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              eſſe uitium non negant, quod perfacile ad ſe flammis admittat, atque ignibus infenſa ſit. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6583" xml:space="preserve">Huic non poſtpo-
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              nitur cõtignandis ædibus cupreſſùs, arbos alioquin eiuſmodi ut inter noſtras arbores primariã, et pr æcipuã ſibi
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              laudem uendicet. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6584" xml:space="preserve">Hanc ueteres inter clariſſimas computabant, non ultimam ab cedro atque ebano. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6585" xml:space="preserve">Cupreſ-
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              ſumq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6586" xml:space="preserve">apud Indos propè inter aromata uenerantur, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6587" xml:space="preserve">merito id quidem laudent, qui velint Amoniam, Cbiã,
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              & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6588" xml:space="preserve">Cyrenaicam, quam eſſe æternam prædicat Theophr. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6589" xml:space="preserve">Verum odore, nitore, robore, magnitudine, rectitudi-
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              ne, perennitate. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6590" xml:space="preserve">his omnibus in laudibus quam tu illi arborem comparabis? </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6591" xml:space="preserve">Cariem, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6592" xml:space="preserve">uetuſtatem nihil ſen-
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              tire cupreſſum affirmant, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6593" xml:space="preserve">rimam ſponte haud quaquam capere: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6594" xml:space="preserve">ea nimirum de re Plato leges publicas,
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              atque inſtituta in ſacris ponendas cenſebat tabulis cupreſſinis, quod fut uras forte æterniores putabat, quàm
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              ære. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6595" xml:space="preserve">Hic locus admonet, ut referam memoratu digna, quæ de cupreſſu ipſe legerim, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6596" xml:space="preserve">uiderim: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6597" xml:space="preserve">ualuas cu-
                <lb/>
                <note position="left" xlink:label="note-514.01.103-01" xlink:href="note-514.01.103-01a" xml:space="preserve">10</note>
              preſſeas in templo epheſiæ Dianæ annos duraſſe quadring entos teſtantur, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6598" xml:space="preserve">eas ſeruaſſe nitorem, adeo ut no-
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              uas perpetuò diceres. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6599" xml:space="preserve">Nos Romæ Petri baſilicam uidimus, cum ab Eugenio Pont. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6600" xml:space="preserve">Max. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6601" xml:space="preserve">ualuæ restitueren-
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              tur, ubi hominum manus iniuriam rapiendo argento, quo olim fuerunt ueſtitæ, non intuliſſent, ſolidas, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6602" xml:space="preserve">in-
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              tegerrimas annos plus quingentos quinquaginta perduraſſe: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6603" xml:space="preserve">Nam ſi rectè annales Pontificum urbis Romæ
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              interpretamur, tot ab Adriani tertij Pontificis temporibus, qui eas poſuit ad quartum Eugenium ſunt. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6604" xml:space="preserve">Ita-
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              que contignationibus faciendis abietem probant: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6605" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6606" xml:space="preserve">cupreſſum una re fortaßis præferunt, quod ſit æternior.
                <lb/>
              </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6607" xml:space="preserve">ſed eſt abiete grauior. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6608" xml:space="preserve">Probant & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6609" xml:space="preserve">pinum, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6610" xml:space="preserve">piceam. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6611" xml:space="preserve">Pinum enim abiete perſimilem eſſe contra iniectum
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              pondus reniti putant. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6612" xml:space="preserve">ſed inter pinum, atque abietem cum cætera, tum hoc intereſt, quod teredine abies eo læ-
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              ditur minus, quo eſt pinus quidem ſucco, quam abies dulciori: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6613" xml:space="preserve">ego nulli poſtponendum puto laricem. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6614" xml:space="preserve">Hanc
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              equidem structurarum pondera firmiſſime, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6615" xml:space="preserve">diutiſſime ſuſtentaſſe, cum alibi, tum apud Venetias ex uetu-
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                <note position="left" xlink:label="note-514.01.103-02" xlink:href="note-514.01.103-02a" xml:space="preserve">20</note>
              ſtis ſori operibus adnotaui. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6616" xml:space="preserve">Atqui eam quidem de ſe præstare utilitates cunctas quas cæteræ præſtant ar-
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              bores affirmant. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6617" xml:space="preserve">Neruoſa eſt uirium tenax, in tempeſtatibus firmißirna, aduerſus cariem illæſa, vetus opinio
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              hanc contra ignium iniurias inuictam, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6618" xml:space="preserve">propè illæſam perſiſtere. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6619" xml:space="preserve">Quia & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6620" xml:space="preserve">obijciendos ex larice aſſes eo uer-
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              ſus, unde ignium aduentitium malum extimeſcas iubent: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6621" xml:space="preserve">ſed nos eam uidimus incenſam ardere, tamen ita ut
