Cardano, Girolamo, De subtilitate, 1663

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              aurum ex ſolo tranſitu eius domus, in qua
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              caſſides, galeæ, cæteráque ornamenta equi­
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              tum inaurantur, fœdari. </s>
              <s id="s.004237">Id toties obſeruaui,
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              vt iam dubitare de hac re minimè poſſim.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.004238">Sed vnum occurrit, dubium tamen in hac
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              re, quòd cùm quinque annulos in manibus
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              haberem, vnus tantum, aut quandoque duo
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              fœdabantur: hi ambo in indice, alter dex­
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              træ, alter ſiniſtræ manus. </s>
              <s id="s.004239">Cauſa, vt reor, erat,
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              quòd hi in ſuprema parte manus erant, &
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              à nullo tegebantur: vnde grauem vaporem
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              deſcendentem excipiebant: reliqui qui in
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              minimis erant digitis, ab aliis digitis tege­
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              bantur. </s>
              <s id="s.004240">Potuit & alia eſſe cauſa, quoniam
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              ſcilicet, qui in indice erant annuli, è puro
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              erant auro: qui in aliis digitis, Smalto eſ­
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              ſent elaborati. </s>
              <s id="s.004241">Itaque conſtat, argeńtum
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              viuum tenuiſſimæ eſſe ſubſtantiæ: & eos,
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              qui vbi elaboratur, verſantur, obnoxios eſ­
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              ſe his morbis, qui per ipſum creantur: va­
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              por enim ille tenuis per nares trahitur ad
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              cerebrum, creátque tremorem, reſolutio­
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              némque, tum etiam ad pulmones, efficítque
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              phthoem. </s>
              <s id="s.004242">Hoc ego argumento deprehendi,
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              quòd plurimos vidi, qui argentum viuum
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              tractabant, dico fermè centum, tabidos fa­
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              ctos auri fabros, capulóſque enſium auro
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              ornantes, & eos præcipuè, vt reor, qui æru­
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              ginem, aliáque medicamenta metallice miſ­
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              cerent. </s>
              <s id="s.004243">Nam qui robuſtius pectus habebant,
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              reſolutis neruis facti ſunt paralitici: & alij
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              tremuli, neruos ingrediente metallico va­
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              pore Conſtat autem, poſtquam reſoluuntur,
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              nerui, antequam exiccentur, illos potiùs re­
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              frigerari, quàm exiccari, atque id iure meri­
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              to: metallica enim omnia frigida ſunt, nec
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              niſi vi ignis exacuuntur. </s>
              <s id="s.004244">Ignis autem vis
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              non tam breui imprimit, vt ex frigido in
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              calidum fiat tranſmutatio, niſi mutata ſub­
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              ſtantia. </s>
              <s id="s.004245">Ob hoc igitur manifeſtum, quàm
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              periculoſum ſit tractare argentum viuum,
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              maximè cum igne, aut per loca tranſire, vbi
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              tractatur, hærent enim muris granula eius,
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              & ſubito ingreſſu aurum fœdatur: maláque
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              maxima, & à quibus vix quiſquam curatur,
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              adducere ſolet. </s>
              <s id="s.004246">Vnde etiam mulieres, quæ eo,
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              aut ſublimato vtuntur, refrigerato cerebro
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              dentes amittunt: qui verò relinquuntur, ſca­
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              bri fiunt, ac nigri. </s>
              <s id="s.004247">Pectus verò conſtringi­
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              tur, anhelitúſque fœtidus efficitur. </s>
              <s id="s.004248">Narrant
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              in oſſe caluariæ mulieris, quæ iam biennio
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              ex capitis dolore mortua fuerat, nec quic­
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              quam agentibus medicis, inuentum argen­
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              tum viuum pondere duarum vnciarum. </s>
              <s id="s.004249">Ne­
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              que me ædepol tam mirum, quàm videtur:
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              colligebatur enim ſenſim in cerebro, cùm
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              quotidie fuco vteretur ob humidum, quod
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              ſicco cogitur. </s>
              <s id="s.004250">Ea igitur eſt vis argenti viui,
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              vt in ſubtiliſſimum halitum tranſeat. </s>
              <s id="s.004251">Et ne­
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              que mirum fiet, ſi quid deuorauerit, annulos
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              inficiat ſpiritu atque ex hoc argumento de­
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              præhendatur. </s>
