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Cujufquc & molis diferimina percipiamus;
Oftendant nam fi fimulacra ingentia rerum ,
970
Nimirum quam res * adeo majora , repente
Conlpiciantur uti quingentis molibus audtx
Res ipix, non jam pofitx pede longius uno
A noitris oculis non arte valentibus ulla;
Sperem tum fore , nos fervando perveniamus
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Demum ad particulas rcrumque elementa, valentes
Incipiunt primi ditfundier unde colores.
Sed fi millenos jam terve quaterve per audlus
Vitrea fepta queant res amplificare, videri
Omnes particulx fors poffint, unde colores
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Exoriuntur, cas prxter' , queis corpora confiant
Nigra,queant nulla retegi qux fcilicct arte.
Ergo dida mihi qux funt fuper, omnia pofles
Prendere per, genus hoc, tubulos, & fenfibus ipfis
Subjicere, & dubix curas difpellerc mentis:
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Quod fi contigerit, nil jam rear amplius ellc
Uitcriufquc.oculis tentandum : hxc ultima certe,
Quam poffint fenfus oculorum tangere, meta eft,
Ultimus hic homini a natura terminus hxrcus >
Nc queat, has infra res , in penetralia labi
990
Illius, & fecrcta opera, & potiora tueri
Particularum in particulis, quas nofle locatas,
Et textas , ut funt, quid jam foret, inde orientes
Res. multas nifi nofic , & rerum munera multa ,
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