Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              præſertim cum videamus peſtem quæ ephip­
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              piis aut tabulæ hæſerit, hominem occidere,
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              qui alteri eorum inſederit. </s>
              <s id="s.001850">Quædam igitur
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              vmbra ſola, vt oleander & taxus: quædam
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              venenum extinctum olim ſuſcitant, vt virgę
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              corni, aut ſanguinariæ, quæ cùm in manu ca­
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              leſcunt, rabiem in morſis à cane
                <expan abbr="atq;">atque</expan>
              liberatis
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              periculo reuocant. </s>
              <s id="s.001851">Sanguinariæ
                <expan abbr="quoq;">quoque</expan>
              virgis
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              cæſi, tum etiam iumenta, magno incommodo
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              affici creduntur. </s>
              <s id="s.001852">Feruntur & ſerpentes
                <expan abbr="quidã">quidam</expan>
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              occidere, etiam medio contactu haſtæ, vt
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              Matthiolus refert. </s>
              <s id="s.001853">Alius cum ſuxiſſet vulnus
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              à ſerpente diuiſo illatum, ſtatim expirauit.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.001854">Alij odore ſolo intereunt, vt qui Senis pu­
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              plicè à riuali odore ſolo oblato occidit. </s>
              <s id="s.001855">Mira
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              hæc videntur potius quam ſint, ſeu ad huma­
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              nam quis reſpiciat imbecillitatem, ſeu ad in­
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              genij malefici induſtriam, ſeu ad rerum ip­
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              ſarum vim, aut ad modi ſubtilitatem. </s>
              <s id="s.001856">Cúm­
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              que hoc ſit præſentis negotij propoſitum, in
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              tribus admirabilioribus exemplis illud nunc
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              explicemus. </s>
              <s id="s.001857">Occîdunt quædam (vt diximus)
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              deuorata ſtatim, alia ſolo contactu, alia olfa­
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              ctu: quid mirabilius ſit ex his, incertum eſt:
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              ſed audi cauſam horum, & perdiſces. </s>
              <s id="s.001858">Si ignis
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              ſcintilla cor introëat, nonne credis ſtatim
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              hominem interiturum? </s>
              <s id="s.001859">At venenum fiet acu­
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              tius igne, vt declarabimus,
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              de aquis acer­
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              rimis ſermonem habebimus. </s>
              <s id="s.001860">Tale autem po­
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              tentia, dum in corpore eſt tale actu fit: occi­
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              dit ergo, inquam, & erit minus decima grani
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              triticei parte: nam ſcintilla ignis, & pondere,
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              & magnitudine, & ſubſtantia minor eſt eius
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              grani parte decima. </s>
              <s id="s.001861">En vides rem admodum
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              miram, quam breui euadat non obſcura, vel
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              dubia, quòd olfactu ſolo interimit in cerebri
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              penetralia vapor receptus? </s>
              <s id="s.001862">cum ſine repagulo
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              ſit cerebrum,
                <expan abbr="trahátq;">trahátque</expan>
              aërem vt cor, illicò ſpi­
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              ritum in cerebri ventriculis contentum peri­
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              mit
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              deſtruit. </s>
              <s id="s.001863">Neceſſe eſt autem tale ve­
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              nenum acutum eſſe. </s>
              <s id="s.001864">Memini me quorundam
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              olfactu adeò perterritum, vt pœniteret odo­
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              raſſe,
                <expan abbr="aberántq;">aberántque</expan>
              tamen plurimum talia à na­
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              tura veneni. </s>
              <s id="s.001865">Contingit hoc in omnib. </s>
              <s id="s.001866">quæ
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              ignis deſtillatione colliguntur, ſi iam ſpontè
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              calida fuerint. </s>