              <s id="s.004252">Videtur autem, quoniam faci­
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              lè fluit, & quia neruos labefactat, poteſtate
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              humidum potiùs, quàm ſiccum, actu autem
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              tale omninò eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.004253">Firmatur his omnibus, quæ
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              illius humidum abſumunt: nam ſi quoniam
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              humidum ſit, ac tenue, ob id fluit, ab his om­
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              nibus firmabitur, quæ humidum illud tenue
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              ſiccabunt. </s>
              <s id="s.004254">Firmabitur ergo ab
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              ,
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              tum etiam terrenis, modò ea intus penetrent.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.004255">Non igitur difficulter ſiſtitur, quia in argen­
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              tum, ſi ſiſteretur, tranſiret: ſed quoniam dif­
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              ficile eſt inuenire rem adeò
                <expan abbr="tenuẽ">tenuem</expan>
              , vt illi per
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              totum immiſceatur. </s>
              <s id="s.004256">Ergo ſulphuræ cogitur:
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              nam humidum illius tenuiſſimum vrit. </s>
              <s id="s.004257">Co­
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              gitur & ſubſtantia metallorum, cùm eam
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                biberit</expan>
              , & fumo: nam cogitur à quibuſdam, à
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              quibuſdam etiam lentore cohibetur. </s>
              <s id="s.004258">Quò fit,
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              vt nihil mirum ſit, herbarum, & ſi ſuccis fir­
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              metur. </s>
              <s id="s.004259">Sed nihilo melius euadet. </s>
              <s id="s.004260">Eadem fer­
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              mè ratione & à ſaliua, ob
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              , fluere pro­
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              hibetur. </s>
              <s id="s.004261">Cùm enim, vt diximus, ipſum per ſe
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              ſolùm ſit lentum, quid mirum ſi ab alia re
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                ta</expan>
              cohibeatur? </s>
              <s id="s.004262">Sed aliud eſt cogi, aliud à mo­
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              tu cohiberi quidquid enim cogitur à motu
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              cohibetur: non quicquid à motu cohibetur,
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              ſtatim cogitur. </s>
              <s id="s.004263">Cogi dico, cùm durum eua­
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              dit: víxque hoc abſque ſulphuris, aut alterius
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              corporis miſtione fit. </s>
              <s id="s.004264">Sed cohibetur facilè,
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              quandoquidem (vt dixi) à ſola ſaliua id fiat.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.004265">Igitur ob immenſum frigus, & pondus, &
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              erodendi vim, arbores necat: tardè, &
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              ſe­
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              curè, ſi ad medullam non perueniat: celerrimè
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              & certò, cùm ad eam peruenerit. </s>
              <s id="s.004266">Idem muſ­
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              cas, pulices, cimices,
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              omnia, maxi­
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              mè cum ſapone nigro perimit. </s>
              <s id="s.004267">Sunt qui ne­
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              gent ipſum & minium in Oriente olim in­
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              uenta. </s>
              <s id="s.004268">In Elbogano Bohemiæ Scombachi
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              vena minij inuenta eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.004269">Sed quod olim illi
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              fuit pretium & autoritas, ſupplente cinnaba­
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              ri factitia deceſſit. </s>
              <s id="s.004270">Eſt & Cinnabaris alia,
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              quæ naſcitur, cuius nunc meminiſſe haud
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              opus eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.004271">Sed Minium Sandarachæ perſimile
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              eſt, nec ab ea differt, niſi quòd argentum vi­
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              uum excutit, & ſpontè, & magis etiam igne
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              excalefactum, quod etiam ſi non ſeparetur,
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              rurſum combibit,
                <expan abbr="Sãdaracha">Sandaracha</expan>
                <expan abbr="argentũ">argentum</expan>
              viuum
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              non mittente. </s>
              <s id="s.004272">At qualis ſit ſandaracha, ſupe­
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              rius diximus. </s>
              <s id="s.004273">Illud etiam de
                <expan abbr="argẽto">argento</expan>
              viuo me­
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              miniſſe velim, quòd vitreo vaſe, vel lapideo
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              concluſum, ſi non poſſit reſpirare, non ſecùs
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              ac pyrius puluis, eadem ratione tamen igni
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              admotum vehementiori, vas diſrumpit, ac te­
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              nui calore commouet. </s>
              <s id="s.004274">Vnde immiſſo vaſe,
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              quod argentum viuum in ſe contineat ani­
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              mali feruenti, animal mouetur: inde admira­
