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<?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE archimedes SYSTEM "../dtd/archimedes.dtd" ><archimedes> <info> <author>Borro, Girolamo</author> <title>Del flusso e reflusso del mare</title> <date>1561</date> <place>Lucca</place> <translator></translator> <lang>it</lang> <cvs_file>borro_fluss_01_la_1561</cvs_file> <cvs_version></cvs_version> <locator>.xml</locator> </info> <text> <front> </front> <body> <chap> <pb/><figure></figure><p type="caption"> <s>DIALOGO DEL <lb/>FLVSSO E REFLVSSO <lb/>DEL MARE D'ALSE <lb/><emph type="roman"/>FORO TALASCOPIO. <lb/> CON VN<emph.end type="roman"/><lb/>Ragionamento di Telifilo, Filogenio <lb/>della perfettione delle Donne. <lb/><emph type="roman"/>A gli Illu&longs;tri&longs;simi Signori, Il Signor Al­<lb/>berigo Cibo Male&longs;pina, Marche&longs;e di <lb/>Ma&longs;&longs;a, Signor di Carrara, Con­<lb/>te di Ferentillo, e Ciam­<lb/>berlano di &longs;ua Mae­<lb/>&longs;ta Cath.<emph.end type="roman"/><lb/><emph type="roman"/>E la Signora Donna I &longs;abetta della Ro­<lb/>uere, &longs;ua Con&longs;orte.<emph.end type="roman"/></s></p><p type="caption"> <s>In Lucca per il Bus­<lb/>dragho. </s> <s>MDLXI.</s></p><pb/><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/>ALLO ECCELLENTISSIMO, ET <lb/>ILLVSTRISSIMO SIGNORE IL S. <lb/>ALBERIGO CIBO MALESPINA <lb/><emph type="roman"/>MARCHESE DI MASSA<emph.end type="roman"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/>Signor di Carrara Conte di Ferentillo, & <lb/>Ciamberlano di Sua M. Cath.<emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/><emph type="roman"/>Vincenzo Bu&longs;dragho. </s> <s>D. S.<emph.end type="roman"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main"> <s>MOLTI giorni &longs;ono mi peruenero alle <lb/>mani per mezzo del molto Magnifico, <lb/>& dotti&longs;simo M Girolamo Ghirlanda. <lb/></s> <s>il Dialogo del flu&longs;so, & del riflu&longs;so del <lb/>Mare, & vn ragionamento della perfet <lb/>tione delle Donne, dalisteßo Autore intitolati, & <lb/>dedicati a vostra Illustri&longs;sima Signoria. </s> <s>Iquali <lb/>hauendo con quella maggior diligenza, che in co&longs;a <lb/>tale v&longs;are &longs;i puo, stampati: buon pezzo ho fra me <lb/>ste&longs;so con&longs;iderato a chi doue&longs;si donare quella pocha <lb/>di fatica, che posta haueua in stamparli: mi ri&longs;ol&longs;i <lb/>finalmente che a vostra Illustrißima Signoria piu <lb/>che ad ogni altro cio &longs;i conueni&longs;se per due cagioni <lb/>principali: vna per hauere l'Autore iste&longs;so cio fat <lb/>to, dalla volonta del quale di partirmi, non mi pare <lb/>ua in tutto conueneuole: L'altra a&longs;sai piu della gia <lb/>detta potente, l'obligo infinito che io tengo con U. <lb/>Illustr. </s> <s>Signoria per le molte corte&longs;ie, & amoreuo­<lb/>lezze &longs;ue ver&longs;o me. </s> <s>Accetti adunque U. S. </s> <s>Illu <lb/>stri&longs;sima questo picciolo &longs;egno della gratitudine, <lb/>& pronta voglia dell'animo mio con quella pron-<pb/>tezza, & lieta fronte con laquale ha riceuute l'al­<lb/>tre nostre co&longs;arelle, tenendo quella per certo, che <lb/>per &longs;odisfare in parte al debito mio non &longs;ia per la&longs;­<lb/>&longs;are da parte alcuna piu honorata occa&longs;ione, <lb/>& con questo facendo fine humilmente <lb/>le bacio l'honorate mani. </s> <s>Di <lb/>Lucca il di. </s> <s>x. </s> <s>Ferraio. </s></p><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/>MDLXI.<emph.end type="center"/></s></p><pb pagenum="1"/><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/>AL MOLTO MAGNIFICO M. GI­<lb/>ROLAMO BORRO, SOMMO PHILOSO <lb/>PHO MEDICO ECCELLENTISSIMO<emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/>e lettor ordinario di Philo&longs;ophia nello <lb/>&longs;tudio di Pi&longs;a.<emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/><emph type="roman"/>Girolamo Ghirlanda. </s> <s>D. S.<emph.end type="roman"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main"> <s>IO temo Eccellentißimo Signor mio, che <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> m'in <lb/>teruengha appo di voi quel, che d'vno huomo <lb/>importuno, e fa&longs;tidio&longs;o di&longs;&longs;e Marco Tullio nel &longs;e <lb/>condo libro del &longs;uo Oratore; cioè, ò ragazzo, &longs;cac <lb/>cia quelle mo&longs;che. </s> <s>Percioche hauendo io opera <lb/>to, che i vostri Dialogi del flu&longs;&longs;o, e reflu&longs;&longs;o del <lb/>mare, dell'innondazione del Nilo, e della perfezzione del­<lb/>le Donne, vegghin' in luce &longs;anza vo&longs;tra licenza; Anzi con <lb/>tro ogni voler vostro; &longs;i come colui ne haueuate pregato, <lb/>a cui ne feste gia dono: So che me ne vorrete male, & mi <lb/>terrete per quello importuno di Cicerone, a&longs;&longs;omigliato alle <lb/>mo&longs;che. </s> <s>Voglio che in questo ca&longs;o vi diate pace: perche, &longs;e <lb/>bene i detti Dialogi non &longs;ono latini, e nella lingua Cicero­<lb/>niana; nellaqual &longs;anza dubbio &longs;iete piu atto a &longs;criuere, che nel <lb/>la volgare; &longs;i fatta familiarità hauete con e&longs;&longs;o lei: non per que <lb/>sto douete ripigliarmene: Concio &longs;ia che nella bella lingua, nella <lb/>qual &longs;ono hora &longs;critti, piaceranno co&longs;i à i letterati, come a i giu <lb/>dizio&longs;i non letterati: Doue &longs;e gli haueste &longs;critti latini, a latini <lb/>&longs;olo &longs;ariano piaciuto: Ecco che ho in que&longs;ta parte giouato a <lb/>piu per&longs;one: e'l bene, quanto è piu comunicato, &longs;apete e&longs;&longs;er mag <lb/>gior bene; come confe&longs;&longs;ate voi philo&longs;ophi, ed anco i Christiani­<lb/>e per che non volete voi, che delle co&longs;e buone e belle, ogn'huomo <lb/>(doue &longs;i po&longs;&longs;a) ne goda? </s> <s>Oltre à ciò &longs;o io molto bene, che &longs;iete in <lb/>acconcio difar to&longs;to veder al mondo, <expan abbr="quãto">quanto</expan> minutamente hab­<lb/>biate fatto anotomia d'Aristotile, e di Platone, e l'hareste fat­<lb/>to buona pezza fà, &longs;e i continoui studi delle cotidiane lezzioni <pb pagenum="2"/>in cote&longs;to &longs;tudio, non