Casati, Paolo, De igne dissertationes physicae, 1686

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            quarum gentium Dijs ab Igne corruptis, quippe qui conſtarent ex
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            auro, argento, ligno, ſimilique materie, quæ ignis vim non ferebat:
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s204" xml:space="preserve">cum repente, iniectâ frigida, deferbuit hominum arrogantia, exci-
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            ditque è manibus victoria, Canopi Sacerdote callidum quiddam
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            comminiſcente. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s205" xml:space="preserve">Hydrias habebant Ægyptij fictiles vndique cre-
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            bris ac minutiſſimis foraminibus patulas, ex quibus guttatim ma-
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            nans atque exſudans, turbida aqua defęcatior & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s206" xml:space="preserve">purior redderetur. </s>
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            Harum ille vnam, foraminibus cerâ obſtructis, varijſque pictam co-
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            loribus, aquâ occultè repletam ſtatuit in Deum; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s208" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s209" xml:space="preserve">exciſum veteris
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            ſimulachri, quod Menelai gubernatoris ferebatur, caput ſuperno
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            hydriæ oſculo impoſitum diligenter aptauit. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s210" xml:space="preserve">Adſunt Chaldæi; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s211" xml:space="preserve">itur
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            in conflictum; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s212" xml:space="preserve">circa hydriam ignis accenditur; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s213" xml:space="preserve">cera, qua obſtructa
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            fuerant foramina, ſoluitur; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s214" xml:space="preserve">ſudante hydriâ ignis extinguitur; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s215" xml:space="preserve">Cano-
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            pus Chaldæorum victor prædicatur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s216" xml:space="preserve">Hinc ipſum Canopi ſimula-
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            chrum perexiguis pedibus, contracto collo, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s217" xml:space="preserve">quaſi ſugillato, ven-
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            tre hydriæ in morem tumido, ac dorſo æquabiliter tereti, formari
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            cæptum eſt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s218" xml:space="preserve">Et hæc fortaſſis Ægyptijs occaſio fuit tribuendi Aquæ
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            diuinitatem: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s219" xml:space="preserve">Nam apud Sextum Empyr. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s220" xml:space="preserve">lib. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s221" xml:space="preserve">8. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s222" xml:space="preserve">adu. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s223" xml:space="preserve">Math. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s224" xml:space="preserve">vbi de
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            dijs agit, *Perſæ quidem ignem in Deosreferunt, AEgyptij autem A-*
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            *quam*. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s225" xml:space="preserve">En igitur potentiam, quam aqua tam leui negotio opprimit,
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            ac delet. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s226" xml:space="preserve">Id quod Perſæ ipſi non ignorabant, apud quos, vt Plutar-
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            chus lib. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s227" xml:space="preserve">de primo frig loquitur, *ſupplicandi genus erat acerrimum*
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            *& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s228" xml:space="preserve">repul ſæ ſecurum, ſi ſupplex cumigne in fluuium dcſcendens mina,*
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            *retur ignem ſe in eum abiecturum, niſi impetraret, quod petebat; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s229" xml:space="preserve">fie-*
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            *bat enim compos voti; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s230" xml:space="preserve">ſed puniebatur propter comminationem, vtpote*
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            *iniuſtam, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s231" xml:space="preserve">naturæ contrariam*.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s233" xml:space="preserve">Nihil hoc facit (repoſuit illico Gradonicus) ad extenuandam
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            ignis nobilitatem. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s234" xml:space="preserve">Nemo non videt perinde exiguum ignem multâ
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            aqua reſtingui, atque modica aqua magno igne abſumitur; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s235" xml:space="preserve">ſi res
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            quidem cominùs agatur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s236" xml:space="preserve">Nam ſi corpore quopiam interiecto ſeiun-
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            gantur, nil profectò habet ignis, quod ſibi ab aquâ quantumuis in-
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            genti pertimeat; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s237" xml:space="preserve">illa tamen ſine timore eſſe nequit, cum ſæpè tenui
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            igniculo ſuppoſito multum humoris ſenſim ac leniter euaneſcat; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s238" xml:space="preserve">vt
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            ſatis nôrunt, quos Chymicus labor ad lucernæ calorem exercet. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s239" xml:space="preserve">Et
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            verò ſi generatim atque vniuersè res ipſa ſpectetur, plus virium igni
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            tribuendum eſt, quàm aquæ. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s240" xml:space="preserve">Certè S. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s241" xml:space="preserve">Baſilius hom. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s242" xml:space="preserve">3. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s243" xml:space="preserve">in Hexaem. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s244" xml:space="preserve">im-
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            menſam illam aquarum abyſſum admirans, qua tellus in prima V-
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            niuerſi conſtitutione obuoluebatur, veſtiganſque, cur tantam </s>
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