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undique pon<strong>de</strong>ribus solidis confluxet ad imum<br />

nec res ulla geri sub caeli tegmine posset<br />

nec foret omnino caelum neque lumina solis,<br />

quippe ubi materies omnis cumulata iaceret<br />

ex infinito iam tempore subsi<strong>de</strong>ndo.<br />

at nunc ni mirum requies data principiorum<br />

corporibus nullast, quia nil est funditus imum,<br />

quo quasi confluere et se<strong>de</strong>s ubi ponere possint.<br />

semper in adsiduo motu res quaeque geruntur<br />

partibus cunctis, infernaque suppeditantur<br />

ex infinito cita corpora materiai.<br />

Postremo ante oculos res rem finire vi<strong>de</strong>tur;<br />

aer dissaepit collis atque aera montes,<br />

terra mare et contra mare terras terminat omnis;<br />

omne qui<strong>de</strong>m vero nihil est quod finiat extra.<br />

est igitur <strong>natura</strong> loci spatiumque profundi,<br />

quod neque clara suo percurrere fulmina cursu<br />

perpetuo possint aevi labentia tractu<br />

nec prorsum facere ut restet minus ire meando;<br />

usque a<strong>de</strong>o passim patet ingens copia rebus<br />

finibus exemptis in cunctas undique partis.<br />

Ipsa modum porro sibi <strong>rerum</strong> summa parare<br />

ne possit, <strong>natura</strong> tenet, quae corpus inane<br />

et quod inane autem est finiri corpore cogit,<br />

ut sic alternis infinita omnia reddat,<br />

aut etiam alterutrum, nisi terminet alterum eorum,<br />

simplice <strong>natura</strong> pateat tamen inmo<strong>de</strong>ratum,<br />

nec mare nec tellus neque caeli lucida templa<br />

nec mortale genus nec divum corpora sancta<br />

exiguum possent horai sistere tempus;<br />

nam dispulsa suo <strong>de</strong> coetu materiai<br />

copia ferretur magnum per inane soluta,<br />

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