Inter fc reclinatos, umbramque fecun.dum
Diitcndi rectos, neque tum jatefccfe eundo ,
$875
Dum forment parilem occurrentes mutuJi flexum..
Nec jam ultra pQllic procurrere fimbria , flexus
Scilicet oppofitaiu ad partem, fed definat illic .
Longius objeda led multo fronte papyri
Jam dilatantur tradus , jam fimbria flexum
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Amplior ante ipfum eft , poli fle^cum pergit & ultra
Se magis amplificans, & pandens omnis utrinque.
Quapropter radii cultrorum trans freta Japfi
Accelfu inter fc cultorum nil nifi tanriim
Infle&i poterunt p lu s , dcdu&aquc papyro
JS85
Poft fuper excepti ad fenfum latefceretradlus.-
Prxtcrea 1 ferves , quod pun&um linea fignat
Mutuo in occurfu hinc atque hinc obfcura, receptant
Fimbria quam mediam p rio r, atque fecunda, minore
In chartre a cultris fpatio mjnus effe remotum
1890
Cultrorum a pundto referente cacumina jundta,
In fpatio majore, magis: quapropter oportet
Prretcricns aciem , quo.confiat fimbria, lumen
Tunc fupero a flexu difiet minus, & prope tranet;
Nunc tranet paulo jam longius, & mage diftet,
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Proinde etiam latere a cultrorum ; fimbria quare
Diverfo in fpa tio , diverfo a lumine fie t;
In fpatio majore, fit illo a lumine, diflat
Quod magis a c u ltris , minus atque infringitur in tro ,
I11 fpatioquc m ino re , minus quod diftat ab illis ,
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Et. magis introrfum di Aradium excu rrit, abitque.
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1 H a b e n tu r h ic n o n n u ll a , q u x
pertin en t a-l c o n c u r fu m b in o r u m
o b fcu ro rum t r a ft u u m , q u i in te r
jacent inter fim b ria s p r im a m ,
Sc
fecu n d am b in o r u m
c u l t r o r u m ,
qui quidem c o n c u rfu s c f i p r o p io r
p u n f l o , quod re s p o n d e t v e rtic i
a n g u li cu ltrorum , u b i e x c ip itu r
in m inore distantia a c u lc n s , q u a m
ubi in m ajore , u n d e N c v v t o n u s
in fert id , quod N o f t e r h ic e x
p r im it, dicendo ,, A r q u e
h in c
„ q uidem id co llig o ; lum en.; q u o d
,, fim brias e x h ib e t in c h a rta , n o n
„ u tiq u e id em effe lu m e n in p m n i-
„ bus diftantiis ch a rc x a cu ltris;
,, fed c u m c h arta propius ad c u l-
,, tros a dm o ta f i t , t u m > /cilicct
,, fim brias ori ri c x radiis, q u i 6c
, , pro p iu s pTXcer acies c u lc r o -
,, ru m .fe ru n tu r,
te
iu fic & u n t u r
,, m a j j i s , q u am c u m .charta n ia-
„ jo ri jn tc rje & o jn ccrv allo a cu l-
,, eris diftet
P o r ro q u x h a
b e n tu r h ic, e xcerp ta fm u
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vatiorie
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