Inter fe , fi fint domita igne , folutaquc magno ,
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Ht prope conveniant, fi, quo licet, ufque refolvas;
Si vel .adhuc infra noflra dclabier arte
Jam licear, tum qure poterunt minima effe videri.
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P H I L O S O P H I A
,, reliqui arcus curvae exp rim en tis
„ vires o m n im o d a m fimili cudi-
jj
nem in d ican t pro corp oribus
jy
itid em om n ib u s .
S u p e r c f l , q u o d ad hanc rem
, , p ertin et , illud u n um iterum
,, hic m o n e n d u m y q u o d initio
h ujus D iffcrta tio n is i n n u i , ip-
yf
fam n atu ram , & ip fu m analy-
,, feos
o rd in em nos ducere ad
, fim plicitatem , 8
c
h o n io g e n c i-
,, tatem elem en to rum , cum ni-
m irum , q u o analyfis p rom o -
ve tur m a g i s , co aa pauciora ,
3,
te
inter sc m inus dilcrcpantia
J9
principia d even iatur , ut patet
})
in
refo lutio n ib u s C h y m i c i s .
i9
Q u a m quidem rem ipsum littc-
y9
rarum -,
te
vo cum e xem p lum
m u lto melius a n im o fi flet. Fi c-
, , ii u tiq u e pollen t n igrican tes
, , littera?, n on d udlu atram e n -
„ ti c o n tin u o
,
fed p u n & u lis ro-
,, tu n d is n ig r ic a n tib u s ,
te
ita pa~
„ rum a fe invicem rem o tis , ut
„ in te rv a lla non nrfi ope m icro-
,, fcopii difecrni poflen t ,
te
q u i-
j, dem ipfa; litterarum fo r m x pro
,, typis fieri potient ex ejufm od i
„ rotun dis fibi proxim is cufpidi-
\y
bus con flan tes . C o n c ip ia tu r
,, in gen s quaedam b ib lio th eca
,,
cujus^ om n es libri co n fla re n t
,, litteris impreffis , ac fit incrc-
,, dibilis in ca m ultitu d o libro-
, , rum co n fcrip to ru n i linguis va-
riis , i n q u ibu s o m n ib u s fo r m a
., ch arattcrirm fiA E ad cm . Si quis
„ ferip eurx h u j u f m o d i ,
te
liu-
,, g u a r u m ign aru s circa e ju sm o -
,, di libros , quos om n e s a fc in-
„ vicem diferepantes in tu eretu r,
„ o b fe rv atio n em in flitucret cum
j , d ilig e n ti con tem p lation e , p ri-
, , m o q u id em inveniret vo cum
„ fa rra g in e m quan dam , q u x in
yy
q u ib u fd am libris o ccu rre ren t
y
y
f x p e
,
c u m in aliis n u fq u a m
yy
a p p a r e r e n t
,
t e
inde le x ica pos-
„ f c t q u x d a m c om p o n e re to tid em
y
, n u m e ro , q u o t id iom a ta fu n t,
„ in q u ibu s fin gulis om n e s ejus-
„ dem id iom a tis voces re p e rire n -
, t u r , q u x quidem n u m e ro ad-
,, m o d u m pauca c lT c n t, d iferi-
3, m ine illo in ge n ti t o t , tam v a-
„
riorum lib ro rum , re d a & o ad
3, illud u fque adeo m in u s diferi-
, , m en , q u o d co n tin e re tu r lcxi-
3, cis illis ,
te
h ab eretu r in vo-'-
,, cibus ipfa lcxica co n flitu cn ci-
3, b u s . A t inquifttionc p r o m o ta ,
,3 facile a d v e r t e r e t , om n e s illas
, , tam varias voces co n fla re cx 24
,, ta n tu m m o d o d iverfis litteris ,
, y
diferim en aliquod in ter fc ha-
„ bentibus in d u & u lin earum ,
„ qu ibu s fo rm a n tu r ,
q u a ru m
,, com b in a tio diverfa pareret o m •
, , nes illas voces ram
varias ,
,, u t c a ru m c om b in a tio libros
„ cfForm arct u fque a<ico m agjs a
yy
fe in vicem diferepantes
.
E t ille
,, quidem fi ariud q u o d e u m q u e
, , fine m icro fco p io e xam e n in fli-
j , tueret , n ullum aliud in ve n ire t
yy
m agis a d h u c fimilc e le m e n to -
yy
rum ge n u s
,
ex qu ibu s diverfa
yy
ra tio n e com bin a tis o rire n tu r
„ ip fx littc r x ; at m ic ro fc o p io
„ arrepto , in tu eretu r utiqu e i!-.
, , lam ip fam litterarum com pofi ,
„ tioncrrr c pun£lis illis rotu n d is
, y
p ro rfu s h o m o g e n e is
3
q u o ru m ’
„ fola d iverfa politio , ac d iflri-
„ b u tio litteras exh ib e re t .
,, >H x c m ih i quaedam im a g o
y,
v id etu r effe eo rum , q u x ccr-
yy
nim us in N a tu r a
.
'J a m m ulti,
yy
tam varii ilii libri co rp o ra
,» f u n t , et q u x ad d iverfa p erti-
» n en t re g n a , fu n t ta n q u am
