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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="5"><l n="181">exemplum porro gignundis rebus et ipsa</l><l n="182">notities hominum divis unde insita primum est,</l><l n="183">quid vellent facere ut scirent animoque viderent,</l><l n="184">quove modost umquam vis cognita principiorum</l><l n="185">quidque inter sese permutato ordine possent.</l><l n="186">si non ipsa dedit speciem natura creandi?</l><l n="187">namque ita multa modis multis primordia rerum</l><l n="188">ex infinito iam tempore percita plagis</l><l n="189">ponderibusque suis consuerunt concita ferri</l><l n="190">omnimodisque coire atque omnia pertemptare,</l><l n="191">quae cumque inter se possint congressa creare,</l><l n="192">ut non sit mirum, si in talis disposituras</l><l n="193">deciderunt quoque et in talis venere meatus,</l><l n="194">qualibus haec rerum geritur nunc summa novando.</l><milestone unit="card" n="195"/><l n="195">Quod <del>si</del> iam rerum ignorem primordia quae sint,</l><l n="196">hoc tamen ex ipsis caeli rationibus ausim</l><l n="197">confirmare aliisque ex rebus reddere multis,</l><l n="198">nequaquam nobis divinitus esse paratam</l><l n="199">naturam rerum: tanta stat praedita culpa.</l><l n="200">principio quantum caeli tegit impetus ingens,</l></div></div></body></text></TEI>
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