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Ad usum autem orationis incredibile
est, nisi diligenter attenderis, quanta opera machinata
natura sit. primum enim a pulmonibus arteria usque
ad os intimum pertinet, per quam vox principium a
mente ducens percipitur et funditur. deinde in ore sita
lingua est finita dentibus; ea vocem inmoderate profusam fingit et terminat atque sonos vocis distinctos
et pressos efficit, cum et dentes et alias partes pellit
oris; itaque plectri similem linguam nostri solent dicere, chordarum dentes, nares cornibus is quae ad nervos resonant in cantibus.
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