ve lhaue&longs;&longs;ero interdetto. </s> <s>Et questo fia, <lb/>quando darete in luce quella vostra opera de &longs;ub&longs;tantia orbis, <lb/>&longs;ubbietto appunto del vo&longs;tro alto intelletto: E vi &longs;i aggiugne <lb/>questo altre&longs;i; che l'hauete composto in lingua latinißima, o vo <lb/>gliate dir Ciceroniana: co&longs;a da ne&longs;&longs;uni, o da pochi, ch'io &longs;appia, <lb/>&longs;ino a qui tentata, non che fatta & io per me mal mi &longs;o per&longs;ua­<lb/>dere, come habbiate à i&longs;primere certi vocaboli philo&longs;ophici, mo <lb/>stranti la loro energia; &longs;e non con lunga e tedio&longs;a circonlocu­<lb/>zione: come &longs;aria, per grazia d'e&longs;empio, a dire: Il&longs;ubietto della <lb/>tra&longs;mutazione &longs;ostanziale e&longs;&longs;er ente in potenza formalmente <lb/>concomitantemente, e'l &longs;ubietto della tra&longs;mutazione acciden­<lb/>tale e&longs;&longs;er in atto concomitantemente, ed in potenza <expan abbr="formalm&etilde;-te">formalmen­<lb/>te</expan>: Materia prima, e materia in potenza &longs;econdo il dimidio del <lb/>quale: e molti altri &longs;imili: iquali latinamente mal &longs;i po&longs;&longs;ono (al <lb/>mio giudizio) formare. </s> <s>Tuttauia &longs;o quanto valete; perche ho <lb/>veduto far lunga i&longs;perienza di voi fra gran letterati: ed io in <lb/>qualche particella me ne ho voluto chiarire: ed ho veduto, che <lb/>per co&longs;a i&longs;trauagante ch'io & altri habbia propostaui ci haue­<lb/>te &longs;i fattamente ri&longs;oluti; che bene appar manife&longs;to, che ne fatti <lb/>operiate quello, che di sè in parole promettena Gorgia leonti­<lb/>no: ilquale &longs;i offeriua &longs;ciogliere ogni dubbio. </s> <s>Or di grazia non in <lb/>dugiate piu a <expan abbr="mãdar">mandar</expan> fuori tal libro, da tutti i letterati, che han <lb/>no di ciò contezza, bramato &longs;opra modo: e nel qual ritrarranno <lb/>&longs;omma &longs;odisfazzione, &longs;i per l'altezza del &longs;ubietto, che è il Cie <lb/>lo; come per l'utilità; concio&longs;ia che in sè <expan abbr="cõtenga">contenga</expan> in genere tue <lb/>ta la Philo&longs;ophia naturale, ed in &longs;pezie l'utilità ch'è nel libro <lb/>del Cielo e del mondo d'Ari&longs;tot. </s> <s>E nel qual attendo di vedor <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> <lb/>quanta destrezza d'ingegno concilierete in molte co&longs;e, doue il <lb/>bi&longs;ogno lo richegga; e due grandi Arist. e Plat. </s> <s>Laqual co&longs;a <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <lb/>cono&longs;co al pre&longs;ente altri poter fare, ch'eglino isteßi, &longs;e ci viue&longs; <lb/>&longs;ero, o'l Borro; che di tutti due n'ha fatto (come s'è detto) anoto <lb/>mia. </s> <s>E vi prote&longs;to che &longs;e iudugiate molto piu a la&longs;ciarlo correr' <lb/>per le mani de letterati; che fate lor torto e&longs;pre&longs;&longs;o: percioche <lb/>de doni à voi <expan abbr="cõceduti">conceduti</expan> da Dio, e <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> la vo&longs;tra indu&longs;tria ampliati, <lb/>ne douete altrui far partecipe, e maßimamente giouando loro, <pb pagenum="3"/>come cono&longs;co douergli giouare il detto libro. </s> <s>e &longs;e mi veni&longs;&longs;e <lb/>alle mani frattanto come hanno fatto i vo&longs;tri Dialogi; di lui al <lb/>trettanto farei, quanto ho fatto di loro; e me ne riputerei de­<lb/>gno di mercede. </s> <s>Veggendo adunque voi, ch'io a mio maggior po <lb/>tere procuro di giouar altrui; non vi hauete a rammarica­<lb/>re, ch'io habbia dato alle &longs;tampe i vo&longs;tri Dialogi, come di <lb/>me vi &longs;iete costi rammaricato con mio figliuolo: e douete <lb/>anco &longs;apere, che le parti mie, e di cia&longs;cuno, amante l'utilità <lb/>del proßimo, è di giouar a quanti &longs;i può, &longs;enza hauer riguardo <lb/>di di&longs;piacere ad vn &longs;olo; almeno quando non glie ne ri&longs;ulti ne <lb/>danno, ne vergogna; come è in que&longs;to ca&longs;o: Ancor ch'io m'inge­<lb/>gni di rimanerui in grazia; laqual &longs;o che m'hauete donata (la <lb/>mercè vostra) vn pezzo fà; e nellaquale cono&longs;cendo voi in que <lb/>&longs;ta parte il candor dell'animo mio; vi contenterete mant<gap/>r­<lb/>mi. </s> <s>Laqual co&longs;a vi priego fare. </s> <s>Aggiugnendo, che fra poco man <lb/>derò co&longs;tà vn mio figliuolo, minore di quel, che v'è; &longs;ol perche <lb/>appari &longs;otto la vo&longs;tra di&longs;ciplina, Philo&longs;ophica. </s> <s>E &longs;anza <lb/>più dire, mi vi raccomando, & offero. </s> <s>Di Car­<lb/>rara il di dell'Epifania. <emph type="roman"/>1560.<emph.end type="roman"/></s></p><pb pagenum="5"/><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/><emph type="roman"/>A GLI ILLVSRISSIMI SIGNORI IL SIG. <lb/>ALBERIGO CIBO MALESPINA MARCHESE<emph.end type="roman"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/><emph type="roman"/>di Ma&longs;&longs;a, Signor di Carrara, Conted Ferentillo, <lb/>e Ciamberlano di &longs;ua M. Cath. </s> <s>è la Signora <lb/>Donna I&longs;abetta dalla Rouere, <lb/>&longs;ua Con&longs;orte.<emph.end type="roman"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/>ALSEFORO TALASCOPIO D. S.<emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main"> <s><emph type="roman"/>LA materia del Flu&longs;&longs;o, e del Reflu&longs;&longs;o del Mare <lb/>dal dotto Ghirlanda propo&longs;tami, per tratteni­<lb/>mento d'ammendue le Signorie Vo&longs;tre Illu­<lb/>&longs;tri&longs;sime è &longs;tata tenuta &longs;empre difficile per &longs;e <lb/>&longs;te&longs;&longs;a da tutti i Filo&longs;ofi del mondo, & in que&longs;to <lb/>tempo difficili&longs;sima è ella paruta à me: ilquale <lb/>dal di in qua, che elle mi comandarono, che io ne mette&longs;si in <lb/>carta tutto quello, che &longs;e ne era di&longs;cor&longs;o all'improui&longs;o, &longs;ono <lb/>&longs;tato impedito non &longs;olo dalle publiche lettioni; ma anche da <lb/>infiniti altri miei particolari trauagli: ogni vno de quali &longs;a­<lb/>rebbe &longs;tato ba&longs;tante à tormi la voglia, e le forze dello &longs;criue <lb/>re: quanto piu e&longs;&longs;endo&longs;ene raccolti