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              flammas dedignari, easq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6622" xml:space="preserve">uel ſe ab ſe diſcutere videatur. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6623" xml:space="preserve">Vnum habere conſtat uitium, nam aquis marinis red
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              ditur teredini obnoxia. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6624" xml:space="preserve">Inutiles trabeationibas fori prædicant robora, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6625" xml:space="preserve">olea, quod grauia ſint, quod cedant
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              ponderi, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6626" xml:space="preserve">propè ſponte ſua deflectantur, tum & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6627" xml:space="preserve">quæ facilius franguntur, quàm findantur, ad iſtos trabea-
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              tionum uſus utilia non ſunt, uti eſt olea, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6628" xml:space="preserve">ficus, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6629" xml:space="preserve">tilia, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6630" xml:space="preserve">ſalicta, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6631" xml:space="preserve">buiuſmodi: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6632" xml:space="preserve">mirum, quod de palma
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              aſſeuerant, contra ſuper impoſitum pondus reniti, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6633" xml:space="preserve">in diuerſum curuari, ſubdiualibus trabeationibus, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6634" xml:space="preserve">
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              tecturis iuniperum omnibus præferunt, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6635" xml:space="preserve">buic (ait Plinius) eandem eſſe naturam, atq; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6636" xml:space="preserve">cedro, ſed ſolidiorẽ.
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              </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6637" xml:space="preserve">
                <note position="left" xlink:label="note-514.01.103-03" xlink:href="note-514.01.103-03a" xml:space="preserve">30</note>
              Tum & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6638" xml:space="preserve">oleam infinitam habere æternitatem prædicant, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6639" xml:space="preserve">buxum etiam inter primarias annumerant. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6640" xml:space="preserve">Caſta-
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              neam quidem, tametſi pandat, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6641" xml:space="preserve">torqueatur, non tamen in his operibus, quæ ſub diuo eſſe oporteat, recu-
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              ſant: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6642" xml:space="preserve">Probant & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6643" xml:space="preserve">in primis oleaſtrum, ea maxime re, qua & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6644" xml:space="preserve">cupreſſum, quod cariem non ſentiat; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6645" xml:space="preserve">quo in nu-
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              mero ſunt arbores, quibus inſitus & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6646" xml:space="preserve">infuſus unctuoſus, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6647" xml:space="preserve">gummoſus ſuccus eſt, præſertim amarus. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6648" xml:space="preserve">Eiuſ-
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              modi enim uermen negant admittere, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6649" xml:space="preserve">aduentitias humiditates excludere in promptu eſt. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6650" xml:space="preserve">contrariam ijs
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              putant materiem omnem, quæ dulci ſit ſucco prædita, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6651" xml:space="preserve">quæ facile incendatur. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6652" xml:space="preserve">Ab his tamen excipiunt
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              oleam, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6653" xml:space="preserve">oleaſtrum. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6654" xml:space="preserve">Cerrumautem & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6655" xml:space="preserve">fagum natura imbecillem eſſe contra tempeſtates, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6656" xml:space="preserve">non peruenire
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              ad uetuſtatem affirmat Vitr. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6657" xml:space="preserve">Plin. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6658" xml:space="preserve">Quercum item celeriter (ait) marceſcere. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6659" xml:space="preserve">Ad reliqua uero intestina ope-
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              ra ualuarum, lectorü, menſarum, ſubſelliorum, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6660" xml:space="preserve">eiuſmodi abies egregia eſt. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6661" xml:space="preserve">præſertim quæad Alpim Italiæ
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              montem excreſcat. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6662" xml:space="preserve">Nam hæc arbos natura eſt ſicciſſima, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6663" xml:space="preserve">glutinum perquam tenaciſſima. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6664" xml:space="preserve">est & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6665" xml:space="preserve">picea,
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              & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6666" xml:space="preserve">cupreſſus his rebus percommoda. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6667" xml:space="preserve">Fagum fore alioquin fragilem prædicant, ſed capfis, lectisq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6668" xml:space="preserve">utilem, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6669" xml:space="preserve">
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              in tenuiſſimas ſecari laminas. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6670" xml:space="preserve">Secari quoque, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6671" xml:space="preserve">ilicẽ aiunt belliſſime. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6672" xml:space="preserve">inutiles etiam ad aſſeres habendæ ſunt
