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]

Table of contents

< >
< >
page |< < (243) of 445 > >|
    <echo version="1.0">
      <text type="book" xml:lang="la">
        <div xml:id="echoid-div7" type="body" level="1" n="1">
          <div xml:id="echoid-div477" type="chapter" level="2" n="6">
            <div xml:id="echoid-div495" type="section" level="3" n="5">
              <div xml:id="echoid-div495" type="letter" level="4" n="1">
                <p>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s3059" xml:space="preserve">
                    <pb o="243" rhead="EPISTOLAE." n="255" file="0255" xlink:href="http://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/zogilib?fn=/permanent/library/163127KK/pageimg/0255"/>
                  ſi & Iunctini in Saturno non erat differentia plus quam minu .5. & in Ioue min .4. ſed
                    <lb/>
                  ſecundum calculum huius in Saturno fuiſſet differentia gra .11. minu .54. & in Ioue
                    <lb/>
                  grad .13. min .35. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s3060" xml:space="preserve">Atque hæ ſunt quidem differentiæ magnæ, & monſtruoſæ vtipſe
                    <lb/>
                  eas vocat, vt etiam eſtilla Veneris, & Mercurij inter tertiam figuram, & eius calcu-
                    <lb/>
                  lum ſumptum, non quidem à tabulis laborioſis, ſed à ſimplicibus ephemeridibus Sta
                    <lb/>
                  dij, quæ differentia
                    <reg norm="non" type="context">nõ</reg>
                  eſt quidem paucorum graduum, cum ſit tertiæ partis cœli in
                    <lb/>
                  quolibet dictotum planetarum. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s3061" xml:space="preserve">
                    <reg norm="Huiuſmodique" type="simple">Huiuſmodiq́;</reg>
                  monſtra certè non ſunt orta à ta-
                    <lb/>
                  bulis ſiue ephemeridibus diuerſis, ſed ſunt partus huius authoris.</s>
                </p>
                <p>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s3062" xml:space="preserve">Pergens poſtea aſſiduè bonus hic vir hominibus dare ſpecimen doctrinæ ſuæ ape
                    <lb/>
                  riendo (vt conatur) aliorum errores, proponit duas differentias inter primam fi-
                    <lb/>
                  guram, & ſuum calculum ſuppoſitum Saturni, & Iouis. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s3063" xml:space="preserve">Primum de Saturno ait,
                    <reg norm="quod" type="simple">ꝙ</reg>
                    <lb/>
                  cum differentia ſit gra .1. min .30. oſtendit in directione,
                    <reg norm="quod" type="simple">ꝙ</reg>
                  accidens ſit euenturum
                    <lb/>
                  anno vno, & menſibus ſex ante, aut poſt, quaſi eiuſmodi differentia eſſet partium æ-
                    <lb/>
                  quatoris, ſicuti eſt partium Zodiaci. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s3064" xml:space="preserve">Idem dico de differentia Iouis. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s3065" xml:space="preserve">Quod quidem,
                    <lb/>
                  manifeſtum eſt inditium ſcientiæ ſuæ, & quantum ea intelligat de quibus loquitur.</s>
                </p>
                <p>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s3066" xml:space="preserve">Quod poſtea attinet ad differentiam inter Copernicum & Alfonſum, circa
                    <reg norm="Solem" type="context">Solẽ</reg>
                  ,
                    <lb/>
                  nullus eſt harum ſcientiarum peritus, qui id neſciat, & ſimiliter de differentia ſitus
                    <reg norm="cae­ li" type="simple">cę­
                      <lb/>
                    li</reg>
                  in reuolutionibus annuis.</s>
                </p>
                <p>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s3067" xml:space="preserve">Quod vero ait ſeptimam ſiguram malè
                    <reg norm="ſupputatam" type="context">ſupputatã</reg>
                  fuiſſe, ſi non eſt maximus cer-
                    <lb/>
                  tè non eſt minimus monſtruoſorum eius errorum. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s3068" xml:space="preserve">Vbi itidem videri poteſt, quam
                    <lb/>
                  alienus hic ſit ab hac ſcientia. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s3069" xml:space="preserve">Nam ſi ſaltem curaſſet ſibi ab aliquo ſupputandum
                    <lb/>
                  locum Solis per tabulas Alfonſi in inſtanti minutorum .36. pomeridianorum, certior
                    <lb/>
                  factus eſſet quod in illo puncto Sol inueniebatur in minu 54. grad .11. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s3070" xml:space="preserve">Geminorum,
