Borro, Girolamo, De motu gravium et levium, 1575

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              cuit in tenebris, & ſolis videtur luce clarius, pluri­
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              mum humano generi eum hominem profuturum,
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              cuius conſilio, & opera ex tam diuturnis tenebris
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              emergeret; propterea ſum arbitratus maximos
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              quoſque labores experiundos mihi & ſubeundos
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              eſſe, vt tandem aliquando ea per me in lucem euo­
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              cetur; propterea libenter etiam expertus ſum, ac
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              tentaui omnia. </s>
              <s id="s.000021">Vtinam autem noſtris laboribus
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              contingat exitus, quem optamus, vt me duce Phi­
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              loſophia illa tam glorioſa, & vera quam antiqua,
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              paulatim quidem ſuperioribus ſingulis ætatibus
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              aucta, ſed craſſis tamen adhuc tenebris circumfuſa
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              aut ſuauiſſimam lucem aſpiciat, qua indigniſsimè
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              neſcio quomodo videtur priuari, aut ea frui ſaltem
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              incipiat. </s>
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              enim tantum mihi tribuo, vt plus mi­
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              hi, quam veritati largiar, & rem adeò obſcuram ve
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              inexplicabilis ſæpe viſa ſit, tam diligenter exiſti­
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              mem me interpretando explanaſſe, vt diligentius
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              nequeat explanari. </s>
              <s id="s.000023">Num quam tamen futurum eſt,
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              vt me mei huius conſilii induſtriæque pœniteat.
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              <s>Nam ſi me huius Philoſophiæ fontes antea ita clau
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              ſos, vt nemini paterent, demonſtrante ad eos mul­
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              to ſtudioſius aperiendos alii poſthac
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              ,
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              & huius virtutis, vt ſpero, & opto, præſtantiam con
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              ſequentur, mea etiam laus ex aliqua parte fuerit.
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              <s id="s.000024">Sed quoniam quicunque aliqua ingenii ſui monu
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              menta poſteritati mandant, ea plerique omnes ſibi
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              videntur magnis dicare principibus debere, qui
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              aut benemeriti ſint, aut literis delectentur, aut pro
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              excellenti, & ſingulari ingenio quod poſsident, de
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              aliorum etiam ingeniis verè poſsint exiſtimare.</s>
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