Proferat in lucem ^fartus; ita Scylla decoram
Frontem oculofque gerens, vultumque, & virginis ora
Fonnofre, monitris uterum pubemque marinis
C ing itur: implentur latratibus omnia circum.
p jo
Poft 1 ergo ad fenfus mentem vertere, petuntque •
Froinde ex fervatis rationum pondera rebus,
Natura fimile cife vident nil prorfus in om n i:
Nimirum non frons alta par ulla virefeit
Frondi alii in sylva, glandi glans u lla , nec uvis
Uva per autumnum, flori flos tempore ycris,
Nec guttam prorfus quit gutta referre liquentem,
Nec vultum vultus, vocem v o x ; omnibus extant
ln rebus, bene, fi ferves, diferimina multa,
Proin
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P c r ro a d d i t , h aberi u trin q ue ra-?
rienes p r o la t a s , utrin que p r o fe r
ri rcfp o n lio n cs, ac n ova a r g u m e n
t a r e novas difficultates cu m in g e n
ti clam ore , et anim i c o n te n tio
n e,quale? c la m o re s ,& con tention es
h a b e b a n tu r p o tillim u m in fcholis
P e rip ate tico rum
allueris
q u x -
ftiones a gitare adm o d u m cla m o -
r o f a s , fed p le rum q u e fine ullo
frudrii , q u o d exo rn at ele ga n ti
e p ifo d io dc in u t ilib u s , et in fru -
ftu o fis la rra tife s fc y llx , q u o ru m
c la m o ru m ope nihil lucretur quis
q u a m .
1 A d d it a liud a rg u m e n tu m L e -
ib n ix ia n o ru m p ro om n iu m e n tium
d iferim in e p e titu m
a pofieriori
,
n im ir u m ab' o b fe rv a tio n e , d um
illud fuperius in n ix u m in d ifeern i-
b i l i t a t i , 8c defedlui^ rationis fu f-
ficicntis erat
a p r io r i.
N u s q u a m ,
in q u iu n t , • in ve n ire licet d uo per-
fccfta fimilia ; p ro fe ru n t in d u & io -
n em adm o d u m planam , q u am
hic paucis N o ft e r eleganter exp ri
m it
,
ubi et illud celebre dc fo
liis im m e n fo n u m e ro in am plifli-
m a sylva, q u o ru m fi u n um ten eas,
tu m alia p o ft alia u tcum q ue in g e n
ti n u m e ro tibi afferri c u r e s , n u l
lu m u n q u am invenies ipfi pen itu s
fim ile . Inde autem c o n c lu d u n t ,
ta n q u am c x in dm ftion c validiffi-
m a , n cc in ter ipfa p rim a m a t e r ix
elem e n ta inveniri poffc d uo p r o r
fus f im ilia .
Ei etiam a rg u m e n to rcfp o n d cn s
o ffe n d it t a n t u m m o d o , illud a r
g u m e n tu m n u llam h abere v im ,
ubi fit tranfitus a com p o fitis ad
elcm cnca ; n am etiam ex e le m e n
tis p ro rfu s fu n ilibus com p o tita
p o liu n t evad ere a d m o d u m d iflim i-
lia o b ipfam d iv e rfam c o m b in a tio -
n e m , q uod illu ftrat e x em p lo fi
g u ra ru m d ive rfa ru m , q u x e xu r-
g u n t in vafis cx e o d em m etallo ,
x d ib u s ex eisd em m a rm o rib u s ,
vel la tcrib u sffn tam im m a n i m u l
titudin e to t vo q u m lin g u a tu m o m
n iu m , q u x fo r m a n tu r 24 litte r u
la ru m elem en tis , in tam diverfis
o p e ribu s mu ficis ortis a commina
tio n e tam e x ig u i n o tarum n u
m e r i .
In e xem p lo litte ru la ru m ,
Sc
n o
ta rum m u ficaru m h ab e tu r fan c
d ife rim e n inter aliam litteram ,
vel n o tam , Sc aliam , fed a d h u c
co n tra L e ib n izia n o s id h ab et v im ;
n am h ab en tur q u a m p lu rim x fim i-
lcs in to t y o cib u s , Sc tam d iv e r
fis : dicent ii u t iq u e , illas ipfas
litteras ab aliis aliter p r o n u n c ia r i,
Sc f e r i b i ; fed e tiam li om nes e o
d em m o d o p r o n u n c ia r c n t u r , Sc
fe rib e re n tu r fo r m a pen itus ead em
