Benedictus Stay: Philosophiae recentioris versibus traditae, libri X, tomus III - page 153

Cum nondum ad radios fuerit mens vcrfa rcpulfos >
Ingenitam dixere ol l i , propriamque dicarunt >
Ut nunquam toto Ipoliari luininc poffit.
At fpoliatur ca dc parte, ubi crev it , & errat
Cornibus ob tufis , qua Terram parte tuetur
460
Nodturno prope contefhini velumine tot ani ;
Nam prope vanelcit tum lux: ea ; Terra aliorfum
Nempe jacit lucem , non qua (e Cynthia flc6lit ;
Illi non igitur propria hxc , nativaque conflat .
Ob Solis 1 radios a Lunx fronte rcpulfbs
465
Non una ratione queas di.^nolccrc, rerum
A duris , qira funt ibi fluvida , denfiiquc raris ;
Fluvida cniin lucis minus a fe , ruraque pellunt ,
Tum quia purs introrfum ob r ep i t , tum quia frons eft
Scabra minus , nequeat lucem ut difiperdere circum 470
Undique, fed j\;in£tam loca versus certa rcpulfec ,
Ad nollrum raro pertingat ut agmine fenfum.
Sic maria Irae confpeeta procul dc vertice lumino
Colluitrata minus campis & montibus effe
Apparent; proin in Luna maria effe putamus,
475
Effe lacus> campofquc , &
ic
volventia campis
Flumina ; fignamus fines , & nomina cuique
Nollra damus , regefque novos , nova ponimus illtc
Imperia . ExcoluilTc fuit carieftia quondam
Queis labor ,
ik
duram in cadum procul ille per artem, 480
N a-
L I B E R O C T A V U S .
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I Ad r e f l e x i o n e m ,, de. q u a h i c
a g itu r , p e r t i n e t e t i a m i n x q u a j i r a s
lum inis v i l i
in d i v e r t i s p a r t i b u s
difei l u n a r i s : a b e a r e p e t i t N o ­
d e r d i f e r i m i n a in f u p c r f i c i e L u ­
n x f i m i l i a i l l i s , q u x h a b e n t u r i n
h ac n o f f r a f u p e r n e i e T e r r a ; . S i
quis i n t u e r e t u r T e r r a m e l o n g i n ­
q u o ; v i d e r e t o b f c u r i o r a m a r i a ,
q u x r e f l e d h m e m u l c o
m i n o r e m
copiam l u m i n i s , q u a m f o l i d x p a r ­
tes C o n t i n e n t i s : h i n c c u m in L u ­
n a a p p a r e a n t t r a ift u s q u i d a m i n ­
gentes
m u l c o o b f c u r i o r c s ,
ii a
p lc rifq u c
c c n f e m u r
e f i e m a r i a
q u x d a m ,
t e
h o c n o m i n e a p p e l ­
lavit c o s t r a & u s R i c c i o l i u s , q u i
ibi c o l l o c a v i t
m u r e h um orum
,
m a r e Jeren ita tis
,
m a re c r ij i c u m
,
a c a li a e ju fm o d i . Is p l u i i m i s a l i i s
d i f e i lu n a r is p a r t i b u s , q u a : n o t a ­
b i l i o r e s fune , li v e o b t r j a j c r e m ,
f i v c o b m i n o r e m v i m l u m i n i * , Sc
a p p e l l a r i fo le n t m a c u l x l u n a r e s ,
f u a n o m i n a i n d i d i t d e f u m p t a a b
h o m i n i b u s , q u i m a j o r i s d o & r i n x
f a m a ia d a r u e r a n t , p o t i A l m u m A -
f f r o n o m i s fu i
e t i a m t e m p o r i s .
H a b e t u r ib i
P l a t o ,
Sc
A x i f l o -
t e le s ., & C o p e r n i c u s ,
t e
T y c h o ,
a lii p lu r im i , q u o r u m n o m e n
i t a c o n f e c r a t u m i n c x l c f t i b u s b i f -
c c
la ftis ,
te
p c r d u c a t u r u m p e r
l o n g a m f x c u l o r u m f e r i e m o c c a -
i j o n e m N o f t r o t r i b u i t b r e v i s c p L
f o d i i d c v e r a g l o r i a * q u a m
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