L I B E R N O N U S .
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A minima incipieris,'quam pofiunt omnia fila
Trajicere ; Sc Icriem variorum hac arte colorur^i
E d u x it, qui dc regreflibus exoriuntur,
Lamellamque, luo cuivis qua: crafla colori >
5 7
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A c ris , aut v i t r i , aut puro relpondcat undx .
Septenas, genui id , leries num eravit, & omne*
Ddcripfic tabulis: prima a nigrantibus umbris
Inc ip it; hinc feries lenfim inclarefcerc pergens,
Et per ca:ruleum, albentem, flavumque nitorem
575
T ran fit, & auratam per lucem , perque ruben tem :
Altera 'habet feries violam , quemque India m ittit
Fucum, & cxruleum , flavumque itidem , auratumque ,
Et claro fulgore rubentem , coccineumque :
Tertia purpureum d a t, eoa & gente rem iflum ,
580
Cxrulcumquc e tiam , v iridem , flavumque,
rubrumque ,
Mixtum & caeruleo rubrum quoque: quarta co lo rum
Agmen a g it, prope cxruleo perfufa v iro re ,
Simplex inde v iro r, flavdcens.inde fubibat,
Lux rubra poftrema eft : paulum viridantia p ro fe rt 585
C ieru la ,
q u x
quinta eft leries, finitque rubefccns :
Sexta itidem paulum viridantia caerula p ro fe rt;
Deinde rubefeentem pariter dat cernere lu c em :
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U i-
lcu m ' Y irc fc c n tc m ,
Sc
ru b e o m :
Sexta ro fd c m fere co lo res e x h ib e t,
q u o s q u in ta : p o ftre m a in itio im i-
u c u r binas p r x c e d c t u c s , tu m ha
b et co lo rem a lb u m ,
&c
ru b e u m .
Addit N o ft e r iplas c ia flu u d w
nes la iu c llx acris pertin en tes ad
cos colores , q u x q u id e m c u m
fra c tio n ib u s n u m cric is e x p r im e a -
d x lin e , m a x im a m d ifficultatem
p r x b c n t p o c t x eas in verfus c o m
p in g e n ti . E am ip fam difficulta
tem fu b jicit N o f t e r ,
dc
fa tig a
tu m ic fto r is a n im u m elega n ti epi-
fo d io d e m u l c e t , n u m e r o r u m
Sc
u tilitatem e x h ib e n s ,
&c
n cccffita-
rem . N o s h ic n o ta b im u s d u o ,
q u x N o f t e r p r o p o f u i t : p rim o qui-*
d em craflitu d in es e x h ib ita s p r o
lam ella a e r e a red uci ftatim ad
a q u e am , v e l v itre am , (i a u g e a n
tu r p ro illa i o r a tio n e j *<1 4 ,
p ro h a c a ad f , q u x n i m i r u m
eft ratio finus a n g u l i r e f r a c t i a d
fin u m in c id c n c ix in i n g r e f l u c x
aere ad illas f u b f t a n t i a s . D e i n d e
in c o m a x im e d i f e r e p a r e N e v r t o -
n ia n a m P h i t o f o p h i a m
a p r x e e -
d en tib u s o m n ib u s , q u o d i l l x v a
ga s q u a s d a m p h x n o m c n o r u m e x
p licatio n e s a a b i b c b a n c , q u x a d
lib itu m a p ta ri p o f f e n t d iv e r f is c a -
f i b u s , h x c o m n ia n u m e r i s d e f in ia t
c iD r c fla i t a , u t
n u l l a
l i b e r t a
h a b e a tu r m u ta n d i c o n f i l i i , fi res
ipsa e x p lic a tio n i data? n o n r e s p o n
deat : d e t e r m in a n t u r n i m i r u m < -
m n ia : p o r ro n u n q u a m p r o c c r t r ;
h aberi p o ffu n c c a u f j e o r i o r c illo
m o d o p r o p o fit a : , c x i p u r u m c o r -
fc n fu c u m p h x n o m e n i s : d c h,.-
co n tra p o ft c o n f c n f u m m u l t i p l i
cem dubitare miraiat
n o n l i c e ; . ,
