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D ebe re t*.
Jamnunc quantum infanirc fatendum eft,
Sc vidifle ferunt qui lunx fulmina nigris
Nubibus ejaculata , rucntefque imbre procellas ?
Miremur porro , fi prifea fuilTe vetuftas
Vu lgarit, qui nubiferi dc rupe Pachini
V iderit in Libyco candentia carbafa clafiis
^Squore, fidonias alta: ad Carthaginis arces?
1970
At 2 non eft in co prorfus fpes omnis adempta,
Poffit ut in luna res quasdam magna v ide ri,
Urbs velut ampla , vclut conftratum claffibus aequor.
Fors mnnet
h x c
noftros olim fortuna nepotes ,
U t videant & adhuc magis au6h hac arte tuborum 197S
In lunas facie quxdam mutarier annis:
Nempe novas urbes condi , vcterefque perire ,
Siccarique lacus magnos, & flumina fontes
Commutare fuos , diverfo & labier alveo,
Indudhfque mari quoque terras , & mare terris . 1980
Q ira cum contigerint, uni referenda profc£lo
Cundla Repertori fuerin t, qui protulit artem ,
Cernereaue edocuit reflexos per radios res
C e rtius , inque novos, d ix it, confcenditc mundos,
Armaque fuppeditavit , & inftrumenta volandi:
ip 8 j
Sic & Dfcdalea procul evolat Icarus arte ,
Et quos occiduis populos deteximus oris,
n im ir u m circiter bis m illecu p lo
p lu s , q u am l u n a , cujus d iftan
tia co n tin e t fem id iam etro s
60
.
H in c am p litu d o ejus fpeculi de
b e re t cfle pro Jo v e pafTuum
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m illiu m , fere requalis duodecimae
p a A i totius terrcftris a m p litu d i
n is . Q u a: m o les tan to ponderi
fu lcie n d o fu b ftru i p o f f i n t
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1 M ir u m fanc , e ju fm o d i fa b u
la m fu lgu ran tis p r o c e lla :,
te
fu l
m in u m , qua: fint v ifa in facie
l u n x o b te g e n ti folem , n o n fo -
luin ab aliis ferio proditam , fed *
a b ip fo V o lfio a d o p ta tam ad p r o
b a n d a m luna: atmofpbrerana . E am
e g o in e p tiam cum in m e o p o e
m a te in n u ifT c m , adjeci d em u m
Ufque adeo prsccpta animum ftn -
tentia lu d it
.
2
V e r u m licet v ideri non p o f
fint in fuperficic lunae ob jed la u f
q u e adeo e x i g u a , uti fu n t fu l
m in a , addit N o f t e r , fp erari u t i
que polle , u t te le fco p io ru m vis
a u g m e n ta a d h u c m u lto m ajo ra ac
cip iat , q u o ru m ope liceat in ipfa
lu n a difccrnerc m ajo ra quaedam,
ut u rb em , vel m are co n ftra tu m
cla ffib u s, ac m utatio n es o lim de
preh en dan tur n o n n u lla:, veluti n o
v a ru m u rb iu m e x o r t u s , aut in
g e n tiu m flu viorum m utati cu rfu s.
U r b e s q u id em n oftris fim ile s , auc
flu v io ru m curfus n u n q u am ib i
o b fe rv ari p o t e r u n t , u b i , u t e g o
q u id em ccn feo o m n in o c e r t u m ,
& evid e n te r d e m o n ft r a t u m , n ulla
e xiftit a tm o fp h re ra , adeoque n cc
h o m in e s , n cc f l u m i n a ; v e r u m
