Sub a/xe posita ad ste/llas septem, unde ho/rrifer,altera australis, ignota nobis, quam vocant Graeci
Aquilo/nis stridor ge/lidas molitu/r nives,
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Ut cum videmus speciem primum candoremque
caeli, dein conversionis celeritatem tantam quantam
cogitare non possumus, tum1 vicissitudines dierum ac
noctium commutationesque2 temporum quadrupertitas
ad maturitatem frugum et ad temperationem34 corporum aptas eorumque omnium moderatorem et ducem [p. 252]
solem, lunamque adcretione et deminutione56 luminis
quasi fastorum notantem et significantem dies, tum
in eodem orbe in duodecim partes distributo quinque
stellas ferri eosdem cursus constantissime servantis7
disparibus inter se motibus, nocturnamque8 caeli formam undique sideribus ornatam, tum globum terrae
eminentem e mari, fixum in medio mundi universi loco,
duabus9 oris10 distantibus habitabilem et cultum,11 quarum12 altera, quam nos incolimus,
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