1 1 1
Auri paulatiin pigmento purpura quredam ell
2310
Adjicienda nitens , &. lumine 1'plcndida vivo,
Oiulem (repe adhibent PiCtorcs ; defiruit illud
Dum lluvelccrc jam , trahere incoeptetauc ruborem
Pallentem ante oculos : tam tenuiter at rubicundus
Eluitur vel adhuc rubor, aut arrugine in illum
2315.
lmuvlfti cumulum viridi , aut de monte petito
Creruleo fuco : cineris color inde putebit,
Excifiquc rec&ns ligni , peHifque per artus
Extenliv humanos , non fplendcns , attamen albus •
Pulvere de quovis pars hic quota debeat effe
2320
Dicere difficile eft ; genus unum , pulvis eandem
Cum vim non habeat lucis, propriique coloris:
Pars minor aut major fed erit de pulvere quovis
Hic adhibenda, ma-jps quanto lux viva minusve eft.
Cundiis i rebus ab his certa ratione profedto
2325
Deduces, varia rerum de fronte colores
Qui
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t u m e x c e l l i m u s .
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t e
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