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              Iuglans, quòd facile frangatur, ulmus, fraxinusq́;</s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6673" xml:space="preserve">, nam hæ tametſi lentæ, facile tamen panduntur. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6674" xml:space="preserve">Verum
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              obedientiſsimam eſſe omnium in opere affirmant ſraxinum: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6675" xml:space="preserve">ſed nucem demiror non multo eſſe in antiquorum
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              monitis celebratiorem; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6676" xml:space="preserve">Quando ea quidem (ut uidere liceat) cum ad cæteros pleroſque uſus, tum maximè aſ-
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              ſeritijs operibus admodum habilis, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6677" xml:space="preserve">pertractabilis est. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6678" xml:space="preserve">Morum laudant cum ob eius æterititatem, tum quod
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              nigreſcat uetuſtate indi
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              es, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6679" xml:space="preserve">fiat gratior. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6680" xml:space="preserve">Valvas memorat Theophr. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6681" xml:space="preserve">conſueuiſſe diuites ponere ex loto; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6682" xml:space="preserve">ili-
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              ce, buxove vlmum quod rigorem firmiſſime aſſeruet, ideo portarum cardinibus utilem ducunt, ſed permutari
                <lb/>
              iubent oportere, ut ſit radix ſuperior inuerſo cacumine. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6683" xml:space="preserve">Cato uectes aquifolios, laureos, atque vlmeos fieri
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              iubet. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6684" xml:space="preserve">clauiculis cornum comprobant. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6685" xml:space="preserve">Gradus ad ſcalas orno, atque. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6686" xml:space="preserve">acere ponebant: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6687" xml:space="preserve">pinus, picea, vlmus
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                <note position="left" xlink:label="note-514.01.103-05" xlink:href="note-514.01.103-05a" xml:space="preserve">50</note>
              ad aquarum ductus intercauabantur. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6688" xml:space="preserve">Sedhaſce niſi terra contegas, ociſſime ſeneſcere aſſeuerant. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6689" xml:space="preserve">Cæterum or-
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              nandis ædibus laricem fæminam, quæ colore ſimilis est meli, compertum habent in tabellis pictorum eſſe im-
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              mortalem, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6690" xml:space="preserve">nullis rimis fißilem. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6691" xml:space="preserve">Præterea quia ei nerui non inſint tractim, ſed cæſim: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6692" xml:space="preserve">iccirco ad ſimulachra
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              Deorum efficienda utebantur: </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6693" xml:space="preserve">tum & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6694" xml:space="preserve">utebantur loto, ac buxo, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6695" xml:space="preserve">cedro, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6696" xml:space="preserve">item cupreſſo, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6697" xml:space="preserve">craßiore olex-
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              rum radice. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6698" xml:space="preserve">Aegyptiaq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6699" xml:space="preserve">perſica, quam eſſe loto ſimilem referunt. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6700" xml:space="preserve">Torno autem ſi quid terete reddidiſſe opus
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              erat fago, moro, terebintbo, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6701" xml:space="preserve">in primis buxo omnium ſpiſſiſſima. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6702" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6703" xml:space="preserve">egregie tornatili, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6704" xml:space="preserve">ebano omnium gra-
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              cillima utebantur. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6705" xml:space="preserve">Neque ſignis, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6706" xml:space="preserve">tabulis efficiundis aſpernabantur populum albam, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6707" xml:space="preserve">item nigram, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6708" xml:space="preserve">
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              ſalicem, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6709" xml:space="preserve">carpinum, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6710" xml:space="preserve">ſorbum, ſambucum, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6711" xml:space="preserve">ficum, quæ arbores cum ſiccitate, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6712" xml:space="preserve">æquabilitate ad exci-
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              pienda, ſeruandaq́; </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6713" xml:space="preserve">pictorum glutinamenta & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6714" xml:space="preserve">illinimenta utiles ſunt. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6715" xml:space="preserve">Tum ad formas exprimendas ductibi-
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              les quidem atque admodum faciles. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6716" xml:space="preserve">veruminter haſce omnium mollißimam extare tiliam in promptu eſt.
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              </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6717" xml:space="preserve">Sunt qui ad ſigna conſicienda iuiubam comprobant. </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6718" xml:space="preserve">His contraria eſt robur, quandoquidem inter ſe, & </s>
              <s xml:id="echoid-s6719" xml:space="preserve">cum
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                <note position="left" xlink:label="note-514.01.103-06" xlink:href="note-514.01.103-06a" xml:space="preserve">60</note>
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