Qure pueri duttu dillcndi continuato,
Qureque putat vulgus, ratio detexit hiatus,
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Undique converlos; aditus lux namque patentes
Undique habet, debent atque effe hrec tanta profedo 1180
Intervalla, ut pars longe longeque fuperfit
Illa minor fpatii, fumma omnis materia!
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