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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="581">at quoniam fragili natura praedita constant,</l><l n="582">discrepat aeternum tempus potuisse manere</l><l n="583">innumerabilibus plagis vexata per aevom.</l><l n="584">Denique iam quoniam generatim reddita finis</l><l n="585">crescendi rebus constat vitamque tenendi,</l><l n="586">et quid quaeque queant per foedera naturai,</l><l n="587">quid porro nequeant, sancitum quando quidem extat,</l><l n="588">nec commutatur quicquam, quin omnia constant</l><l n="589">usque adeo, variae volucres ut in ordine cunctae</l><l n="590">ostendant maculas generalis corpore inesse,</l><l n="591">inmutabilis materiae quoque corpus habere</l><l n="592">debent ni mirum; nam si primordia rerum</l><l n="593">commutari aliqua possent ratione revicta,</l><l n="594">incertum quoque iam constet quid possit oriri,</l><l n="595">quid nequeat, finita potestas denique cuique</l><l n="596">qua nam sit ratione atque alte terminus haerens,</l><l n="597">nec totiens possent generatim saecla referre</l><l n="598">naturam mores victum motusque parentum.</l><milestone unit="card" n="599"/><l n="599">Tum porro quoniam est extremum quodque cacumen</l><l n="600">corporis illius, quod nostri cernere sensus</l><l n="601">iam nequeunt, id ni mirum sine partibus extat</l><l n="602">et minima constat natura nec fuit umquam</l><l n="603">per se secretum neque post hac esse valebit,</l><l n="604">alterius quoniamst ipsum pars primaque et una,</l><l n="605">inde aliae atque aliae similes ex ordine partes</l><l n="606">agmine condenso naturam corporis explent;</l><l n="607">quae quoniam per se nequeunt constare, necessest</l><l n="608">haerere unde queant nulla ratione revelli.</l><l n="609">sunt igitur solida primordia simplicitate,</l></div></div></body></text></TEI>
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