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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="471">et quo mixta putes magis aspera levibus esse</l><l n="472">principiis, unde est Neptuni corpus acerbum,</l><l n="473">est ratio secernendi seorsumque videndi,</l><l n="474">umor dulcis ubi per terras crebrius idem</l><l n="475">percolatur, ut in foveam fluat ac mansuescat;</l><l n="476">linquit enim supera taetri primordia viri,</l><l n="477">aspera quo magis in terris haerescere possint.</l><milestone unit="card" n="478"/><l n="478">Quod quoniam docui, pergam conectere rem quae</l><l n="479">ex hoc apta fidem ducat, primordia rerum</l><l n="480">finita variare figurarum ratione.</l><l n="481">quod si non ita sit, rursum iam semina quaedam</l><l n="482">esse infinito debebunt corporis auctu.</l><l n="483">namque in eadem una cuiusvis iam brevitate</l><l n="484">corporis inter se multum variare figurae</l><l n="485">non possunt. fac enim minimis e partibus esse</l><l n="486">corpora prima tribus, vel paulo pluribus auge;</l><l n="487">nempe ubi eas partis unius corporis omnis,</l><l n="488">summa atque ima locans, transmutans dextera laevis,</l><l n="489">omnimodis expertus eris, quam quisque det ordo</l><l n="490">formai speciem totius corporis eius,</l><l n="491">quod super est, si forte voles variare figuras,</l><l n="492">addendum partis alias erit. inde sequetur,</l><l n="493">adsimili ratione alias ut postulet ordo,</l><l n="494">si tu forte voles etiam variare figuras.</l><l n="495">ergo formarum novitatem corporis augmen</l></div></div></body></text></TEI>
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