Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              dextrum crus flectebat: vtque ſenſim aſcen­
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              deret, illud eleuabat: baculum quo rege­
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              batur vbi excidiſſet, promuſcide acceptum
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              porrexit ſeſſori, quem adeò diligebat, vt
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              ab illo admonitus quòd abſconditurus eſſet
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              ſe in cœnaculo maiore, cùm quiſpiam di­
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              ceret, Seſſorem tuum quærito, ad illum re­
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              cta iuit,
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              inuento mirum in modum
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              blandiabatur. </s>
              <s id="s.007994">Vbi Archiepiſcopus Mediola­
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              nenſis adeſſet, monitus illum inclinatis ante­
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              rioribus cruribus & capite ſalutauit. </s>
              <s id="s.007995">Vbi ille
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              diceret, Effare aliquid, mugiuit. </s>
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              Elephantis
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              forma.</s>
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              <s id="s.007997">Sed præſtat formam ad amuſſim deſcri­
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              bere. </s>
              <s id="s.007998">Primùm quidem illius altitudo tanta
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              erat, vt homo erectis manibus non attin­
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              geret dorſum, & erat ( vt dixi) iuuencu­
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              lus. </s>
              <s id="s.007999">Craſſities duorum boum. </s>
              <s id="s.008000">Sed adultis
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              & maximis ( nam & in his velut equis
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              aliiſque animalibus non exiguum diſcri­
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              men ſecundum regiones & ſtirpes) pro vi­
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              gintiquinque quandoque bobus corporis
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              moles eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.008001">Altitudo maximis vſque ad de­
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              cem cubitos, quod facilè eſt etiam con­
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              iectari ex dentium magnitudine: huic
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              enim cùm tantus eſſet, dentes cubitum
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              cum dimidio non excedebant, cùm ta­
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              men viderim ego non ſemel, qui fermè
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              ſex cubitos, vel incurui æquarent: qui ſi
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              recti fuiſſent, longiores plane fuiſſent ſep­
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              tem cubitis. </s>
              <s id="s.008002">Narrat enim Ludouicus Ver­
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              tomanus vidiſſe duos, qui pondus 325. libra­
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              rum æquabant. </s>
              <s id="s.008003">Poteſt vnuſquiſque ſecum
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              reputare, quanta debuerit eſſe animalis il­
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              lius magnitudo. </s>
              <s id="s.008004">Sed ad ordinem reuertor.
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              <s id="s.008005">Longitudo elephantis minimè altitudini
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              reſpondet: eſt enim multò altior, quàm
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              pro longitudinis ratione. </s>
              <s id="s.008006">Crura habet tere­
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              tia, ac ad columnarum modum, atque in his
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              iuncturas. </s>
              <s id="s.008007">Coxæ rectæ deſcendunt, nec in
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              anteriorem partem, vt bobus exporrigun­
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              tur: hocque ideò contingit, quòd iuncturæ
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              genuum ſunt æquales, atque adeò æquales,
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              vt niſi flectere crura videas, iunctura ca­
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              rere credas. </s>
              <s id="s.008008">Inde natam exiſtimo opinio­
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              nem, quòd iuncturis careant, quàm ſuſpi­
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              cionem auxit illius inceſſus: nam diſtentis
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              cruribus, ac ſi iuncturis omninò careat,
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              ambulat. </s>
              <s id="s.008009">Sunt autem illius crura anteriora
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              poſterioribus longiora. </s>
              <s id="s.008010">Porrò inceſſus ille
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              cruribus diſtentis, maximi roboris argumen­
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              tum eſt, & cauſa velocioris inceſſus: nam
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              difficiliùs mouetur quod à longiore ſpacio:
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              vt in haſtis, quæ difficiliùs mouentur ex
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              imo quàm ex medio, & æqualis angulus
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              tantò maius ſpacium intercipit, quantò cru­
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              ris ſuprema pars à genu ipſo longius diſtite­
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              rit. </s>
              <s id="s.008011">Pedes rotundi in quinque digitos diuiſi,
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              ſed diuiſio ea obſcura eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.008012">Sunt autem pla­
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              ni & abſque munimento vllo, vnde exco­
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              gitata ratio ſecandi pedes ſecuribus à Ro­
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              manis: ſunt enim lati, vt orbes plum­
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              bei, quibus ad veſcendum vtimur. </s>
              <s id="s.008013">Maſ­
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              culus maximum habet membrum genitale,
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              quòd fermè vſque ad terram attingit, licet
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              alij hoc negent. </s>
              <s id="s.008014">Fœminæ duæ mammæ tan­
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              tùm, atque adeò paruæ, vt ſub armis lati­
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              tent. </s>
              <s id="s.008015">Cauda vt ſuis pro ratione, ſed fer­
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              mè abſque pilis vllis, & prælonga, adeò
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              vt à terra imum eius ne palmo diſtet. </s>
              <s id="s.008016">Cu­
