Cardano, Geronimo, Opvs novvm de proportionibvs nvmerorvm, motvvm, pondervm, sonorvm, aliarvmqv'e rervm mensurandarum, non solùm geometrico more stabilitum, sed etiam uarijs experimentis & observationibus rerum in natura, solerti demonstratione illustratum, ad multiplices usus accommodatum, & in V libros digestum. Praeterea Artis Magnae, sive de regvlis algebraicis, liber vnvs abstrvsissimvs & inexhaustus planetotius Ariothmeticae thesaurus ... Item De Aliza Regvla Liber, hoc est, algebraicae logisticae suae, numeros recondita numerandi subtilitate, secundum Geometricas quantitates inquirentis ...

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              <s id="id002109">
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              untur. </s>
              <s id="id002110">Et longum eſt opus ſiue per paucos, ſiue per multos quis ef­
                <lb/>
              ficere conetur: ut non minus exigat temporis, quàm obſidio: nam
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              multitudine unus alterum impedit, & mortui uiuos, ut omnino res
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              ſit non ſperanda niſi aduerſus inertiſsimos. </s>
              <s id="id002111">Pontes euertunt machi
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              næ, ignes que. </s>
              <s id="id002112">Sed ubi etiam muros obtinuerint ob rotunditatem in
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              illis conſiſtere non poſſunt. </s>
              <s id="id002113">Inde à defenſoribus propulſantur ſariſ­
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              ſis, telis, ignibus, tranſuerſis trabibus, machinis: illudque accedit com
                <lb/>
              modi, ut quanto plures eo facilius excutiantur. </s>
              <s id="id002114">Dixi non debere
                <lb/>
              uereri maxima etiam præter id, quoniam & iſtę ipſę tanto ſanguine
                <lb/>
              acquiſitę tanto deorum & hominum iniuria modica ſcintilla ignis
                <lb/>
              ſine munitionibus, exercitibus, ſiue machinis, abſque terræ
                <expan abbr="cõcuſsio­ne">concuſsio­
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                ne</expan>
              , aut inundatione, uel peſte euertuntur. </s>
              <s id="id002115">In illam miſeram lachry­
                <lb/>
              mam patris ſcintilla ignis inferni, cùm Deo placuerit,
                <expan abbr="mittit̃">mittitur</expan>
              , ex qua,
                <lb/>
              quod
                <expan abbr="coalitũ">coalitum</expan>
              eſt, multis ſeculis imperium luxu, crudelitate, ſtultitia
                <lb/>
              unius filij, uix uno luſtro toto diſſoluitur. </s>
              <s id="id002116">Hanc
                <expan abbr="ſcintillã">ſcintillam</expan>
              cum felici
                <lb/>
              etiam genio ſecum ex utero detulit Alexander Magnus. </s>
              <s id="id002117">In alijs alij
                <lb/>
              genium ſortiti ſunt, alij
                <expan abbr="ſcintillã">ſcintillam</expan>
              detulere ab Orco. </s>
              <s id="id002118">Ex imperio Aſſy
                <lb/>
              riorum per luxum Sardanapalus: ex Medorum per
                <expan abbr="ſcintillã">ſcintillam</expan>
              Aſtya­
                <lb/>
              ges: ex
                <expan abbr="Perſarũ">Perſarum</expan>
              per ſtultitiam Darius: ex
                <expan abbr="Romanorũ">Romanorum</expan>
              Honorius. </s>
              <s id="id002119">Di
                <lb/>
              ces, hęc quid ad proportionem? </s>
              <s id="id002120">Imò uelut machina ad
                <expan abbr="perpendiculũ">perpendiculum</expan>
                <lb/>
              librata pauculo illo puluere Pyrio
                <expan abbr="urbẽ">urbem</expan>
              euertit, ita ſcintilla illa infer
                <lb/>
              ni ignis ſemini magni tyranni indita euertit at que diſſoluit totum re­
                <lb/>
              gnum ſine machinis, ut dixi, uel exercitibus ullis, & quod maius eſt
                <lb/>
              remedio nullo. </s>
              <s id="id002121">Sed puerulo indito luxus, ignauiæ, crudelitatis atque
                <lb/>
              ſtultitię fontibus, mirabile dictu ſanè, & ad proportionem diuino­
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              rum
                <expan abbr="inſtrumentorũ">inſtrumentorum</expan>
              pertinens. </s>
              <s id="id002122">Sed redeamus ad inſtitutum: Video
                <lb/>
              enim, quid poſsit obijci, ſcilicet muros craſſos, et altiores tueri
                <expan abbr="urbẽ">urbem</expan>
                <lb/>
              & ædificia illius poſſe abſque aggeris erectione, & ſi
                <expan abbr="diruant̃">diruantur</expan>
              manere
                <lb/>
              etiam nihilominus imo magis, quod eſt terram, uſque
                <expan abbr="quoniã">quoniam</expan>
              eadem
                <lb/>
              ratione manet, quia concuti non poſsit à machinis: nec hoſtes id cu
                <lb/>
              raturos, ſperantes hoc
                <expan abbr="ſolũ">ſolum</expan>
              ſufficere, quod mœnia ſolo
                <expan abbr="æquent̃">æquentur</expan>
              , at que id
                <lb/>
                <expan abbr="factũ">factum</expan>
              eſt Mediolani, & in arce eius,
                <expan abbr="tũ">tum</expan>
              Papię & in Cremonenſi arce.
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              </s>
              <s id="id002123">Verùm ni fallor, ut paruis arcibus à tanta ui tormentorum nullum
                <lb/>
              eſt
                <expan abbr="præſidiũ">præſidium</expan>
              , aut ſalutis ſpes, ita neque
                <expan abbr="cõuenit">conuenit</expan>
              , ut muris humilibus ag
                <lb/>
              geri confidant, nam & pauci homines tanto labori non ſufficerent,
                <lb/>
              & agger cum foſſa effoſſa ſcilicet terra defenſores nimis in
                <expan abbr="anguſtũ">anguſtum</expan>
                <lb/>
              cogeret. </s>
              <s id="id002124">At in urbibus contra eueniet: muris enim erectis altius ma
                <lb/>
              chinæ lapidum fruſtis hominem
                <expan abbr="occidẽt">occident</expan>
              : an percuſſa ſuperiore par
                <lb/>
              te ob coniunctionem inferior concutitur, & in de
                <expan abbr="totũ">totum</expan>
              ſimul cadit,
                <lb/>
              ut uidimus Papię, quo
                <expan abbr="cadẽte">cadente</expan>
              , & foſſa impletur, &
                <foreign lang="grc">τEIκολέτοις</foreign>
              facilior
                <lb/>
              aditus ad ſubruendum reliquas partes
                <expan abbr="prębet̃">prębetur</expan>
              : imò perculſi </s>
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