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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="2"><l n="1057">nil agere illa foris tot corpora materiai;</l><l n="1058">cum praesertim hic sit natura factus et ipsa</l><l n="1059">sponte sua forte offensando semina rerum</l><l n="1060">multimodis temere in cassum frustraque coacta</l><l n="1061">tandem coluerunt ea quae coniecta repente</l><l n="1062">magnarum rerum fierent exordia semper,</l><l n="1063">terrai maris et caeli generisque animantum.</l><l n="1064">quare etiam atque etiam talis fateare necesse est</l><l n="1065">esse alios alibi congressus materiai,</l><l n="1066">qualis hic est, avido complexu quem tenet aether.</l><l n="1067">Praeterea cum materies est multa parata,</l><l n="1068">cum locus est praesto nec res nec causa moratur</l><l n="1069">ulla, geri debent ni mirum et confieri res.</l><l n="1070">nunc et seminibus si tanta est copia, quantam</l><l n="1071">enumerare aetas animantum non queat omnis,</l><l n="1072">quis eadem natura manet, quae semina rerum</l><l n="1073">conicere in loca quaeque queat simili ratione</l><l n="1074">atque huc sunt coniecta, necesse est confiteare</l><l n="1075">esse alios aliis terrarum in partibus orbis</l><l n="1076">et varias hominum gentis et saecla ferarum.</l></div></div></body></text></TEI>
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