              <s id="s.001867">Quæ verò putrida, periculo
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              vacant. </s>
              <s id="s.001868">Oſtenſum eſt enim, quæ putrida ſint
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              naturæ noſtræ aduerſari: quæ verò deſtillan­
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              tur, participem habere vim tum ignis, tum
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              ſubſtantiæ, & caloris qui in re quę deſtillatur
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              viget. </s>
              <s id="s.001869">Quid mirum eſt igitur, hominem ſolo
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              olfactu repentè occidi? </s>
              <s id="s.001870">Eſt tactus etiam expe­
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              rimentum,
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              non tactus, ſed contactus per
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              haſtam,
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              hoc, vt verè fatear, difficiliùs ac
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              mirabiliùs. </s>
              <s id="s.001871">Sed ſi quis hæc tria ſibi proponat,
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              Metum in plurib. (
                <expan abbr="neq;">neque</expan>
              enim omnes æquali­
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              ter afficiuntur
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              )
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              & vim torpedinis, quæ retis
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              medio hominis manum etiam ſtupefacit, &
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              ſpiritum qui ex ore ſerpentis exhalat, cum in
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              peſte hoc ſolo cernamus multos interire:
                <expan abbr="col-ligátq;">col­
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                ligátque</expan>
              hæc omnia ſimul: Multi ſolo ſpiritu
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              pernicioſo interiere, multi ſolo metu, multi
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              contactu retis manuum ſtuporem ſenſerunt:
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              vulnerato ſerpente, & metum, &
                <expan abbr="ſpiritũ">ſpiritum</expan>
              exi­
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              tialem, & contactum, mortem
                <expan abbr="repentinã">repentinam</expan>
              af­
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              ferre quid mirum? </s>
              <s id="s.001872">quod tamen tam
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              eſt,
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              quam adeò
                <expan abbr="rarũ">rarum</expan>
              . </s>
              <s id="s.001873">Ergo quæ natura
                <expan abbr="ſpõtè">ſpontè</expan>
              fert,
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              ars in malis fingendis ſolertior
                <expan abbr="atq;">atque</expan>
              fœlicior
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              perficere poteſt. </s>
              <s id="s.001874">Sed dices: Cur igitur pauci
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              ſic pereunt, non paucæ ſunt cauſæ. </s>
              <s id="s.001875">Primum
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              pauci hoc nolunt: Principes enim odio
                <expan abbr="habẽt">habent</expan>
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              ea, quib. </s>
              <s id="s.001876">& alij in ipſos vti poſſent. </s>
              <s id="s.001877">Pauciores
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              etiam ſunt, qui ſciant hæc: nec
                <expan abbr="ſapiẽtes">ſapientes</expan>
              peſſi­
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              mo
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              vti volunt, nec imperiti
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              .
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              </s>
              <s id="s.001878">Adde, quòd tam violentam belluam quis ſa­
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              nus libenter tractet? </s>
              <s id="s.001879">Ea
                <expan abbr="etiã">etiam</expan>
              nocere
                <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan>
              poſ­
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              ſunt, niſi copiosè
                <expan abbr="adminiſtrẽtur">adminiſtrentur</expan>
              ,
                <expan abbr="omniáq;">omniáque</expan>
              hę­
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              reant: at aduerſus hæc
                <expan abbr="Principũ">Principum</expan>
              cautio maxi­
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              ma eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.001880">Imminet
                <expan abbr="etiã">etiam</expan>
              periculum adeò ingens
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              proditoribus ſi pateat non ſolùm ab his in
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              quos moliuntur, ſed & ab his propter quos,
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              ne poſt ſcelus pactum ſceleris habeant
                <expan abbr="teſtẽ">teſtem</expan>
              .
