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[6.] PHYSICA, ET MATHEMATICA RESPONSA. FO. BAPTISTAE BεNεDICTI PATRITII Veneti, Philoſophi Mathematici.
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                  cipìum quoque eſſe ęſtatis, maximam diem, noctem minimam totius anni; </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2610" xml:space="preserve">princi-
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                  pium diminutionis diei & incrementi noctis, vnà
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                  ea, quę Solis conuerſionem
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                  ad auſtrales ſequuntur.</s>
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2611" xml:space="preserve">Neconon intelliget vnuſquiſque primam diem Aprilis,
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                  Octobr. æqui-
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                  noctiorum dies eſſe; </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2612" xml:space="preserve">primam autem diem Aprilis, initium veris; </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2613" xml:space="preserve">Octobris Autumni;
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2614" xml:space="preserve">Item Aprilis diem eſſe eum, quo dies noctis prolixitatem vincere incipit: </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2615" xml:space="preserve">Octobris,
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                  quo nox diei longitudinem ſuperat, & alia huiuſmodi, quæ ab æquinoctijs
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                  .</s>
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2616" xml:space="preserve">Si vero quiſpiam obijciat, modum hunc noſtrum & ordinem perpetuum eſſe non
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                  poſſe, ob motum augis Solis; </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2617" xml:space="preserve">quod punctum cum fuerit in principio Capricorni,
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                  Sol hærebit in ſigno Sagittarij .32. diebus, totidem in Capricorno, in Geminis vero
                    <lb/>
                  29. totidem in Cancro; </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2618" xml:space="preserve">ex quo ſequetur prioribus
                    <reg norm="contrarius" type="context">cõtrarius</reg>
                  effectus; </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2619" xml:space="preserve">huic ego reſpon
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                  debo, tale
                    <reg norm="quidpiam" type="context">quidpiã</reg>
                  non euenturum, niſi exactis ab hoc anno annis .240@0. quod ſi
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                  mundus poſthac totidem annis, quot fuit antehac, perdurauerit, punctus augis non
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                  amplius à ſitu præſenti, quàm .45. gradibus diſtabit. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2620" xml:space="preserve">Verum demus
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                  noſtrum
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                  & regulam in annos ter, aut quater mille ſubſeruire poſſe, nec amplius, certè hoc
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                  toto tempore nullius momenti penè erit, quæ accidere poterit mutatio, tametſi ela-
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                  pſis quatuor millibus annorum Februarius eſſe debebit .29. dierum. Aprilis & No-
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                  uember .30. Iunius & October .31. Auguſtus .32. in aliis verò menſibus nihil mutan-
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                  dum erit. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2621" xml:space="preserve">Ecce quam ſit nullius momenti mutatio.</s>
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2622" xml:space="preserve">Quæ ſi Iulij Cæſaris temporibus fuiſſent animaduerſa nunquam omiſſa fuiſſent,
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                  ſed ſcientiæ Aſtronomicæ nondum (vt ita dicam) confirmata ætas, cum alibi,
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                  maxi
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                  mè in Italia, quo minus hæc aut ſcirentur aut ſtatuerentur impediebat.</s>
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2623" xml:space="preserve">Tertia ratio eſt, vt non
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                  feſta mobilia, verum
                    <reg norm="ent" type="context">ẽt</reg>
                  immobilia ad meliorem regu
                    <lb/>
                  lam (ut dictum eſt) reuocentur, ſi ſuis temporibus celebranda erunt. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2624" xml:space="preserve">Quorum
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                  eſt Natiuitas Domini, & quæ ab ea pendent; </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2625" xml:space="preserve">nempe Circuncifio, Epiphania, Purifi-
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                  catio, Annunciatio, & Natiuitas Io. Baptiſtæ. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2626" xml:space="preserve">ita vt dies Natalis Domini celebretur
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                  prima die anni, cum Dei filius naſci voluerit circa verum principium anni, quod à
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                  ſolſtitio hyemali initium ducit, & in ipſo principio diei naturalis ex
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                  ſen
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                  tentia, media ſcilicet nocte, tanquam qui ſummæ lætitiæ principium, poſt longos &
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                  graues filiorum Adæ mærores, eſſet allaturus. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2627" xml:space="preserve">Nec forſan Ianuarij nomini, à vete-
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                  ribus Iano bifronti dicati hæc mutatio non conueniret, cum in ip ſo ſeruatore, duæ
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                  veluti frontes & formæ vnitæ ſint, duæ ſcilicet naturæ diuina & humana. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2628" xml:space="preserve">Hac ratio
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                  ne abuſus tolletur, natus ex diuerſis moribus Tabulariorum, quorum alij monumen-
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                  ta, ſeu quæ uocant Inſtrumenta, à die Natiuitatis Domini incohant, alij à Circunci
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                  ſione, alij à Calendis Martij, nonnulli à Paſchate; </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2629" xml:space="preserve">quæ varietas innumerabiles lites
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                  affert & abuſus propè infinitos, ob dubiam & ancipitem ſcripturam. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2630" xml:space="preserve">Indictionum
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                  præterea ordini, hic noſter modus nihil officiet; </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2631" xml:space="preserve">celebrato Natali celebrabitur Cir-
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                  cunciſio octaua Ianuarij. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2632" xml:space="preserve">Epiphania .13. eiuſdem. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2633" xml:space="preserve">Purificatio .11. Februarij quæ erit
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                  40: </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2634" xml:space="preserve">dies à Natiuitate ſeruatoris. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2635" xml:space="preserve">Prima Aprilis Annunciatio Virginis ſolennis erit,
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                  ipſo nempè die æquinoctij, natiuitas Diui Io: </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2636" xml:space="preserve">Baptiſtę celebrabitur Prima Iulij die
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                  quæ erit ſolſtitij æſtiui, cum illa diminutionem capit. vtrectè Diuus Auguſtinus il-
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                  la verba Io: </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2637" xml:space="preserve">Baptiſtę interpretatus fuerit. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2638" xml:space="preserve">Illum opportet creſcere, me autem minui:
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2639" xml:space="preserve">in quibus ſic tantus Doctor philoſophatur, vt tempus etiam natiuitatis ſerui & do-
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                  mini præclare notet dicens, natus eſt ſeruus cum decreſcunt dies, natus eſt Dominus
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                  cùm creſcere incipiunt.</s>
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s2640" xml:space="preserve">Inſignes etiam Theologi admonuerunt habendam rationem eſſe nonnullorum
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                  feſtorum, vt Diui Antonij, diuorum Fabiani & Sebaſtiani, & aliorum ſanctorum, </s>
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