Summa fun t, pundis revera, motus & ullus
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Non eft, fignet iter qui redum ; at quodlibet unum,
Eft opus, ut pundum curva regione feratur
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q n id em iterum p a t e t , n o n pofic
aperiori
dem on {Irari v im in ertiae,
q u a N a tu ra d ebeat d eterm in are
om n ia corp ora ad q u ie te m , vel
m o tu m u n ifo rm em in d ir e d u m ,
nifi exte rn a vis c o g a t e u m (ta-
tum m u ta r e . Q u i d ebeat N a tu r a
illud fem per a ffe d a r c fu m m o ftu-
dio , q u o d n u n q u am poffit afle-
q u i ,
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ut T a n ta lu s q u id am in.
h iare perp etuo iis a qu is,q u as n u n
q u a m poffit a ttin g e re ?
C o n lc q u it u r a u te m & illud
m o tu s parabolicos n o ltr o r u m g ra
v iu m , cllipfcoc p la n e t a r u m , ac
alios om n e s eju fm o d i efie f r u d u m
m e d ita tio n is noftrae feparantis
circu m fla n tia s v aria n tes ad h a
b e n d am fim p licita tcm m ajo rem ,
& c v ita n d a m com p lica tio n em ,q u a :
o b ru a t a o f b u m a n im u m , fed n i.
hil e o rum haberi in N a t u r a .
O m n ia fu n t r c f p e d iv a in ipfa
'N atu ra , n ec p rxeer e le m e n ta pri
m a fim plicia ,
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fim p liccm g e n e
ralem l e g e m , q u ia q u a m aliud
a b fo lu te h m p lex , q u id q u a m rc-
f p e d u noftri re gu la re . O m n i a
pe n d en t a c o m b in a tio n e o m n iu m
re liq u o ru m , u b i recu rrit id , q u o d
Leib n iciu s a lio m o d o p e r fuas
entelechias v o lu it n im ir u m n exus
m u t u o s o m n iu m e x ifte n tiu m ita,
u t nihil fit in N a t u r a , q u o d a fin
gu lis reliquis n on p e n d e a t .
Q u i illud fu b lim e p ro b lem a fol-
v e re t, & fo lutio n em fim ul o m n e m
u n ico intuitu con .fp icere t, m ira
re tu r sane ,
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i l l u d , q u x d a m
p u n d a m a te r ia :, qua; in e v o l
vendis fuis illis curvilin cis m o tH
b u s p e r lo n g a m fieculorum feri-
em fu e rin t rem otifiim a, per a liam
h a b e re arcus cu rv aru m fu a ru m
c o n t i g u o s , per q u am fimttes , <
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fe re a fy m p to tic o s , a tq u e id , in
illa tan ta tam d ive rfa ru m cu rv a*
ru m fa rra g in e , quae ad t a n t a m
p u n d o r u m m u ltitu d in em p e rti
n e n t , alias curvas nullos h a b e re
a rcu s fim ilcs
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p r o x i m o s , alias
h ab e re p lu rim o s ,
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quae in aliis
p e r dies , v e i ann os p lurcs ,
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lu ftra vel faecula fim ul p e r g a n t,
turn reced an t in iin m c n fu m , a c
ite ru m co e a n t . R e c ip r o c a tio e-
iu fm o d i a ccid it in te r castora in iis
n o m in ib u s % q ijj fta tio n em p e r
p e tu o m u ta n t c o m m o ra n te s cx:
g r: jam fii u rb e , jam r u r i : c u m
p u n d i s c o n ftitu e n tib u s illas d o
m o s , qu as in c o l u n t , h a b e n t ejus
p u n d a arcu s cu rv a ru m jam p r o
x i m o s , jam re m o to s . Q u a m v a
rios plini c u rv a ru m arcus d e fe r i-
b e b s in t ,
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q u am varios o lim d c-
fe rib e n t h o ru m d ig ito ru m , h u ju s
ca lam i p u n d a , qua: d um fer ib o
in tu e o r ? U b i n a m m o d o ,S e q u a m
p r o c u l alia a b aliis arcu s fu o s
d e fe rib u n t illa p u n d a ,q u ae ta n d iu
v e l in i n v i d a A le x an d ri d e x tra ,
v el iu m a g n o illo C ic e r o n is cere
b r o , v c lu ti q u id a m e ju fd c m le
g io n is c o m m ili t o n e s ., h a b u e r u n t
ta m d iu , 'arcu s co n fo rm e s, p r o x U
m o s , co n fp ira n te s ?
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E t h ic q u id e m n o tatu d ig n u m
v id e t u t m i h i ,
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illud , quaecum -
q u e c o h x r c n t , q u an d iu c o h a ren t,
‘ e a h a b e re arcu s fu i m otu s p r o x i
m o s , tu m u b i cohaefionc v i d a
fe p a r a n t u r ,
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lo n ge a b e u n t , ar
cus n o v o s m o tu u m evad ere p r o
tin us r c m o c ifiim o s . Et p r o x im i *
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re m o ti ad c a fd c m birras c u r v a s
p e rtin e n t co n tin u a s ead em g b n e -
'raii fo lu tio n e c o m p rc h c n ia s ,c\u
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fatis lo n g o s a rcus h a b e n t q u a m -
p ro xim o s*, tu m alios im m e d ia te
a n t e ,
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p o ft re m o tiflim o s. D o
n e c ' c o h a e re n t,
h a b e n t m o tu s
c o n fp ir a n te s *• ac n o n id c irc o c o .
h x f i o re p o n i p o te ft in m o tu c o n -
