Apollonius <Pergaeus>, Apollonii Pergaei Conicorvm Lib. V. VI. VII. paraphraste Abalphato Asphahanensi : nunc primum editi ; additvs in calce Archimedis assvmptorvm liber, ex codibvs arabicis mss Abrahamus Ecchellensis Maronita latinos reddidit, Jo. Alfonsvs Borellvs curam in geometricis versione contulit & [et] notas vberiores in vniuersum opus adiecit

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            haberi poſſunt Philoſophorum libri, qui quotquot comparare potuerunt mi-
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            ſerunt ipſi. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s462" xml:space="preserve">Quibus ille vertendis peritiſsimos quoſque ſelegit interpretes,
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            & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s463" xml:space="preserve">curam iniunxit interpretandi, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s464" xml:space="preserve">verſi ſunt eo ſtudio maiori, quod
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            fieri poteſt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s465" xml:space="preserve">Quo autem facto homines non ſolùm incitabat, ſed & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s466" xml:space="preserve">co-
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            gebat quodammodò, vt ijs legendis, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s467" xml:space="preserve">ediſcendis operam darent.
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s468" xml:space="preserve">Ipſe verò ſapientes viros familiariſsimè conueniebat, eorumque perami-
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            ce vtebatur conſuetudine, atque plurimum illorum delectabatur collo-
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            quijs. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s469" xml:space="preserve">Nouerat, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s470" xml:space="preserve">quippe optime, ſapientes viros Deo Altiſsimo mor-
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            talium eſſe cariſsimos, ac ipſi coniunctiſsimos, eo quod ſeſe dederunt
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            animæ rationalis virtutibus comparandis, poſthabitis, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s471" xml:space="preserve">contemptis
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            ijs, quibus Sinenſes, ac Turcæ, eorumque ſimiles incumbunt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s472" xml:space="preserve">Hi
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            enim oſtentare amant artium Mechanicarum ſubtilitatem, animæ ira-
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            ſcibilis gloriantur potentijs, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s473" xml:space="preserve">concupiſcibilis iactant ſe ſe facultatibus. </s>
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            Cum tamen hæc omnia communia cum ijs ipſa habere bruta, ſcire de-
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            beant; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s475" xml:space="preserve">imò longè ab illis ſuperantur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s476" xml:space="preserve">Peritia, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s477" xml:space="preserve">ſubtilitate artis ab
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            Apibus, quæ ſua examina, ſeu penarium ſexangula mirà conſtruunt
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            arte. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s478" xml:space="preserve">Audacia, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s479" xml:space="preserve">fortitudine à Leonibus, alijſque feris, quibus in
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            hiſce haud comparandus eſt homo. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s480" xml:space="preserve">Libidine, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s481" xml:space="preserve">Luxuria à ſuibus, at-
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            que alijs, quæ hic memorari neceſſe non eſt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s482" xml:space="preserve">Hacque de cauſa ſapien-
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            tes viri ſunt lampades in tenebris, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s483" xml:space="preserve">mortalium omnium Domini. </s>
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            Et heu quàm turpe, atque deforme eſt terrarum hoc orbis theatrum,
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            quoties ſuis caret ſapientibus. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s485" xml:space="preserve">Hæc Sahedus in Hiſtoria Arabum.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s487" xml:space="preserve">Noſtram autem verſionem hanc Arabicam quod attinet, alia
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            prorsùs eſt ab ea, quæ ſub Almamuno confecta eſt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s488" xml:space="preserve">Hoc planè
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            patet ex ipfius Auctoris Abalphathi in præfatione verbis. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s489" xml:space="preserve">Dicit
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            quippè ibi, ſe eam adornaſſe verſionem pro regis Abicaligiar
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            Bibliotheca. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s490" xml:space="preserve">Abicaligiar autem rex ſalutatus eſt, teſte Sciahin-
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            ſciah, Gregorio, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s491" xml:space="preserve">alijs, Hegiræ anno 372. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s492" xml:space="preserve">nempè annis
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            169. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s493" xml:space="preserve">poſt Almamuni inaugurationem ijsdem, quos mox lauda-
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            uimus, auctoribus.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s495" xml:space="preserve">Verſionem tamen illam, quæ ſub Almamuno facta eſt, ne-
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            quaquàm vidit noſtræ huius verſionis auctor Abalphath, quemad-
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            modùm ex verbis eius, quæ ad ſeptimi libri adiecit calcem,
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            patet luculenter. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s496" xml:space="preserve">Ibi enim, puto inquit, me in hoc, nempè in
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            hac verſione concinnanda, quoſcunque alios anteuertiſſe. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s497" xml:space="preserve">Itaque
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            exiſtimat is noſter Auctor, ſe omnium primum Apollonij ver-
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            ſionem Reipublicæ literariæ dediſſe. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s498" xml:space="preserve">Quod, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s499" xml:space="preserve">in ipſa </s>
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