Afpiccre haud a lite r , quam partus m ille rem o tu ra
Si foret a nobis; fieri tum major imago
Deberet toties , quot millibus edita luna e ft:
1^40
Illa fed a nobis {o t millibus edita d ifta t.
In quot pervenies., denos quater , & bifeen tum
Si numeros repetas numeros per m ille ; necefle eft
Proin fpeculum toties pupilla: prendat id o rbem .
A lt in dire&um pupillas ordine longo
1 9 4 5
Si ftatuas centum & denas quater , unius aeques
V ix fpatium pedis ; hinc fpeculi , quod qurerimus , augmen
Quingentos & mille pedes expofccre nofces •
Quod qui jam conflare quea t, qui jungere m o li
Vertendae huc illu c , rebufque aptare v idend is ,
1 ^ 5 0
Idem etiam montes poffit jadttre per auras ,
Inceffuque gravi tellurem agitare trementem ,
Infcrerc in nubes caput altum , atque a:quora la te
Uno vafta gradu dillento tranfiluiflc .
Hac ratione velis fed fi Jovis infpicere artrum ,
1 9 5 $
Q u i bis mille locis plerumque remo tio r e x ta t,
Quam luna a nobis; fpeculum ad
f e x
m illia c en tum
Expandi id certe deberet , nec minus amp lum
E lfe , c bifdenis quam terrx partibus una eft .
Noftram huc anne putes operam pertingere pofle ? 1
9 6 0
Quam tum longa foret moles, quam vafta tu b o rum ,
Cc.njc6U
ipfe animo longe , quantifquc columnis
Fulciri id pondus nubes fuperuntibus altas
De-
L I B E R O C T A V U S .
ai *
c u m h ic a g a t u r n o n d c q u a c u n
q u e m e d io c r i c la rita te , fed de
claritate pari i l l i , q u x h a b e r e t u r ,
fi i d e m o o j c & u m ex illa t a n t o m i
n o re d iftan tia in tu e r e m u r n u d o
o c u lo . P ro m e d io c r i cla rita te fa
tis eft pars q u a r ta eju s a p e r tu
r x , uc ibi e x H u g c n i o d e d u x i
m u s .
Porro diftantia Lunx a Terra
eft femidiametrorum tcrrcftrium
proxime *o , quarum fingulre con
cinent milliaria proxime 4000 , fi
milliarium continens pafius mille,
fivc pedes 5000 redimetur a pede
Parificnfi , adeoque ca diftantia
continet milliaria 3400^0. Hinc
r e q u i r e r e t u r a p e r t u r a
c o n t i n e n s
d ia m e t r o s p u p illre 2 4 0 0 0 0 . T r i b u i c
u n i p e d i e j u f m o d i d i a m e t r o s
140,
e ft e n i m c ir c it e r re q u a lis e a d i a
m e t e r u n i l i n e r e , & 1 4 4 l i n e a s
c o n t i n e t p e s . Q u a r e
d i v i d e n d o
140000 p e r J 4 0 , U v e 1 1 0 0 0 p e r 7 ,
h a b e n t u r p e d e s p lu r e s q u a m . 5 0 0 ,
fiv c p a fiu s
300.
Q u i s , a i t , e j u f
m o d i f p e c u l u m
p o ffit c o n f l a r e
9
q u is t r a d la r e ?
Q u i d v e i o fi l i b e a t id i p f u m
t r a s f e i r e a d J o v e m . I s d i f t a t i a
m e d io c r i d i f t a n t i a a T e r r a q u i n -
tu p lo m a g i s , q u a m fo l , a d e o q u e
a u llo m i n u s , q u a m
1 2 0 m i l i i -
us f e m i d i a m e t r o r u m t e r r e f l r i u m *
