Landi, Bassiano, Ecphrasis de motu, 1550

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              ſum eſſet inſtrumentum, niſi per ipſum
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              perficeretur, & abſolueretur opus, atque
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              extendetetur ad eam magnitudinem
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              præfinitam, quæ commoda ſit ad opus.
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              <s>Nam forma non in quacunque magni­
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              tudine poteſt eſſe principium operan­
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              di. </s>
              <s>Vt enim artifex non poteſt figu­
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              ram eius nauigii inducere, in quamuis
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              portionem materiæ, quod vſui ſic, &
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              vtile ad ſulcanda matia, ſic forma re­
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              quirit materiam, quæ extendatur in
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              certam quantitatem, ac terminatam,
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              extenſio autem eſt motus, & quodam
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              modo loci mutatio, vt antea dicebam.
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              <s>Itaque motus eſt inſtrumentum natura­
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              le, aptisſimum ad exornandas mate­
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              rias ſuis formis, vt hæc pulchra rerum
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              vicisſitudo in terris conſeruetur. </s>
              <s>Nam
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              bonus artifex, non ſolum ſtudet opus
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              ſuum probè fingere, atque ornare, ſed
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              etiam fictum, & ſumma arte elabora-</s>
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