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Natura, quid jam juvet accumulafle fagaci
Notitias animo, qux fint fine fruge, premantque 2720
Nequidquam ingenti laflatam pondere mentem ?
Ut demum veluti peregrinis mercibus audla
Poft varios maris errores , luftrataquc longum
Littora, & ignotas terras, a fludtibus atris
Mergatur patrio puppis tunc obruta portu .
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Omnipotens1 Genitor, Cxli fulgentiatempla
Hor-
L I B E R D E C I M U S .
N c v v t o n u s h ab e t, rite p r o c e d u n t
tan tumm od o,(i cultus H e r o u m fit
& ipfc tan q u am D eo rum ., ac ipfis
trib u atu r id , quod uni D e o tri
b u e n d u m cft, & tan q u am iis pro-
"prium , nec ab ipfo D e o d eriva
tu m . Ac fi more C a t h o lic x Ec-
c l d i x tribuatur cultus i i s , q u i ab
ipfo D eo accep erunt , quidquid
h ab en t , q uo cu ltum p rom e ru e
r u n t , ac is cultus
iis tribuatur
ita , ut ejus n u m in e afflaris * D i
v in a ejus gra tia ad illud hon oris
cu lm en cvc< ftis,id q u id em n on
folum nihil cj-us h o n o ri detrahit,
nihil noftris erga ip fu m officiis ,
ut potius id iplum ad cnm u n u m
r e f e r a t u r , & fic d e b itu m o m n in o
n o ftro ru m erga ip fum o ffic io ru m
com p lem e n tu m . E o f c o f u , Sc
N o lt c r accipit illud
tantum hunc
tolcre
, illum n im irum cantura ut
D e u m , nec alios nifi ad ejus ip
fius laudem ,
Sc
glorinm .
1 Poft ru n a h x c in vo catio h a
b et vim fane adm irabilcm rp arum
a b f u it , quin fu b ito co n c ita tu s
anim i m otu , q u o h ujus loci lc -
•tftofcm abripi neccfle e f t , in cau te
.dixerim tanto a rg u m e n to p arem .
fn ea primo quidem e g re gie a f
•firmat , in ipfa m eridiana lucc
dcnfiflim is o b ru tu m jacere te n e
bris c u m , qui hoc tan to tot phae
n o m e n o r u m fplcndore vividiifi-
xno infinitam fa p ie n tiffim i, p o -
t e n t il lim i b e n c f ic c n t if f im i A u
r o r i s m entem ampliffim am , fe
cun ditatem imm en fam , vo lu n ta .
tem o p tim am non a g n o fe a t. A u
divi aliquando aliquem pfcud o-
p h ilo fo p h o ru m
a u d a d e r affir
m a n te m , n on licere fapien ti v iro
D e u m a d m it t e r e , c u m a dm itti
n o n poffit id , cujus n u lla idea
h a b c a tu r .R c p o fu i a d h ib e n s ph ra-
fitn S e h o la ftico ru m ,m in u s Quidem
e le g a n te m , fed tam en re i e x p li
canda: a p p rim e id o n eam , m irari
m e p lu rim u m , h o fce h o m in e s
n o n d iftin g u e re ideam a p p re h e n .
fiv am a c o m p rc h e n fiv a . Id eam
circuli h a b e n t ipfi ruftici p o fitam
in x q u a ljcatc d ifta n tia ru m totius
peripheriar a cen tro , q u a n r f ig u -
ram ope fun iculi facile d efcribun c
in h o rto ru m areolis. N u m id c ir
co h ab en t ejus figura: id eam
c o m p re h e n fiv a m i N ih i l fan e ii
n o ru n t de to t ciu s p ro p rie tatib u s
e g re g iis ,.q u a s G c o m c t r x demon**
f l r a n t , n ih il de to t d ifficultatibus
p ro p o fitis circa a n g u lu m co n ta -
tftus , ac alia m ille ad eam fig u
ram p e rtin en tia . Illa ipfa , q u x
G e om e tris ja m nota fu n t , n ih il
fane effe d eb e n t , fi c u m a d h u c
ign o tis co m p a r e n tu r .
O m it t o
m yftcria , q u x laten t in p erip h e-
r ix a fy m c tria c u m d i a m e t r o ,
Sc
a r e x c u m d iam etri q u a d ra to
t
o m itto t e t G e o m e tr a ru m fu b li-
m io r u m m yfteria , forraffe p ro r
fus a b fu rd a , circa a rcus c irc u la
res im a g in a rio s , a c a lia e ju f
m o d i fc x c e n ta , q u x vel ja m
c ircu m fe ru n tu r, vel a d h u c la te n t.
A n id e am n o n h a b e t c i r c u l i , q u i
ca o m n ia i g n o r a t . qu i d ifficu lta
tes e ju fm o d i nelcic d iffo lv crc 1
E o d em p a & o id eam c o m p r e h e n -
fivam ejus fu p r e m i E n tis n obis
