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Phrtebeovideas; et fubter praetereuntem
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Mercurium, Veneretnve, adeo diltin&a figura eft,
Obicrves, ncc non & Lunam congrcdicntcm >
Libantemque fiuun damnofa per ofcula Fratrem,
220
Quin 1 vel non alio fpoliatum lumine templum
Si fit , & anguftum quod erat nimis ante , foramen
Latcfcat paulum, fcateat lux major ut inde,
Ire pavimento fimulacrum mobile Solis
Afpicias fuper, ut medium cujuiquc dici
22j
Nolccrc momentum pofiis , diitendore longa
Si facias, Aufter Boream qua profpicit, &ra .
Nam matutinas , vcfpcrtinalcuc per horas
Citra abit, atqr.c ultra ipecies nitidilTima Phoebi;
Atfuper aere meat, medium cum tempus utrinque eit. 230
Fclfina, jamque tuum longe ilio inclaruit a:re
Templum , & , Roma, tuum, qua fcilicct admiranda
Termarum vifunt11r adhuc vcftigia, canti
P.irvula pars operis, quod nomen prxtulit olini
CoHaris anguftum : hic defeifus pondere rerum
23y
Herbis imperii mutavit frenacolendis ,
Dul-
n
P H I L O S O P H I A
I c f c o p ii,
&c
r e fr a d io n u m : hic a u .
te m N o ft c r v e r fa tu r in £ola p ro p a.
g a tio n e lum inis per m e d iu m ho.
m o g e n e u m , & p e rseq u itu r ufus
p r o p a g a tio n is per lin e am r e d a m .
1 T r a n fic a.i usum , q u em h a.
b e t e ju fm o d i im a g o folis pro m e
ridiana linea , ad q u em u fum non
eft n eccllaria ta m a Icci o b lc m a r io ,
nec fo ram e n ita e x ig u u m , uti ad
videndas solis m a c u la s , fc M crcu
rium , ac V e n e rem rran (euntes per
difeum (olis ; quin im n io requiri
tur fo ram e n paullo am plius , q u o q
m ajorem lu m in is copiam a d ln itra t.
R e d a lin e a d ucitur in p a v im e n
to , q u x a Borea m /.u fb um dire-
f l e tendar , qua* qu id em insculpi
fo lct rc g u lx l o n e x m c ta P V ;r . S c
iis im ago in p a vim e n to e c n i c u r c L
lip tica jam h in c , jam ii.de ab <*a
redi a , cujus im acin is cen trum ad
eam appellit in ipfo M c rid i# , &,
ejus m o m e n tu m d eterm in at ,
P o rro m en tio n em hic facit bina
r u m , q u x inter alias celeberrim a:
fu n t in Italia M e r id ia n x Linea:, al.
tera in B o n o n icn fi tem plo S; P c tio .
n i i , altera in illo , q u o d R o m a :
d ie b u r
Madonna dcgli Angeli,
am p h flim o a -i thermas* D io cle tia n i
jam dirutas , inter q u a ru m rodera
m agn ificcn tiftim c excn n fh im eft .
Q u is aurem D io c le tia n u m hic n o n
a g n o s c a t , qui parcntiflunc in d ica
tu r , dum is dicitur, abd icato Im p c.
rio sc in D a lm atiam contulifTc ,
Sc
h o rto etiam colen d o dediflc o p e ram
Exeat &. Florentia: in tc m p lo P r in .
cip c ejus gen eris m o n u m e n tu m ve.,
tu ftu lim u m u L e o n a rd o X im e n io
reftiturum , cujus m en tio n em face
re N o fr e r n o n poterat , q u i h x c
antea jam f c r ip f e r a t . Illud a d d it,
eju fm o d i m o n u m e n ta etiam in p iu
blicis & p n v a tis ordibus lu b c r i fa».
po , p o tifiim um in B ib lio th ecis &
M usicis.