                    <lb/>
                  ideſt præterierat gra .10. cum min .54. vel ſi curaſſet ſibi inueniendum tempus, per
                    <lb/>
                  dictas tabulas cum grad .10. min .54. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s3071" xml:space="preserve">Geminorum vt faciendum eſt, ſequendo
                    <reg norm="tamen" type="wordlist">tamẽ</reg>
                    <lb/>
                  Alfonſum, & non per calculum Solis poſitum in ephemeridibus, vt parum periti fa
                    <lb/>
                  cere ſolent, vidiſſet
                    <reg norm="quod" type="simple">ꝙ</reg>
                  inuenta eſſent min .36. pomeridiana. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s3072" xml:space="preserve">Leuis tamen occaſio hu
                    <lb/>
                  ic fuit ſuſpicandi eiuſmodi tempus eſſe falſum, quod viderit in illa figura
                    <reg norm="Solem" type="context">Solẽ</reg>
                  po
                    <lb/>
                  ſitum eſſe cum gra .11. & non cum gra .10. min .54. non animaduertens ita notatum
                    <lb/>
                  fuiſſe Solem vt omnes alios planetas, ſcilicet ſine minutis, quum, vt dixi, in reuolu
                    <lb/>
                  tionibus non adhibeatur tanta ſcruploſitas.</s>
                </p>
                <p>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s3073" xml:space="preserve">Quod deinde ait, in illa figura Solem poſitum eſſe in decima domo, & non in .9.
                    <lb/>
                  id relinquam iudicio eorum qui ſciunt numerare domos, ſaltem poſuiſſet authori-
                    <lb/>
                  tate ſua Solem in dicta decima diuersè ab exemplo ei dato ab amico, vt oſtenderet
                    <lb/>
                  ſe dicere verum, vt in ſecunda figura diſcrepat ab ipſo exemplo in collocando Leo-
                    <lb/>
                  ne, Virgine, & Libra, & Scorpio, quos malè locauit, & ſi alii bene ſe habent.</s>
                </p>
                <p>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s3074" xml:space="preserve">Atque quod hactenus à me dictum eſt, ſatis ſit ad
                    <reg norm="intelligendum" type="context">intelligẽdum</reg>
                  quale ſit
                    <reg norm="reliquum" type="context">reliquũ</reg>
                    <lb/>
                  dictæ eius diſputationis. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s3075" xml:space="preserve">Sienim velim pergere notare omnia eius errorum loca, eſ
                    <lb/>
                  ſet mihi inanis labor, & tibi nimia moleſtia. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s3076" xml:space="preserve">Et quamuis non defuerint præſtantiſſi-
                    <lb/>
                  mi viri, qui viſis eius ſcriptis familiariter eum monuere, & tu ipſe, vt audiui, cum
                    <reg norm="in- ſtrumento" type="context">in-
                      <lb/>
                    ſtrumẽto</reg>
                  theoricę in
                    <reg norm="manibus" type="simple">manibꝰ</reg>
                  ei
                    <reg norm="oſtenderis" type="context">oſtẽderis</reg>
                  quo
                    <reg norm="mon" type="context">mõ</reg>
                  Mars poſſit morari amplius ſex
                    <reg norm="mem" type="context">mẽ</reg>
                    <lb/>
                  ſibus in vno ſigno. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s3077" xml:space="preserve">& præterea cum iam ab initio Taurinum aduenit, mecum com-
                    <lb/>
                  municauerit illa ſua prima ſcripta,
                    <reg norm="egoque" type="simple">egoq́;</reg>
                  eum monuerim, quod in varijs
                    <reg norm="rebus" type="simple">rebꝰ</reg>
                  falleba
                    <lb/>
                  tur,
                    <reg norm="diſſuaſerimque" type="simple">diſſuaſerimq́;</reg>
                  ne ea imprimenda curaret, quia nullum honorem inde referret,
                    <lb/>
                  eum hortans, vt potius alijs rebus operam daret, atque ei dixerim quod ad animad-
                    <lb/>
                  uerſiones differentiarum ephemeridum attinet, quod id iam
                    <reg norm="oens" type="context">oẽs</reg>
                  animaduerterant.
                    <lb/>
                  </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s3078" xml:space="preserve">Mihi reſpondit ſe decreuiſſe illa edere, vt poſtea fecit, & tot admonitionibus non </s>
                </p>
              </div>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </text>
    </echo>