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                    <TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><text><body><div type="edition" xml:lang="lat" n="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0550.phi001.perseus-lat1"><div type="textpart" subtype="book" n="1"><l n="1040">dissolui simul ac defecit suppeditare</l><l n="1041">materies aliqua ratione aversa viai.</l><l n="1042">nec plagae possunt extrinsecus undique summam</l><l n="1043">conservare omnem, quae cumque est conciliata.</l><l n="1044">cudere enim crebro possunt partemque morari,</l><l n="1045">dum veniant aliae ac suppleri summa queatur;</l><l n="1046">inter dum resilire tamen coguntur et una</l><l n="1047">principiis rerum spatium tempusque fugai</l><l n="1048">largiri, ut possint a coetu libera ferri.</l><l n="1049">quare etiam atque etiam suboriri multa necessest,</l><l n="1050">et tamen ut plagae quoque possint suppetere ipsae,</l><l n="1051">infinita opus est vis undique materiai.</l><milestone unit="card" n="1052"/><l n="1052">Illud in his rebus longe fuge credere, Memmi,</l><l n="1053">in medium summae quod dicunt omnia niti</l><l n="1054">atque ideo mundi naturam stare sine ullis</l><l n="1055">ictibus externis neque quoquam posse resolvi</l><l n="1056">summa atque ima, quod in medium sint omnia nixa,</l><l n="1057">ipsum si quicquam posse in se sistere credis,</l><l n="1058">et quae pondera sunt sub terris omnia sursum</l><l n="1059">nitier in terraque retro requiescere posta,</l></div></div></body></text></TEI>
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