molti in&longs;ieme &longs;opra la <lb/>per&longs;ona mia: che da certi tempi in qua è &longs;tata, come vn berza <lb/>glio della fortuna: la quale par' che ad altro non habbia hauu <lb/>to l'occhìo, che à tirarui dentro: però le &longs;ignorie vo&longs;tre Iilu­<lb/>&longs;tri&longs;sime non &longs;i merauiglino, &longs;e io non ho obedito, â loro co <lb/>mandamenti con quella dottrina, che la materia haurebbe ri <lb/>chie&longs;to, e che elle haurebbero a&longs;pettato, e meritato, & che io <lb/>haurei voluto, e douuto, anzi merauiglin&longs;i piu to&longs;to, che <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> <lb/>tanti impedimenti io habbia potuto far quel poco, che io ho <lb/>fatto. </s> <s>& di tutto quel di buono, che &longs;arà in que&longs;to Dialogo <lb/>(&longs;e pur' nulla ve ne &longs;arà) dianne l'honore a comandamenti lo <lb/>ro: iquali hanno hauuto forza di farmi &longs;criuere quello, che <lb/>io da me &longs;te&longs;&longs;o non haurei potuto pen&longs;are, non che &longs;criuere: <lb/>& re&longs;tino per&longs;ua&longs;e, che &longs;e altra volta, con maggior'quiete d'a <lb/>nimo, e di corpo, elle &longs;i degneranno comandarmi, &longs;aranno<emph.end type="roman"/><pb pagenum="6"/><emph type="roman"/>da me &longs;eruite a&longs;&longs;ai meglio. </s> <s>Intanto <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> quella mede&longs;ima corte <lb/>&longs;ia, che elle mi <expan abbr="comãdarono">comandarono</expan>, degnin&longs;i anche accettar il piccol <lb/>dono, che la ba&longs;&longs;ezza mia hoggi porge alla altezza loro: & à <lb/>miglior comodità a&longs;pettine de maggiori, e de migliori. </s> <s>Io in <lb/>que&longs;to mentre re&longs;tandomi apparecchiato à far loro tutti <lb/>que &longs;eruigi, che per me &longs;i potranno, humili&longs;si­<lb/>mamente bacio loro l'hono rata <lb/>mano.<emph.end type="roman"/></s></p><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/>DEL NOZZOLINO ALL'ILLU. <lb/>STRISSIMO S. MARCHESE <lb/>DI MASSA.<emph.end type="center"/><lb/>DA vn nuouo Sol, che più dell'altro luce. <lb/></s> <s>Che a rara alta virtù gli animi &longs;corge, <lb/>Del cui bel lume chiaro &longs;egno porge <lb/>Chiara Alba, e riga il Ciel con nuoua luce: <lb/>Uiua fiamma d'honor nel cor riluce, <lb/>Onde vn nuouo di&longs;io nell'alma &longs;orge <lb/>D'alzar&longs;i ratta al Ciel; che ben s'accorge; <lb/>C'hauer vn quà non può piu altero Duce. <lb/></s> <s>Gentilezza regale, alto valore, <lb/>Nobiltà vera, inuitta corte&longs;ia <lb/>Sono i be' raggi, ond'ei mi &longs;calda il core: <lb/>Ma chi quel dirà mai; che dentro cria <lb/>Con linterna virtù del &longs;uo splendore <lb/>Dolce Cibo &longs;oaue all'alma mia? </s></p><pb pagenum="7"/><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/>DEL MEDESIMO ALLA ILLU. <lb/>STRISSIMA SIGNORA MAR <lb/>CHESANA DI MASSA.<emph.end type="center"/><lb/>ARbore altiero; onde distilla e pioue; <lb/>Mercè del &longs;ommo Gioue; a cui &longs;acrato <lb/>Sei, liquor dolce e grato; <lb/>Ch'ogni alma a ben oprar gustando muoue <lb/>Soura i be' ramituoi dolce &longs;i coglie <lb/>Quel precio&longs;o e raro <lb/>Cibo &longs;oaue e caro; <lb/>Che gli amici del ciel &longs;ostiene in vita: <lb/>Sotto l'ombra gentil de le tue foglie, <lb/>In cui &longs;i fermo nido <lb/>Posto ha bontate, ognhor &longs;ecuri e lieti <lb/>Philo&longs;ophi e Poeti <lb/>Lodan' cantando tua virtù infinita: <lb/>Ond'io che di lontano vdito ho'l grido <lb/>(Se fia talhor gradita <lb/>Lhumil voce da te d'un &longs;eruo fido) <lb/>Dirò in&longs;teme con lor; Pianta felice <lb/>Che &longs;ol na&longs;ce ogni ben da tuaradice. </s></p><pb/><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/><emph type="roman"/>Errori fatti &longs;tampando, &longs;i corregono in que&longs;to modo.<emph.end type="roman"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main"> <s><emph type="roman"/>A fac. </s> <s>17. doue &longs;i legge, ha il nome, leggi, ha pre&longs;o il nome, à. </s> <s>19. &longs;enza mu­<lb/>tatione; &longs;enza mouimento, e &longs;enza mutatione. </s> <s>à. </s> <s>23. de la &longs;tate, a la &longs;tate, à. </s> <s>23. <lb/>nuoua luna, nuoua luna smagrano. </s> <s>à. </s> <s>27. la nolte, la notte, à. </s> <s>31. alla ateratione <lb/>alla alteratione. </s> <s>à. </s> <s>39. quello, quelle. </s> <s>à. </s> <s>49. Oer&longs;ico, Per&longs;ico. </s> <s>à. </s> <s>55. del reflu&longs;&longs;o, <lb/>del flu&longs;&longs;o, & del riflu&longs;&longs;o. </s> <s>à. </s> <s>59. conuetita, conuertita, à. </s> <s>59. entra, entrata, à. <gap/>. <lb/></s> <s>à poco leggi, à poco à poco, à. </s> <s>94. vili, vili &longs;imili à. </s> <s>95. vn te&longs;timonio, vn &longs;e­<lb/>gno & vn te&longs;timonio. </s> <s>a. </s> <s>98. honorato hornato. </s> <s>a. </s> <s>110. nel gouerno, nel gouer <lb/>nare, à. </s> <s>110. po&longs;o, pe&longs;o. </s> <s>a. </s> <s>126. violento &longs;i ripo&longs;a, violento, ma &longs;i ripo&longs;a. </s> <s>a. </s> <s>129. <lb/>argumento, argumentando.<emph.end type="roman"/></s></p><pb pagenum="9"/><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/>DIALOGO DEL FLUSSO <lb/>E REFLVSSO DEL MARE <lb/>D'ALSEFORO TALASCOPIO, <lb/><emph type="roman"/>A GLI ILLVSTRISSIMI <lb/>SIGNORI<emph.end type="roman"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/><emph type="roman"/>IL SIGNOR ALBERIGO CIBO MALESP. <lb/></s> <s>Marche&longs;e di Ma&longs;&longs;a, Signor di Carrara, Conte di Fe­<lb/>rentillo, e Ciamberlano di &longs;ua Mae. </s> <s>Cath. <lb/></s> <s>e la Signora Donna I&longs;abetta <lb/>dalla Rouere, &longs;ua <lb/>Con&longs;orte.<emph.end type="roman"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/>NOZZOLINO, TALASCOPIO.<emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main"> <s>IO Mi credetti (il mio Me&longs;&longs;ere Al&longs;eforo) che <lb/>voi haueste pre&longs;o altro camino, quando io vi vi <lb/>di pa&longs;&longs;ar l'ultimo terminodella vo&longs;tra tornata: <lb/>il che allegrezza, & dolore in vn tempo mede <lb/>&longs;imo mi recaua: l'allegrezza na&longs;ceua, mentre <lb/>io pen&longs;aua ciò douerui e&longs;&longs;ere accaduto per co­<lb/>modo vostro: ilquale à me, che vi amo quanto me &longs;te&longs;&longs;o, &longs;em­<lb/>pre piacque, & piacerà &longs;empre. </s> <s>Il dolor na&longs;ceua dal con&longs;ide­<lb/>rare, che a&longs;&longs;ai piu, che io non haurei voluto, ò douuto, mi con­<lb/>ueniua re&longs;tar &longs;enza voi; ilquale à me con la vo&longs;tra pre&longs;enza <lb/>&longs;olete dare infinita contentezza. