<p id="N100FA" type="head"> <s id="N100FC">GVIDIVBALDI <lb/>
E MARCHIONIBVS <lb/>
MONTIS.</s> </p>

<p id="N10102" type="head"> <s id="N10104">PRAEFATIO:</s> </p>

<p id="N10106" type="main"> <s id="N10108">Mechanica facultas <expan abbr="n&otilde;">non</expan> &longs;ol&ugrave;m ab imperitis, <lb/>
ver&ugrave;m etiam ab eruditis admirabilis &longs;em&shy;<lb/>
per habita fuit; eorum enim, qu&etail; in admi&shy;<lb/>
rationem homines trahunt, duo e&longs;&longs;e gene&shy;<lb/>
ra Ari&longs;toteles in principio <expan abbr="&longs;uar&utilde;">&longs;uarum</expan> <expan abbr="qu&etail;&longs;tion&utilde;">qu&etail;&longs;tionum</expan> <lb/>
Meehanicarum a&longs;&longs;eruit; quorum &longs;an&egrave; alte <lb/>
rum ad ea pertinet, qu&aelig; natura quidem, <lb/>
proximis tamen ip&longs;orum cau&longs;is latentibus in lucem <expan abbr="prode&utilde;t">prodeunt</expan>; <lb/>
alterum ver&ograve; &longs;pectat ad ea, qu&etail; pr&etail;ter naturam, &amp; arte fiunt; <lb/>
quibus natura &longs;uperari videtur (quamquam &amp; ip&longs;a plurim&ugrave;m <lb/>
momenti ad &longs;e ip&longs;am euincendam tune quo&que; afferat) &amp; <lb/>
quod natur&etail; uiribus in lucem prodire nequit, id arte fieri con<lb/>
tingat, ob idqu&egrave; maiorem adhuc admirationem excitat, qu&ograve;d <lb/>
ars natur&etail; &etail;mula, qua&longs;i aduer&longs;us naturam <expan abbr="ipugn&atilde;s">ipugnans</expan>, cam &longs;upe&shy;<lb/>
ret, &amp; <expan abbr="tanqu&atilde;">tanquan</expan> vim ip&longs;i in ferre videatur; cuius &longs;an&egrave; operationis <lb/>
cau&longs;a quo&que; cognita admirationem parit; c&ugrave;m exigua admo <lb/>
dum ad tanti operis productionem appareat. </s> <s id="N10142">admirabile e&longs;t &longs;a&shy;<lb/>
n&egrave; ip&longs;ius artis magi&longs;terium, c&ugrave;m ade&ograve; potens &longs;it, vt effectus na&shy;<lb/>
tur&etail; repugnantes producere tentet. </s> <s id="N10148">quipp&egrave; quibus, ni&longs;i ita &longs;en<lb/>
&longs;ibus &longs;ubijci&agrave;ntur; vt tangi propemodum, &amp; con&longs;pici po&longs;&longs;int, <lb/>
vix fides adhibeatur; idqu&egrave; <expan abbr="n&otilde;">non</expan> &longs;ine admiratione adhuc cogni<lb/>
tum, ac per&longs;ua&longs;um nobis e&longs;&longs;e po&longs;&longs;it. </s> <s id="N10156">huiu&longs;modi autem mira&shy;<lb/>
bilium operum opifex e&longs;t ip&longs;a mechanica di&longs;ciplina, tam na&shy;<lb/>
tur&etail; &etail;mula, qu&agrave;m oppugnatrix valida. </s> <s id="N1015C">H&etail;c enim grauia pro<lb/>
prio ferm&egrave; nutu &longs;ur&longs;um attolli, magnaqu&egrave; pondera ab exigua