L I B E R S E P T I M U S .
Plus a l i i s , fem p e r plus im m u ta re v id e b is ,
S em pe r u ti p riv is a lio rum acceffibus aeque
Sic c u ju fq u c m i n o r , m a jo rve ncceffus ad a x em ;
O m n ia p ro in rcqua in te r fe ra tio n e recedant .
P ra c e re a
q u x
jun £ ta j u b a r , c la rum qu c n ito rem
1 2 3 0
E ffic iu n t f i l a , invenies d isjunctu co lo rem
C e r t u m , qu<cc]uc f u u m , d a r e , non mu tab ilis u t l i i
N a tu r a , a tque a re v e rte n d a movendaque n u lla *
Q u o c
m inus ’ accedun t a x i , tu fila notabis
Eifie ru b ra , at v io lam q ir a , pa llen tem qu e am e thy ftum 1 2 3 5
P i n s u n t , p lus aliis fle £ tun t i e , axique p ro p in q u a n t:
I n t e r qua: feries v a rio rum p u lc h ra jaceb it
F i l o r u m , poiTis n um e ro qufe p rende re n u llo ,
C o n t in u a t a , qu ibus v ires f u n t , atque colores
D iila n te s i t a , v ix d ife rim in a v ic ino rum
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Scnfu u t pe rc ip ias , ffepc & fa lla ris ; at ipfos
D i l i i n g u i tam en in (p a tio m a jo re videbis .
P r a x ip u a in te r eos fe p tem d ife rim in a c o n fia n t,
E t to tid em v e lu ti fpecies- hoc o rd ine cernes .
R u b r a p r io r fpecics , au ra ta luce coru fca t
1 2 4 5
A lt e r a , tum flavo d iftind ta cfi te rtia cu ltu ,
I . a t i o r at m ed ia tradtus reg ione v irc ic it ;
Q u i po ft c o n fe q u itu r , qu ia cadi c x ru la p i n g it ,
I l l i n c nomen h a b e t; q u i po rro eft fp lendor , ab In d is
D i c i t u r , il l a fe ra x quo nempe c il terra ; ren id e t
1 2 5 0
U lt im a tum fpecics violae pa llen tis am ictu .
ptem colores hi p rim igen ii , ac
iimpliccs , incipiendo nimirum a
m in im e refrangibilibus ,
&c
per
ge nd o ad maxime refrangibiles
*
R ub eu s y A u reu s
,
F la v u s
,
V ir i
d is y C&ruleus , Ind icus
,
V io la
.
ceus *
ex quorum initialibus litte
ris compon itu r vo x barbara qui
dem , fed ad (cricm memoria re
tinendam maxime idonea
Ra fu ciu .
Ex hac aurem diverfa refrangibi*
litate illud ( i t , ut , ubi Solis radius
refringitu r refractione fatis forti ,
appareat fpcdtrum quoddam c o lo
ratum ob lon g um exhibens illos i.
pfos colores primigenios . U t fpc*
<£>mm facis d iftinttos colores c x .
In
hibeat , debet radius cfle tenuis
qui fi fit amplior, alii colores p
tinentes ad unam ejus partem ur
ti cum aliis pertinentibus ad alii
perturbant experimentum * vel I
tem debent uniri fila h omo g en t.
disjunclis beterogeneis , quod qu
dem praedatur ope iehtis , fed hae
non funt hujus loci . Illud N o fte r
m o n e t , fi confidcrentur bina pun
dta {pettri proxima , v ix ullum ii
iis deprehendi diferimen coloris
id autem ftatim in oculos incurr
i*e , fi conferantur in ter fe rern
tiora: fed ca dc rc habebuntur p
ra in iis , q u r c on fcquu iuu r .