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>La mia tornata è stata tarda; perche la infinita cor <lb/>te&longs;ia dello Illu&longs;trißimo Signore Alberigo, & della Illustrißi­<lb/>ma I&longs;abetta non men degna di lui, che egli &longs;i &longs;ia degno di lei; <lb/>infino ad hora mi ha trattenuto: ne mi è &longs;tato poßibile gia <lb/>mai impetrar licenza, quantunque io molte volte efficacißi­<lb/>mamente lhabbia chiesta, e vidico, che &longs;e la neceßità non mi <lb/>haue&longs;&longs;e sforzato al partirmi, io in quella cotanto honora-<pb pagenum="10"/>ta, & Illu&longs;tre Corte mi &longs;arei restato tutta &longs;tate: per che am­<lb/>mendue que Signori Illustrißimi qua&longs;i me ne sforzauano; <lb/>il bel pae&longs;e, l'aria perfetta, la bella Terra di Carrara, le ho­<lb/>norate e comode habitationi, le piaceuolißime ville, le dol­<lb/>cißime conuer&longs;ationi di que Gentil'huomini, l'hone&longs;tißime <lb/>accoglienze di quelle Gentil'donne, che &longs;eguitano la Signora <lb/>Marche&longs;a Illustrißima, la dotta compagnia del virtuo&longs;ißi­<lb/>mo Ghirlanda; e i dottißimi ragionamenti, che le ricche e <lb/>copio&longs;e viuande mattina e &longs;era à Tauola condiuano, &longs;i mi <lb/>piaceuano; che io &longs;enza dubbio ne&longs;&longs;uno mi ci &longs;arei fermato <lb/>ma la neceßità di trouarmi pre&longs;to in Firenze, ha potuto que­<lb/>sta volta piu ella &longs;ola, che non hanno potuto tutte le altre <lb/>co&longs;e di &longs;opra racconte: Se la pre&longs;enza mia inuerità vi pia­<lb/>ce, quanto voi dite; io me ne tengo di buono: perche il pia­<lb/>cere, à chiunque piace, à buoni, à quali voi piacete, & à chiun <lb/>que ha ottimo giuditio, qual voi hauete; è pur a&longs;&longs;ai: Ma &longs;ia­<lb/>mi io, come io mi voglia; che io tutto &longs;on vostro: però quan­<lb/>to io piu voleßi, per voi tanto meglio &longs;arebbe: per che haure­<lb/>&longs;te vno amico, del cui molto valore (&longs;e egli molto fo&longs;&longs;e) <lb/>voi à vostra po&longs;ta vi potreste valere: Che egli vi piaceßino <lb/>& vi piacino i comodi miei; e vi di&longs;piace&longs;&longs;e il douer re&longs;tare <lb/>&longs;enza me, piu lungo tempo, che voi <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> haure&longs;te voluto, aman <lb/>domi, quanto mi amate; vi credo, mentre che io dal mio mi&longs;u <lb/>ro l'animo vostro; à me &longs;empre furono e &longs;aranno care le vo­<lb/>&longs;tre comodità, e di&longs;cara l'a&longs;&longs;enza vostra; però douendomi io <lb/>infra due giorni partire di Pi&longs;a per la volta di Firenze; la lon <lb/>tananza dell'uno, e dell'altro di noi, ad ammendue porterà <lb/>vgual di&longs;piacere; ilquale non di meno &longs;i dourà temprare con <lb/>la ragione, e col douere delle amicitie comune; laquale richie <lb/>de da l'uno, & da l'altro di no i, che alla giornata a quel &longs;i at­<lb/>tenda, che l'occa&longs;ione de tempi ne porge. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>La corte&longs;ia d'amendue quei Signori Illu&longs;trißimi, e le <lb/>altre co&longs;e da voi pur hora racconte, non mi &longs;ono nuoue, hauen <lb/>done io altre volte vdito quello, che a gli orecchi di tutto il <lb/>Mondo la buona Fama ne porta: ma del condimento delle vo-<pb pagenum="11"/>stre viuande non ho io gia mai vdito piu di quello, che voi ho <lb/>ra detto ne hauete: piacciaui adunque &longs;piegarmi meglio il fo­<lb/>glio, et <expan abbr="minutam&etilde;te">minutamente</expan> dirmi di che ragiona&longs;te, e &longs;e con ordine, ò <lb/>pur &longs;econdo che il ca&longs;o e la Fortuna occa&longs;ione porgeuano, hora <lb/>in questa, & hora in quella materia entrando di&longs;correuate. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Il pe&longs;o, che voi (M. Giu&longs;eppe) hoggi alle mie deboli &longs;pal <lb/>le ponete, è a&longs;&longs;ai piu graue, che io <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> po&longs;&longs;o portare: con cio &longs;ia, <lb/>che in &longs;ei giorni, che io quiui mi &longs;ono trattenuto; di qua&longs;i infi <lb/>nite co&longs;e <expan abbr="lũghe">lunghe</expan> a raccontarui, &longs;i è egli ragionato dodici volt e: <lb/>come &longs;arebbe, à dire: &longs;e gli elementi ne loro proprii luoghi &longs;o <lb/>no, o graui, o leggieri; come fuora de loro proprii luoghi graui <lb/>e leggieri e&longs;&longs;ere &longs;i veggono: e ca&longs;o, che l'Aria, & l'Acqua hab <lb/>bino alcuna grauità ne loro proprii luoghi, come tal uoltaegli <lb/>&longs;i pare, che alcuni Filo&longs;ofi habbino creduto; donde na&longs;ce, che <lb/>noi, e gli vccelli; à quali &longs;opra&longs;ta il <expan abbr="grãdißimo">grandißimo</expan> pe&longs;o dell' Aria; <lb/>nol &longs;entiamo; come anche, i Pe&longs;ci il gran Pe&longs;o dell' Acqua <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <lb/>&longs;entono? </s> <s>Donde auiene, che vn mattone ben cotto, a&longs;&longs;ai piu <lb/>pe&longs;a, che non fà vn crudo; Che vuole egli dire, che vn pezzo <lb/>di legno nell' Aria, al ba&longs;&longs;o piu velocemente &longs;cende d'un pez­<lb/>zo di Piombo; nell'Acqua poi il Piombo de&longs;cende, e il legno <lb/>nel mezzo d'ammendue questi elementi &longs;i ferma &longs;otto l'Aria, <lb/>e &longs;opra l'Acqua notando? </s> <s>Ragionammo del modo, colquale la <lb/>calamita tira il Ferro, l'Ambra e'l Diamante ben forbiti tira­<lb/>no le paglie, e'l Ro&longs;po la Dondola, e la bocca del Pe&longs;ce Ierace <lb/>tira l'oro. </s> <s>Ragionammo delle Commete, della via Lattea, del <lb/>lo Arco Baleno, della generatione di venti, del Sal&longs;o &longs;apor del <lb/>Mare, della natura d'alcuni mo&longs;tri Marini, e di quella d'alcuni <lb/>altri animali Terreni. </s> <s>Fauellammo dello ordinatißimo Flu&longs;&longs;o <lb/>& Reflu&longs;&longs;o del Mare, e di ben mille altre co&longs;e, lequali, à me ho­<lb/>ra non &longs;ouuengono: e ne di&longs;putammo con ordine tale, dal Si­<lb/>gnor Marche&longs;e Illustrißimo po&longs;to; che il Dotto Ghirlanda ca­<lb/>rico haue&longs;&longs;e di proporre alcuni dubbii mattina e &longs;era a &longs;uo <lb/>beneplacito; &longs;opra quali poi &longs;i di&longs;corre&longs;&longs;e all'improui&longs;o. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>Questi allo impo&longs;to pe&longs;o tanto bene &longs;odisfece, che io restai af­<lb/>fettionatißimo alla &longs;ua rara virtù: e mi &longs;arei contentato ha <pb pagenum="12"/>uere io &longs;odisfatto al carico mio, come egli &longs;odisfece al &longs;uo: <lb/>Tengo certo, che &longs;e voi lo haue&longs;te vdito, di lui & del molto &longs;a­<lb/>pere &longs;uo haureste fatto quel mede&longs;imo giuditio, che ne feci io, <lb/>che lo vdii, e bene gu&longs;tai i &longs;uoi Dotti di&longs;cor&longs;i: e &longs;e voi quiui in <lb/>nostra <expan abbr="cõpagnia">compagnia</expan> vifoste trouato con la vo&longs;tra dottrina, haure <lb/>ste aggiunto quella perfettione a nostri ragionamenti, che &longs;en <lb/>za voi ci mancaua: oltra che &longs;are&longs;te &longs;tato compagno de no&longs;tri <lb/>honorati piaceri. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>La&longs;ciamo star da parte quel, che io con la mia pre­<lb/>&longs;enza, o di bene, o di male haueßi potuto aggiugnere, à vo­<lb/>&longs;tri di&longs;cor&longs;i: basta, che io haurei hauuto caro e&longs;&longs;ermiui ri­<lb/>trouato per molti ri&longs;petti; e per quelli, che voi pur' hora <lb/>raccontati hauete, e perche io non mi &longs;ono chiarito gia mai <lb/>delle cagioni di que&longs;to Flu&longs;&longs;o e Reflu&longs;&longs;o del Mare: di che (co­<lb/>me io mi credo) quiui a pieno mi &longs;arei chiarito: ma da che io <lb/>non vi &longs;ono &longs;tato pre&longs;ente, e da che egli hora non &longs;i legge nel <lb/>le publiche Scuole, ne è tempo d'u&longs;cir fuora di ca&longs;a, a questo <lb/>gran caldo, quando egli vi piaccia di dirmi quello, che voi ne <lb/>&longs;entite, io vene haurò quel molto obligo, che io debbo per ciò. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Volentieri vi &longs;odisfarò io in questo; ma con due <lb/>leggi; la prima è, che voi; doue le Demo&longs;trationi certe non &longs;i <lb/>truouano; vi contentiate di quelle, che ra&longs;&longs;omigliano il vero, <lb/>&longs;enza a&longs;pettarne delle migliori: & &longs;e pure ne vorrete delle piu <lb/>efficaci, che non &longs;aranno le mie, da voi ste&longs;&longs;o le vi trouiate; che <lb/>io per me ingenuamente vi confe&longs;&longs;o, da altri non ne hauere per <lb/>anche imparate, e non ne hauere da me ste&longs;&longs;o ritrouate di quel <lb/>le, che mi fini&longs;cano di &longs;odisfare, a pieno: Se voi direte co&longs;a, del­<lb/>la quale l'animo mio &longs;i appaghi, io da voi la imparerò volentie <lb/>ri, e ve ne resterò con obligatione maggiore, che voi for&longs;e non <lb/>vi pen&longs;ate. </s> <s>La &longs;econda Legge è, che voi mi &longs;cu&longs;iate, &longs;e io; il <lb/>quale non leßi gia mai a miei di libri Tho&longs;cani, me&longs;colerò ra­<lb/>gionando alcune di quelle parole, che non &longs;aranno molto al pe <lb/>&longs;o; & le andrò amma&longs;&longs;ando, come io le trouerrò, &longs;enza ne&longs;&longs;uno <lb/>artificio, e come a me le in&longs;egnò la mia Balia, mentre che io ero <lb/>anche fanciullo, e volgarmente fauellando come a punto &longs;i fa-<pb pagenum="13"/>uella nella mia patria da chiunque quiui nato, vi &longs;i alleua, of­<lb/>fenderò le vostre Dotte e ben purgate orecchie, v&longs;ate &longs;olo ad <lb/>vdire co&longs;e dette con &longs;omma politezza e leggiadria. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Io non accetto la prima legge, perche egli non ha pun <lb/>to del veri&longs;imile, che lo &longs;colare piu vaglia, che non vale il &longs;uo <lb/>mae&longs;tro; Se voi adunque tanto oltre <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> vedete, che basti, come <lb/>credete, che io; il quale ho la vi&longs;ta dello ingegno piu corta di <lb/>voi; là arriui, doue voi non hauete potuto arriuare? </s> <s>e tanto <lb/>meno douete a&longs;pettar da me co&longs;a, che vi appaghi d'intorno, a <lb/>ciò, quanto io nel principio vi dißi re&longs;tarci confu&longs;o. </s> <s>Quanto <lb/>alla &longs;econda legge; io, che dome&longs;ticamente vi cono&longs;co a pieno, <lb/>confe&longs;&longs;o e&longs;&longs;er vero, che voi non hauete per v&longs;anza di leggere <lb/>libri volgari; anzi in cambio di pa&longs;&longs;arui certe hore fa&longs;tidio&longs;e <lb/>del caldo del mezzo giorno, o con Dante, o col Petrarca, o col <lb/>Boccaccio; le vi pa&longs;&longs;ate con Cicerone, con Ce&longs;are, e con Teren­<lb/>tio, e con altri libri Latini: il che mi &longs;arà argomento da lodare <lb/>l'ingegno vo&longs;tro; ilquale da &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o fà quello, che molti altri <lb/>non po&longs;&longs;ono con lo aiuto de libri; da quali nondimeno in que­<lb/>&longs;ti grauißimi ragionamenti di Filo&longs;ofia, voi non haure&longs;te caua <lb/>to frutto ne&longs;&longs;uno, &longs;e bene gli haue&longs;te letti con diligenza; per­<lb/>che i nostri Padri Tho&longs;cani, non curando le co&longs;e graui, che &longs;i <lb/>a&longs;pettano alle Dottrine, tenner conto &longs;olamente delle amoro­<lb/>&longs;e: & hora con nouellette, & hora con rime &longs;i dilettarono: be <lb/>ne vi ha di quelli, che vol&longs;ero far proua dello ingegno loro nel <lb/>le &longs;cienze; ma pochi &longs;ono, e &longs;enza fama in ciò: tal che il ra­<lb/>gionare co vocaboli loro, a&longs;&longs;ai piu strani, che non &longs;ono quelli, i <lb/>quali voi dite hauere imparato dalla vostra Balia, &longs;arebbe ope <lb/>ra perduta; Il migliore di tutti è Dante: la cui Dottrina, à voi <lb/>che &longs;eguitate i greci; <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> piacerebbe: perche egli di rado, e for&longs;e <lb/>anche non mai, &longs;i di&longs;co&longs;ta da quello, che ci ha la&longs;ciato &longs;critto S. <lb/>Toma&longs;o, à quello, che io me ne intenda: però men male &longs;arà, <lb/>che voi ricorriate alla vo&longs;tra Balia per le parole; da cui voi <lb/>le imparaste tali, che egli non è niuno, che non le approui per <lb/>buone: & al vo&longs;tro Ari&longs;totile, e Platone per la Dottrina: pe <lb/>rò la&longs;ciando da parte queste cirimonie, &longs;e eglivi piace, entrate <pb pagenum="14"/>nel proposto ragionamento; il che ad ammendue più dourà di­<lb/>lettare; quantunque la Mu&longs;ica, che na&longs;ce dalla lingua di chiun <lb/>que, oa torto, oa dritto loda &longs;oglia e&longs;&longs;ere &longs;oauißima. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Certo voi dite bene, M. Giu&longs;eppe; Però la&longs;ciando la <lb/>Mu&longs;ica delle lode a gli huomini, che hanno la zucca vana, e <lb/>che &longs;e ne dilettano, come di pa&longs;tura proportionata al gu&longs;to di <lb/>co&longs;i fatto bestiame; entriamo nella di&longs;puta, cotanto da voi de <lb/>&longs;iderata: E perche meno il caldo ci offenda, paßiamo nel mio <lb/>&longs;tudio; ilqual come &longs;apete, ha le finestre volte alla faccia di <lb/>maestro, onde a que&longs;ti grandißimi caldi &longs;uole &longs;pirar &longs;pe&longs;&longs;o al­<lb/>quanto di vento. </s> <s>Iacopo nostro in tanto piglierà la ro&longs;ta, e <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> <lb/>l'arte &longs;upplirà al difetto della natura, ca&longs;o ch'ella vento non <lb/>i&longs;piri. </s> <s>Incomincerommi anco da primi principii, poco o <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> nul <lb/>la per hoggi curandomi delle leggi: lequali vogliono non &longs;i do <lb/>uer incominciare piu alto, che &longs;i bi&longs;ogni: pur che voi; ilquale <lb/>da loro partir giamai non vi &longs;olete, il mi perdoniate. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Oltre che la stanza dello &longs;tudio vo&longs;tro hauerà la com <lb/>modità del fre&longs;co, che voi dite; &longs;arà egli anco bene, che noi qui <lb/>ui ci intratteniamo, per e&longs;&longs;er più fuor del romore, e de glialtri <lb/>impedimenti. </s> <s>Andianui adunque; & incominciateui onde <lb/>piu vi piace; ch'io mi credo, che voi non poßiate errare parlan <lb/>do comunque egli &longs;i &longs;ia. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Da che voi co&longs;i volete co&longs;i &longs;i faccia. </s> <s>Vi douete <lb/>adunque rammentare, che'l mondo è vn &longs;olo; tanto &longs;econdo <lb/>la dottrina di Platone, quanto &longs;econdo quella d'Ari&longs;totile: e <lb/>quantunque altre &longs;iano le ragioni di Platone, & altre quelle <lb/>d'Ari&longs;totile; amendue nondimeno, benche per diuer&longs;o cami­<lb/>no, giungono al mede&longs;imo fine. </s> <s>Ari&longs;totile, ilqual <expan abbr="entrãdo">entrando</expan> nel <lb/>profondo pelago della Filo&longs;ofia, e nauigando tutto que&longs;to mare <lb/>&longs;i stette &longs;empre con la &longs;ua barca vicino alla terra; benche egli <lb/>di tutto'l resto fauella&longs;&longs;e; non ne fauello &longs;e non quanto egli ne <lb/>potette ragionare &longs;enza di&longs;costar&longs;i dalla terra. </s> <s>Platone lo <lb/>vol&longs;e &longs;olcar tutto; ne di ciò contentando&longs;i, a gui&longs;a di leggiero <lb/>vccello, s'alzò &longs;opra l'ale; e nell'aria &longs;i &longs;ostenne tanto, ch'egli <lb/>minutamente conobbe tutto'l mar di questa Filo&longs;ofia, e tutte <pb pagenum="15"/>le parti &longs;ue. </s> <s>Volendo Platone prouare, che vn &longs;olo era il mon <lb/>do, &longs;i inalzò all'una natura dell' Architetto, e della Idea; e di&longs;­<lb/>&longs;e: Da che vn &longs;olo è Iddio, Architetto ottimo, e da che vna <lb/>&longs;ola è l'Idea del mondo; e bi&longs;ogna dire, che anco vn &longs;o­<lb/>lo &longs;ia il mondo. </s> <s>Aristotile tanto credette, quanto egli hebbe <lb/>il pegno in mano. </s> <s>Però volendo prouar questo mede&longs;imo; <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <lb/>&longs;i di&longs;co&longs;to molto da quello, che con &longs;entimenti del corpo &longs;i può <lb/>cono&longs;cere: Que&longs;ti veggendo, che la forma del mondo riempie­<lb/>ua tutta la &longs;ua materia, ne fuor ne la&longs;ciaua particella veruna, <lb/>quantunque piccola: Di qui raccol&longs;e, che'l mondo fo&longs;&longs;e vn &longs;o­<lb/>lo, e non pote&longs;&longs;er e&longs;&longs;ere piu mondi: come &longs;e le &longs;tatue non &longs;i po­<lb/>te&longs;&longs;ono far d'altro, che di legno: & vna &longs;tatua &longs;i ritroua&longs;&longs;e, &longs;ot <lb/>to la cui forma fo&longs;&longs;er tutti ilegni; questa vna &longs;tatua &longs;i ritro­<lb/>uerebbe in tutto'l mondo; ne &longs;arebbe poßibile di ritrouarne <lb/>piu d'una: perche ad ogni artefice mancherebbe la materia, del <lb/>la quale &longs;i pote&longs;&longs;e far vna nuoua &longs;tatua: Co&longs;i vn &longs;olo è il mon­<lb/>do: perche &longs;otto la &longs;ua forma è &longs;errata tutta la &longs;ua materia; <lb/>ne &longs;e ne troua punto di fuora: Però i mondi non po&longs;&longs;ono e&longs;&longs;ere <lb/>ne due, ne più: Anzi vn &longs;ol mondo è quello, che &longs;i ritroua. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>La qual ragione Aristotile accattò da Platone; come molte <lb/>altre co&longs;e. </s> <s>Ragione ad amendue questi Filo&longs;ofi comune; non <lb/>però co&longs;i minutamente di&longs;te&longs;a: ma da loro propri fondamenti <lb/>cauata, a prouar ch'un &longs;olo &longs;ia il mondo: e ch'egli è perfettißi <lb/>mo: & è tanta la &longs;ua perfettione, ch'un'altra non &longs;e ne può tro <lb/>uar ne maggiore, ne pari; abbracciando il mondo in &longs;e ste&longs;&longs;o <lb/>tutto quello, che è di buono e di bello. </s> <s>Egli ra&longs;&longs;omiglia vn cor <lb/>po compo&longs;to di due e&longs;treme &longs;uperficie: l'una dellequali è alta, <lb/>e l'altra è ba&longs;&longs;a. </s> <s>L'alta e&longs;tremità del mondo è il &longs;eggio real <lb/>d'Iddio: la ba&longs;&longs;a è il luogo della prima materia, imperfettißi­<lb/>ma piu di tutte l'altre co&longs;e: Fra que&longs;te due e&longs;treme parti &longs;ono <lb/>l'anime de corpi