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* * * Non enim mihi philosophia id genus orationem largita est, ut natura quibusdam auibus breuem et temporarium [p. 18]
cantum commodauit, hirundinibus matutinum,
cicadis meridianum, noctuis serum, ululis uespertinum, bubonibus nocturnum, gallis antelucanum; quippe haec animalia inter se uario tempore et uario modo occinunt et
occipiunt carmine, scilicet galli expergifico, bubones gemulo,
ululae querulo, noctuae intorto, cicadae obstrepero, hirundines perarguto. sed enim philosophi ratio et oratio tempore iugis est et auditu uenerabilis et intellectu utilis et
modo omnicana.
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