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              </s>
              <s id="s.001881">
                <expan abbr="Deniq;">Denique</expan>
              qui vel natura, vel arte bene ſunt in­
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              ſtituti, hac ſcientia, quæ ſolùm eſt ad
                <expan abbr="hominũ">hominum</expan>
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              perniciem, carere volunt. </s>
              <s id="s.001882">Ego cùm
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              curioſus fuerim omnium quæ mortali ſcire
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              liceret, hanc ſolam
                <expan abbr="ignorantiã">ignorantiam</expan>
              optimæ
                <expan abbr="ſciẽ-tiæ">ſcien­
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                tiæ</expan>
              eſſe loco duxi: nec quæſiui vnquam, nec
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              ſi quis ſpontè obtuliſſet, habere voluiſſem.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.001883">Quin potius ſi quid excogitandum fuerat, ad
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              auxilia, & cautionem traduxi. </s>
              <s id="s.001884">Auxilium igi­
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              tur eſt, non hærere loco cuiquam, donec in­
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              caleſcat manus: lotio frequens partium cum
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              aqua tepida: olei
                <expan abbr="quoq;">quoque</expan>
              rutacei,
                <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan>
              illius vul­
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              garis, ſed eius quod
                <expan abbr="eodẽ">eodem</expan>
              modo
                <expan abbr="factũ">factum</expan>
              ſit, quo
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              &
                <expan abbr="ſpicatũ">ſpicatum</expan>
              , &
                <expan abbr="garyophylatũ">garyophylatum</expan>
              apud pigmenta­
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              rios fieri ſolet, inunctio. </s>
              <s id="s.001885">Dixi
                <expan abbr="etiã">etiam</expan>
              ,
                <expan abbr="ignẽ">ignem</expan>
              loco
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              adhibitum omne venenum extinguere: ſiqui­
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              dem ignis venena aliqua extinguit, alia exa­
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              cuit. </s>
              <s id="s.001886">Extinguit ſemper, dum loco adhibetur,
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              quoniam virtus eius omne humidum tollit.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.001887">Omne
                <expan abbr="autẽ">autem</expan>
              ſiccum in aliquo humido eſt: vi­
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              demus enim planè ſicca nullas habere vires.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.001888">Sunt
                <expan abbr="autẽ">autem</expan>
              planè ſicca expertia naturæ miſto­
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              rum
                <expan abbr="atq;">atque</expan>
              elementorum. </s>
              <s id="s.001889">Elementa enim om­
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              nia (vt dixi) humida. </s>
              <s id="s.001890">Miſtum
                <expan abbr="autẽ">autem</expan>
              miſcetur,
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              quia humidum eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.001891">Ignis igitur exteriùs, &
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              quod calidiſſimum eſt intus, omnia venena
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              finit. </s>
              <s id="s.001892">Sed intus calidiſſima ipſa venena ſunt.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.001893">
                <expan abbr="Quædã">Quædam</expan>
                <expan abbr="autẽ">autem</expan>
              exacuit:
                <expan abbr="nã">nam</expan>
              Locuſtam opificem
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              veneni verberauit Nero, quòd non protinus
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              occidiſſet. </s>
              <s id="s.001894">Illa iterum coxit (coqui dixerunt,
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              quod nunc ſublimari, ſeu deſtillari.) Ignis er­
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              go, ſi miſceantur, vires tollit, exhalante te­
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              nuior humido, in quo veneni vis ſita eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.001895">Sed
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              ſi pura deſtillentur, aut venena venenis miſ­
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              ceantur, exacuit venenum: velut in medica­
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              mentis additur aliquid quod penetret: &
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              cùm minuere vim debeat, auget. </s>
              <s id="s.001896">Sed ad
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              auxilia tranſeamus. </s>
              <s id="s.001897">Primum eſt potus the­
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              riacæ, quæ ſi probè confecta ſit nemo eſt,
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              qui neſciat quantum conferat. </s>
              <s id="s.001898">Secundum,
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              mus quem Moyſis appellant: referunt enim
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              veſci radice napelli, ſeu napellus ſit acco­g
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              nitum, ſeu aliud quippiam: at de hoc ſuo
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              loco dicetur. </s>
              <s id="s.001899">Quidam non indigni fide,
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              vidiſſe ſe referunt. </s>
              <s id="s.001900">At operæ pretium fue­
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              rat eos docuiſſe, quonam pacto tam paruus
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              cùm ſit, queat effodere terram: & quàm
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              mirabili affectu feratur in eum cibum in
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              tanta copia,
                <expan abbr="facilioréq;">facilioréque</expan>
                <expan abbr="alimẽti">alimenti</expan>
              : & cùm omnia
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              animalia illicò eſu acconiti pereant, mus in­
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              firmior cæteris, paruitate, mollitie, breuitate
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              vitæ, & moderatione, aſſueſcere potuerit tam
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              acri veneno. </s>
              <s id="s.001901">Si tamen hoc contingat,
                <expan abbr="de-mõſtratum">de­
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                monſtratum</expan>
              eſt, omne quod veneno veſcitur,
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              eſſe alexipharmacum, ſeu illi reſiſtere: opti­
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              ma erit medicina pro venenis Vnum Affir­
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              mant deprehenſum eſſe, muſcas magnas il­
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              lum edere: quod ſi ita eſt, foliis, vel floribus </s>
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