Benedetti, Giovanni Battista de, Io. Baptistae Benedicti ... Diversarvm specvlationvm mathematicarum, et physicarum liber : quarum seriem sequens pagina indicabit ; [annotated and critiqued by Guidobaldo Del Monte]

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                  dem affirmare poſſemus, terram non ſolum maiorem eſſe aqua, ſed aqua & præte-
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                  rea aere, ſi aer non tam altè pertingit, quam multi alij præter Piccolo. ſentiunt, qui
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                  dicuntinde euenire quod aerea humiditas non tam altè aſcendere poteſt, quoniam
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                  humiditas ipſa grauitatem ſecum affert, præterquam quod nubium ſitus oſtendit ſu
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                  pra eas materiam eſſerariorem quam ſint ipſę nubes, infra vero denſiorem. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s4777" xml:space="preserve">Corpo-
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                  ra enim eouſque aſcendunt donec inueniunt conſtitutionem mediam formæ æqua-
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                  lis (vt ita dicam) ſuis. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s4778" xml:space="preserve">Quare materia illa quæ impropriè ignis vocatur (non enim
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                  eſt ignis) incipit carere humiditate (qua mediante aer definitur) circa quinquage-
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                  ſimum ſecundum milliarium ſupra ſuperficiem terræ, vt iam ſupradixi à Vitellione
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                  demonſtratum fuiſſe. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s4779" xml:space="preserve">Ariſto. autem affert
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                  quare nubes altius
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                  .
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s4780" xml:space="preserve">Vnde apparet tertiam aeris regionem impropriè aerem appellari, ſi humiditate ca-
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                  ret, vt ait Ariſt. qua mediante aer definitur, immo potius retinet ignis naturam, vt
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                  etiam aſſerunt interpretes Ariſtotelis in primum Meteororum. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s4781" xml:space="preserve">Qui Ariſto. in locis
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                  ſupra citatis itidem oſtendit ſe etiam huius modi eſſe opinionis.</s>
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s4782" xml:space="preserve">Quod autem attinet ad probandum quod ſuperficies terrę detecta ſit altior quam
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                  ſuperficies detecta aquæ, id tam clarum eſt ſua ſponte philoſophis, qui ſciunt quid ſit
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                  altum, quidue demiſſum, quod ſuperfluum eſſet quidquid ſuper hoc dicerem præ
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                  terquam, quòd conſtat ex demonſtratione ab Ariſto. ſacta textu 31. li .2. de cœlo, in
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                  quo agit de corporibus in aqua poſitis, vnde eiuſmodi veritas planiſſimè aperitur.
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s4783" xml:space="preserve">Omittimus etiam quod præſtantes Moderni omnes, eam pro manifeſtiſſima
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                  ,
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                  ſicutiapud omnes ſani iudicij homines reuera exiſtimatur.</s>
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s4784" xml:space="preserve">Hæc enim ſunt quæ in fine illius conſiderationis ſcripſeram.</s>
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s4785" xml:space="preserve">Anno autem præterito editus in lucem fuit tractatus quidam Pulcherrimus, ab Ex
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                  cellentiſſimo, nec non Doctiſſimo viro Auguſtino Michele, Patritio Veneto, ad cor
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                  roborandam opinionem antiquorum, vbi tot authoritates,
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                  rationes adducit,
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                  vt nil amplius dici poſſit. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s4786" xml:space="preserve">Atego ſenſum,
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                  , & non authoritatem
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                  ſequutus ſum: </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s4787" xml:space="preserve">cum verò dico ſenſum, de ſenſu illorum intelligo, qui profunditatem
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                  maris metiti ſunt, vt non mihi ſolum, ſed, & Piccolo. & alijs permultis retulerunt,
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                  de ratione vero à me adducta, aliorum ſit iudicium.</s>
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s4788" xml:space="preserve">Sediſte mirabilis & Excellentiſſimus vir, verba mea non accepit in eo ſenſu, vt
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                  ego ſcripſi, ita vt omnino alienas conſequentias ſibi confingat,
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                  pag.
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                  3. ſui tractatus inquit, me non concedere naturam produxiſſe in magna quantitate,
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                  atque immenſa, id totum, quod bonum, & neceſſarium eſt. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s4789" xml:space="preserve">Hanc enim conſequen
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                  tiam ipſe colligit ex eo, quod ego pag .19. meæ conſiderationis contra Antonium
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                  Bergam ſcripſeram, quod videntur multa corpora alijs nobiliora, nihilominus mi-
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                  nora, eo quod quantitas non ſequitur nobilitatem, neque ab ea pender, ita vt res
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                  illa quæ nobilior eſt, neceſſarium ſit vt etiam maior exiſtat. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s4790" xml:space="preserve">Sed Excellentiſſimus
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                  iſtæ vir ſcribit ita me dixiſſe.</s>
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s4791" xml:space="preserve">Multa immo infinita corpora ſunt nobilia, & neceſſaria, nihilominus ſunt paruę
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                  molis.</s>
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s4792" xml:space="preserve">Vide igitur quantum hoc diſtat ab illo.</s>
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s4793" xml:space="preserve">Præterea cap .12. aliam conſequentiam facit, quam ego non tam amplam facio.
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s4794" xml:space="preserve">„ Ipſe enim me inferre vult in alijs terrę partibus cauernas non reperiri, eo quod Mon
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                  „ tes ſint cauernoſi. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s4795" xml:space="preserve">Aſpice quæſo. pag .29. meæ conſiderationis, & clarè videbis me
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                  nullo modo negare illas concauitates ſeu porroſitates terræ extra montana loca,
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                  circa ſuperficiem terræ, vſque ad æquilibrium, orbiculariter, infimæ profunditatis
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                  maris.</s>
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s4796" xml:space="preserve">Sed putare inferius has porroſitates reperiri, cum nulla ratio nobis perſuaſibilis </s>
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