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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="227">incidere ex supero levioribus atque ita plagas</l><l n="228">gignere, quae possint genitalis reddere motus,</l><l n="229">avius a vera longe ratione recedit.</l><l n="230">nam per aquas quae cumque cadunt atque aera rarum,</l><l n="231">haec pro ponderibus casus celerare necessest</l><l n="232">propterea quia corpus aquae naturaque tenvis</l><l n="233">aeris haud possunt aeque rem quamque morari,</l><l n="234">sed citius cedunt gravioribus exsuperata;</l><l n="235">at contra nulli de nulla parte neque ullo</l><l n="236">tempore inane potest vacuum subsistere rei,</l><l n="237">quin, sua quod natura petit, concedere pergat;</l><l n="238">omnia qua propter debent per inane quietum</l><l n="239">aeque ponderibus non aequis concita ferri.</l><l n="240">haud igitur poterunt levioribus incidere umquam</l><l n="241">ex supero graviora neque ictus gignere per se,</l><l n="242">qui varient motus, per quos natura gerat res.</l><l n="243">quare etiam atque etiam paulum inclinare necessest</l><l n="244">corpora; nec plus quam minimum, ne fingere motus</l><l n="245">obliquos videamur et id res vera refutet.</l><l n="246">namque hoc in promptu manifestumque esse videmus,</l><l n="247">pondera, quantum in <add>se</add> est, non posse obliqua meare,</l><l n="248">ex supero cum praecipitant, quod cernere possis;</l><l n="249">sed nihil omnino <add>recta</add> regione viai</l><l n="250">declinare quis est qui possit cernere sese?</l><l n="251">Denique si semper motu conectitur omnis</l></div></div></body></text></TEI>
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