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              tio cauſam ignorantibus. </s>
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              Cauſa cur
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              aqua, & ar­
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              gentum vi­
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              uum obſint
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              cum fiunt
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              rotunda.</s>
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            <p type="margin">
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              Argentum
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              viuum te­
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              naciſſimum.</s>
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              Loca in qui­
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              bus abundat
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              viuum ar­
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              gentum
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                rent</expan>
              , & aquis
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              abundant.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.004278">Argentum
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              viuum
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              fœdat.</s>
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              Argenti vi­
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              ui tractatio
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              quos morbos
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              creet.</s>
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            <p type="margin">
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              Tribus modis
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                <expan abbr="argentũ">argentum</expan>
              vi­
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              uum firmari
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              poteſt.</s>
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            <p type="margin">
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              Quibus re­
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              bus argentum
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              viuum ſiſti­
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              tur.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.004282">Quomodo
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                <expan abbr="argentũ">argentum</expan>
              vi­
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              uum à ſali­
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              ua extingua­
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              tur.</s>
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            <p type="margin">
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              Argentum
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                <expan abbr="viuũ">viuum</expan>
              immiſ­
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              ſum arbori­
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              bus eas ne­
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              cat.</s>
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            <p type="margin">
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              Argentum
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              viuum occi­
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              dit omnia
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              inſecta.</s>
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              Minium.</s>
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            <p type="margin">
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              Argentum
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              viuum ex­
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              caleſactum
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              vaſa fran­
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              git.</s>
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              <s id="s.004287">Hactenus itaque de nobilioribus metal­
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              licis, quæ natura profert: nunc verò quan­
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              tum valeat ars naturam imitando videa­
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              mus. </s>
              <s id="s.004288">Nam & ars habet ſua metallica, &
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              metalla etiam, nec non lapides, vt myr­
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              rhina, de quibus iam actum eſt. </s>
              <s id="s.004289">Ergo me­
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              tallica ſunt factitia, Cinnabaris, argentum
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              ſublimatum, præcipitatum, pſoricum, ſmal­
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              tem, recrementum, lapis, diphryges, cad­
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              mia, pompholyx, ſpodos, æris flos, tum
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              ſquama, ærugo, vermicularis, ſtomoma, fer­
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              rugo, cæruleum, ceruſſa, ſandix, ochra, plum­
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              bago, argenti ſpuma, purpurina, vitrum.
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              </s>
              <s id="s.004290">Cinabaris ſeu cinabrium: ſulphur in ol­
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              lam pone, liqua, duplum adde argenti viui,
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              perpetuò miſce ſuppoſito igne, donec ar­
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              genti viui nulla ſpecies appareat: inde re­
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              frigerari permitte. </s>
              <s id="s.004291">Denuò verò excoques, &
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              ſenſim, vſquequo non ſtrideat: tunc verò
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              ignibus auctis eodem coquere expedit, do­
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              nec ruber fumus exierit. </s>
              <s id="s.004292">Facit ad ſcriben­
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              dum ac pinguendum rubro colore, cinnaba­
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              rímque natiuam æmulatur. </s>
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