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              tis quoque imò corium duriſſimum, & ſi­
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              militer abſque pilis: rariſſimus enim eſt, vt
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              vnus aut alter hincinde colligatur. </s>
              <s id="s.008017">Cancellis
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              verò totam contexta videtur. </s>
              <s id="s.008018">Piloſus eſt
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              dorſi ſuprema parte: quæ etiam aliqualiter
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              iuxta renes in gibbam aſcendit: & auribus
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              ipſis, quæ prægrandes ſunt, ac quaſi duo­
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              rum palmorum, abſque forma aurium, ſed
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              quaſi quadratæ ſunt: his in duobus locis
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              frequens pilus eſt, ac vt cæteris animali­
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              bus. </s>
              <s id="s.008019">Color toti corpori vnus, ſcilicet fuſ­
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              cus cinereo immiſtus, ita vt non alter ab
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              altero diſtingui queat. </s>
              <s id="s.008020">Collum breue. </s>
              <s id="s.008021">Ca­
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              put vix à collo diſtinguitur. </s>
              <s id="s.008022">Oculi val­
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              de parui, ſed tamen acutè cernit. </s>
              <s id="s.008023">E ſu­
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              prema parte frontis naſus exporrigitur, non
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              vt in aliis animalibus iunctus capiti, ſed
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              diſiunctus, qui vſque ad terram exporrigi­
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              tur, vt tanta ſit fermè eius longitudo, quan­
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              ta animalis altitudo: proboſcidem vocant,
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              aliqui etiam promuſcidem, plerique ma­
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              num. </s>
              <s id="s.008024">Hanc ( vt dixi ) narium loco eſſe ne­
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              mo dubitat, poſtquàm diuiſa eſt, vt naris,
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              & ea reſpirat elephas, atque odorat. </s>
              <s id="s.008025">Imum
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              eius quale porci naſus, color, rotunditas, di­
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              uiſo. </s>
              <s id="s.008026">Sed ſubſtantia proboſcidis multùm à
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              naſi ſubſtantia differt: vſus verò multiplex.
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              <s id="s.008027">Nam tota neruea eſt & coriacea, adeò vt
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              eam colligat, atque remittat quomodo li­
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              bet: breuem enim quandoque adeò facit, vt
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              vix cubitum ſuperet, atque tunc latiſſima
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              eſt: quandoque verò ita extendit, vt angu­
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              ſta deſcendat ad terram, non craſſior fermè
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              humano brachio: eſt tamen mollioris ſub­
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              ſtantiæ, quàm reliqua cutis. </s>
              <s id="s.008028">Atque ideò
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              Romani præſcindere eam aggrediebantur.
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              <s id="s.008029">Circumuoluit eam vndique, atque maxi­
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              ma cum celeritate: ſi libet, ea haurit po­
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              tum, cibum quoque capit, & in os mit­
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              tit: nam promuſcide non edit, ſed ore: nec
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              ore edere, aut bibere poteſt abſque promuſ­
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              cide. </s>
              <s id="s.008030">Os itaque latitat ſub capite, ſimile
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              ori ſuis: ſed dentibus omnibus tam ſupe­
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              rioribus, quàm inferioribus caret: nudaſ­
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              que habet gingiuas, nec vllos habet alios
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              dentes, quàm molares quibus edit, & duos
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              illos prælongos qui altrinſecus prominent, è
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              mandibula nati ſuperiore, & verſus terram
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              deſcendentes, proboſcidemque in medio
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              habentes. </s>
              <s id="s.008031">Atque hi ita deſcendunt, vt ca­
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              ua dentis pars anterior ſit: quæ animal reſ­
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              picit, gibba. </s>
              <s id="s.008032">Ideoque acies ipſa ſurſum
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              reſpicit, vt ſi caput eleuet, facilè in ſinu
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              dentium poſſit trabem, aut tranſuerſum ho­
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              minem ſuſtinere. </s>
              <s id="s.008033">Porrò proboſcidi tantum
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              roboris ineſt, vt arbores quas viginti homi­
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              nes euertere nequeunt, proboſcide circum­
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              data vno, vel altero ictu proſternant. </s>
              <s id="s.008034">Vidi­
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              mus nos capite illum, quæ cupit euertere,
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              prementem: iuuatur & dentibus illis pro­
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              minentibus. </s>
              <s id="s.008035">Linguam adeò paruam ha­
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              bet, vt vix conſpici queat. </s>
              <s id="s.008036">Vocem dupli­
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              citer emittit: ex promuſcide velut tubæ
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              raucam, & ex ore velut hominis loquentis
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              ſimul, ac ſpirantis, vnde ſpirabundam eam
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              vocat Ariſtoteles. </s>
              <s id="s.008037">Palàm eſt autem hanc ad
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              affectus exprimendos, & maximè commiſe­
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              rationem eſſe accommodatam: ob id nil
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              mirum equos non tam animal, quàm vo­
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              cem vtranque maximè formidare. </s>
              <s id="s.008038">Cæte­
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              rùm in bello ſolebant. </s>
              <s id="s.008039">Indi enſem duorum </s>
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