Accipiunt nutus, radii quam, fimbria pallens
1925
Queis oritur viola: in morem ; proin longius illi
Aufcultant, minimum qui lefe infringere poffunt >
Majorefquc ideo tradtus fecere prope umbram.
Quare cum radius vitro non ante retextus,
Integer adveniet, multiplex fimbria qux tum
1^30
F iet, erit conflans feptem variantibus inter
Se varie m ixtis, quot funt ea fila colorum .
Qux prior interiorque nitebit, prxferet omnes,
Quot fun t, unum alio fubito excipiente, colores.
Tanta infiedtendi cum nempe a corpore confiet
3935
Vis ib i, pofiit uti feptem disjungere fila.
Intimus eft violx color, ipfamque excipit umbram;
Proin ruber extimus c fi, cundtifquc remotior umbrd.
Altera pofi veniens, atque altera fimbria porro
In fc omnes, ut prima, ge rit, ratione colores
1940
Confufa tamen immixtos ; nam latior illic
Fimbria quxque fuat fimplex cujufauc coloris,
Proinde aliis faciles mifccrier omnibus omnes,
Communique fuum condentes lumine lumen .
Scilice t1 hxc ratio lucis caufafque , ratafquc
194J
Nofcendi leges, ut
d i x i
, efi optima; cum non
Fingimus has, quales poffint fors effe, fed ipfas
Revera reperimus, uti fu n t, fubjicimufque
Sen
L I B E R N O N U S .
309
tum ubi in m in ore , tum ub i in
m ajore d iftan tia e x c ip iu n ru r fim
b r ix . Jnuc N o fte r d ed ucit c u m
N c v v t o n o , fim brias ru b ra s e x h i
bitas c(Tc a radiis tra n fe u n tib u s
in m ajo re diftantia a ^ cu ltro ,
qu am exhibitas a v io la c e is , a d e o
que ad m ajorern d iftan tiam p r o
tendi a flio n e m in radios ru b ro s,
q u a m in vio laceo s . Inde a u te m
e xp lica t uterque o rd in em c o lo r u m ,
te
reliqua fim b ria ru m c o lo r a ta
rum p h x n o m c n a , q u x h a b e n tu r
libi Im ncn in te g ru m incidit t o
tum in culcros , vel in ca p illu m ,
v d in alia eju fm o d i ten uia co r-
pufcula .
1 P o ft ca tam m ulta lo n g e a r i
diora ,
te
c a p tu difficiliora a r g u
m e n ta , qiia2 in fu p e rio rib u s ex«
p o f u i t , le flo r is a n im u m
nim is
jam fa tig a tu m d em u lc e t h ic ele
g a n ti e ^ ilo d io , q u o ite ru m in
a rb itrarias h yp o tiie fe 9 jure fan c
in v e h itu r . N a t u r x leges e xq u ire n -
4.as;,cfle p e r o b le rv a tio n e s e o ru m ,
quas' f i u n t , n on co n fin gen d as per
im a g in a tio n e m f e c u n d a m . L o n g e
n o n fo lu m utilius * fed
te
ju c u n
dius efte a ud ire i d , q u o d o b fe r-
v atr.m e f t , q u a m q u o d c o n fif lu m
ad a rb itriu m
*
ut h ifto ria m v e
ram
h o m i n i s , qu i
p o ft lo n g a
itin era n a r r e t , q u x v id e rit in re
g io n ib u s exteris , q u a m ejus , qui
fabulas c o n fifta s r e f e r a t , licet iu
iis a dm ira n d a p o r t e n t a , ac in au
d ita p r o d ig ia c o n t i n e a n t u r ,
