>
              <s id="s.006831">No­
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              ſter verò phaſellus herbæ ſemen eſt, vt reli­
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              qua legumina. </s>
              <s id="s.006832">Cauſa igitur eſt, quòd quæ
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              herba eſt, ob humidum copioſius in calidio­
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              re, ac ſicciore tum cœlo, tum ſolo, in arbo­
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              rem vertitur. </s>
              <s id="s.006833">Oſtendimus enim iam herba­
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              rum genus generaliter eſſe humidius arbo­
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              rum genere. </s>
              <s id="s.006834">Nihil autem prohibet, vt in ca­
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              nibus, puſillas herbas ac morticinas cum
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              viuacibus, ac magnis arboribus ſpecie con­
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              uenire. </s>
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              <s id="s.006835">Memoria horum me admonet, vt de
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              olei in Senegæ regno naſcentis natura re­
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              feram. </s>
              <s id="s.006836">Colore crocum imitatur, magiſque
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              illo dapes tingit, odore violæ, ſapore noſtri
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              olei quod ex oliuis conficitur. </s>
              <s id="s.006837">Optimum
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