cele&longs;ti, e lo iste&longs;&longs;o Cielo: ci &longs;ono i quattro ele <lb/>menti, e tutto'l rimanente delle co&longs;e compo&longs;te; come &longs;ono i mi <lb/>nerali, le piante, e gli animali: l'huomo &longs;i &longs;tà nel mezzo delle <lb/>co&longs;e eterne, e delle mortali: & è come vn giunco, che in&longs;ieme <lb/>lega le parti di questo mondo: concio&longs;ia ch'egli ha l'intelletto <pb pagenum="16"/>immortale; come immortali &longs;ono gli altri intelletti, che muo <lb/>uono i corpi celesti: Ha il &longs;en&longs;o, e'l corpo mortale; come mor <lb/>tali &longs;ono tutte l'atlre anime, e tutti gli altri corpi, da i cele&longs;ti <lb/>infuora. </s> <s>Que&longs;to bellißimo ordine di tutte le parti del mondo <lb/>non ha paragone, ne lo può hauere: & in que&longs;to &longs;taßi la per­<lb/>fettione iste&longs;&longs;a del mondo. </s> <s>Questa è la bella Venere de gli an <lb/>tichi Poeti; cioè, vna proportione ottimamente mi&longs;urata di <lb/>tutte le parti fra di loro, e co'l tutto; da altri chiamata Venu <lb/>stà. </s> <s>Adunque un &longs;olo è il mondo: perche quello che è perfet <lb/>tißimo, non può e&longs;&longs;ere, &longs;e non vn &longs;olo: e &longs;e fo&longs;&longs;ero due le co&longs;e <lb/>perfettißime; forza &longs;arebbe, che l'una delle due fo&longs;&longs;e o più, o <lb/>men perfetta dell'altra: Altrimente &longs;arebbe l'uno quel, che <lb/>l'altro: co&longs;i non &longs;arebbono piu, ma vno: concio&longs;ia che la per­<lb/>fettione di tutte le co&longs;e, na&longs;ca dall'e&longs;&longs;enza loro; come lhuma­<lb/>na perfettione na&longs;ce dall'e&longs;&longs;enza humana: &longs;e co&longs;i è; doue è la <lb/>mede&longs;ima perfettione, quiui è la mede&longs;ima e&longs;&longs;enza e natura: <lb/>e doue è l'e&longs;&longs;enza e la natura diuer&longs;a, quiui bi&longs;ogna che &longs;ia la <lb/>perfettione diuer&longs;a; e la perfettione mede&longs;ima, doue è la natu <lb/>ra e l'e&longs;&longs;enza mede&longs;ima. </s> <s>Or &longs;e noi dichiamo, che due &longs;ono <lb/>i mondi; amendue &longs;aranno ripieni della mede&longs;ima perfettio­<lb/>ne, dell'iste&longs;&longs;a natura, e dell'i&longs;te&longs;&longs;a e&longs;&longs;enza. </s> <s>Adunque i mondi <lb/>non &longs;ono due: ma quelli che noi dianzi dicemmo e&longs;&longs;er due, &longs;o­<lb/>no vn &longs;olo. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Voi hauete pre&longs;o vn principio tant'alto, e vi &longs;iete <lb/>incominciato tanto di lontano; ch'io non &longs;o come voi potrete <lb/>far si; che tutto &longs;erua alla dichiaratione del flu&longs;&longs;o e reflu&longs;&longs;o <lb/>del mare. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Io mi &longs;cu&longs;ai con voi, come colui che ben vedeua me­<lb/>ritar qualche bia&longs;imo, incominciandomi tant'alto: voi (&longs;e ben <lb/>vi rammentate) me ne deste licenza; & io la mi pre&longs;i mol­<lb/>to volentieri, con e&longs;&longs;a entrando in questo lontano principio: <lb/>ilqual però (come voi vedrete) &longs;eruirà tanto bene alla pro­<lb/>po&longs;ta qui&longs;tione; che voi ve ne contenterete. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Se co&longs;i è, &longs;eguitate il vostro ragionamento. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Questo vno mondo vniuer&longs;ale ha le &longs;ue parti: lequa <pb pagenum="17"/>li anch'elle &longs;i chiamano mondi: perche in ogn'una di loro è il <lb/>&longs;uo proportionato ornamento; dalquale il mondo &longs;i ha il nome. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>Tre &longs;ono questi mondi. </s> <s>Il primo &longs;i chiama mondo intelligibi <lb/>le: Il &longs;econdo &longs;i chiama Celėste: e'l terzo elementare. </s> <s>Il mon­<lb/>do intelligibile è vna moltitudine di tutte l'Idee de due mondi <lb/>inferiori nella mente diuina: laqual mente diuina addoperando <lb/>con arte e con intelletto nel produrre i due mondi inferiori, ha <lb/>prima in &longs;e la forma loro: come vn' Architetto ha nell'anima <lb/>&longs;ua vna &longs;imilitudine dell'edificio da fabricar&longs;i: nellaqual &longs;em­<lb/>pre riguardando, come ad vno e&longs;&longs;empio riguardano i fanciulli; <lb/>che imparano a &longs;criuere; l'Architetto produce l'opera &longs;ua. <lb/></s> <s>Questa tal &longs;imilitudine (come voi molto ben &longs;apete) chiama­<lb/>no i Platonici Filo&longs;ofi, Idea & e&longs;emplare: è vogliono che l'e&longs;&longs;e­<lb/>re dello edificio nella mente dell' Architetto, &longs;ia molto piu per­<lb/>fetto, ch'egli <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> è in &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o; cioè, nelle pietre e nella muraglia. <lb/></s> <s>Quel primo e&longs;&longs;ere chiamano intelligibile: l'altro chiamano e&longs;­<lb/>&longs;er &longs;en&longs;ibile: co&longs;i &longs;e vno artefice edifica vna ca&longs;a, diranno e&longs;&longs;er <lb/>due ca&longs;e; vna intelligibile nella mente dell'artefice: l'altra &longs;en <lb/>&longs;ibile dall'artefice compo&longs;ta o di marmi, o di mattoni, o d'altra <lb/>materia: nellaqual ca&longs;a &longs;en&longs;ibile l'artefice il piu ch'egli può, <lb/>s'ingegna d'imitare la ca&longs;a intelligibile, nella mente &longs;ua molto <lb/>prima fabricata. </s> <s>Ora e&longs;&longs;endo Iddio artefice perfettißimo, & <lb/>hauendo egli fabricato questi altri due mondi inferiori (come <lb/>&longs;i dirà hor hora) ragioneuol co&longs;a è, ch'egli n'habbia hauuto pri <lb/>ma nella &longs;ua mente vna vniuer&longs;ale Idea, &longs;econdo la cui &longs;imili­<lb/>tudine questi due mondi &longs;iano stati prodotti: Altrimente gli <lb/>Architetti humani &longs;arebbono piu perfetti d'Iddio, e le fabriche <lb/>humane &longs;arebbono piu belle delle diuine, &longs;e gli huomini nel fa­<lb/>bricare i palagi, e i tempii, e gli altri edifici nelle lor menti pri­<lb/>ma, che all'impre&longs;a &longs;i mette&longs;&longs;ero, vna spiritual fabrica compo­<lb/>ne&longs;&longs;ero; laqual foße loro, come vna regola dell'edificare belle <lb/>fabriche; & Iddio Architetto ottimo, &longs;enza que&longs;ta regola, a <lb/>ca&longs;o fabrica&longs;&longs;e. </s> <s>Ne &longs;arebbono i due mondi inferiori da Dio fa <lb/>bricati tanto belli, quanto &longs;ono; &longs;e &longs;anza laregola del bene <lb/>adoperare (la qual altro non è, che que&longs;ta Idea) amendue foße <pb pagenum="18"/>ro prodotti: come belli non &longs;ono gli edifici fabricati a ca&longs;o da <lb/>gli Architetti incon&longs;iderati. </s> <s>Da che adunque Iddio Architetto <lb/>perfetto addoperà con arte e con intelletto; da che l'opere &longs;ue <lb/>&longs;ono bellißime e perfettißime; egli è nece&longs;&longs;ario di dire, che <expan abbr="am&etilde;">amen</expan> <lb/>due questi mondi, & ogn'una delle parti loro piu principali, ha <lb/>hauuto la &longs;ua Idea nella mente diuina. </s> <s>La moltitudine di tutte <lb/>queste Idee, mondo intelligibile &longs;i chiama da Platonici Filo&longs;ofi. <lb/></s> <s>Il che voi (M. Giu&longs;eppe) da voi ste&longs;&longs;o vi &longs;apete, &longs;enza ch'al­<lb/>tri vel dica. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Poi che voi dalla Platonica &longs;cuola hauete dato tan <lb/>t'alto principio al uo&longs;tro <expan abbr="ragionam&etilde;to">ragionamento</expan>; anch'io <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <expan abbr="int&etilde;do">intendo</expan> partir <lb/>mene in modo alcuno: Però vorrei, che voi mi dice&longs;te, come egli <lb/>&longs;ia poßibile, che questi dui mondi &longs;iano &longs;tati da Dio prodotti, di <lb/>cendo Platone nel &longs;uo Timeo ciò e&longs;&longs;er auuenuto, perche Iddio è <lb/>ottimo, però &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o comunica: e&longs;&longs;endo que&longs;ta vna la natura <lb/>del bene, di comunicar &longs;e ste&longs;&longs;o: la onde &longs;olo i liberali &longs;ono ripu <lb/>tati buoni, perche con giuditio a chiunque ne ha hi&longs;ogno, quan <lb/>to e quando altri ne ha bi&longs;ogno comunicano il loro hauere: In <lb/>que&longs;to ra&longs;&longs;omigliando la bonta diuina; laqual e&longs;&longs;endo &longs;empre <lb/>ottima, &longs;empre &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;a comunica. </s> <s>Gli Auari dall'altra parte, <lb/>&longs;ono tenuti cattiui; perche non di&longs;tribui&longs;cono le ricchezze lo­<lb/>ro. </s> <s>Se la diuina bontà &longs;empre &longs;e ste&longs;&longs;a comunica, non hauendo <lb/>fuor del mondo co&longs;a alcuna, à cui comunicar&longs;i; egli &longs;i pare, che'l <lb/>mondo non habbia hauuto principio; ma con l'eterno Iddio &longs;i <lb/>&longs;ia &longs;tato eterno, come co&longs;a, à cui la diuina bontà &longs;empre comuni <lb/>cata &longs;i &longs;ia. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Ben vi diß'io dianzi; che voi (M. Giu&longs;eppe) con la <lb/>vostra dotta eloquenza hare&longs;te recato molta perfettione a no­<lb/>&longs;tri di&longs;cor&longs;i, &longs;e voi a Carrara vi fo&longs;te trouato in compagnia no­<lb/>&longs;tra; come hora fate, dottamente fauellando. </s> <s>Dicoui adunque, <lb/>che'l <expan abbr="mõdo">mondo</expan> fù, & è, e &longs;arà &longs;empre da Dio prodotto: perche Iddio <lb/>è &longs;empre buono, e &longs;empre &longs;e ste&longs;&longs;o comunica, come voi diceste <lb/>pur hora: Però il mondo non ha hauuto principio, e non har à <lb/>giamai fine, Platonicamente parlando. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Come può egli e&longs;&longs;ere, ch'una co&longs;a &longs;enza hauer prin-<pb pagenum="19"/>cipio, &longs;ia prodotta? </s> <s>A me pare, che la generatione non &longs;i po&longs;&longs;a <lb/>far &longs;enza tempo, <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> e&longs;&longs;endo ella &longs;eparata dal mouimento, ilqual <lb/>è congiunto al tempo: Perciò credo, che niuna co&longs;a generar &longs;i <lb/>po&longs;&longs;a &longs;enza principio. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Due &longs;ono le maniere della generatione: Altre del <lb/><expan abbr="mouim&etilde;to">mouimento</expan> hanno bi&longs;ogno e della mutatione: Altre &longs;ono &longs;enza <lb/>mutatione. </s> <s>Le prime &longs;ono, come <expan abbr="quãdo">quando</expan> vn'huomo d'human &longs;eme <lb/>&longs;i genera: In questa maniera di generationi egli è nece&longs;&longs;ario che <lb/>la forma del &longs;eme a poco a poco tutta &longs;i corrompa, e che a poco <lb/>a poco &longs;i generi la forma humana: Il che &longs;enza mouimento &longs;en <lb/>za mutatione, e &longs;enza principio non &longs;i può fare in modo alcuno. <lb/></s> <s>Le &longs;econde maniere delle generationi &longs;ono, come quando altri <lb/>intende &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o, et è di tanta perfettione questo atto del &longs;uo in <lb/>tendere; che &longs;ubito produce alcuno effetto &longs;enza altro moui­<lb/>mento, e &longs;enza altra mutatione: come &longs;e nel mondo &longs;i troua&longs;&longs;e <lb/>vn Re, ilquale da &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o con le &longs;ue proprie mani &longs;i fabrica&longs;&longs;e il <lb/>&longs;uo proprio Regno, e le &longs;ue proprie città, e cittadini: Questi <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <lb/>potrebbe adoperar nulla &longs;enza mouimento, &longs;enza mutationi <lb/>&longs;enza i&longs;trumenti corporali, e &longs;enza principio. </s> <s>Il che nel Re di­<lb/>mo&longs;trerebbe vna grandißima imperfettione. </s> <s>Se poi &longs;i ritroua&longs;­<lb/>&longs;e vn'altro Re, la cui vertù fo&longs;&longs;e tanta; che dal &longs;uo &longs;olo e &longs;em­<lb/>plice atto dell'intendere &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o Re, &longs;ubito il Regno tutto con <lb/>le città, e cittadini, & altri Va&longs;alli spontaneamente ne &longs;egui­<lb/>ta&longs;&longs;ero: que&longs;ti non harebbe bi&longs;ogno ne di mouimento, ne di mu <lb/>tatione, ne di corporali i&longs;trumenti, ne di tempo, ne di principio. <lb/></s> <s>Iddio non produce il mondo, come Artefice della prima manie­<lb/>ra: ma &longs;olo come Artefice della &longs;econda: Però &longs;empre &longs;e ste&longs;&longs;o <lb/>intendendo Re di tutto'l mondo, il &longs;uo atto dello intendere è di <lb/>tanta virtù e po&longs;&longs;anza; che tutto'l mondo da &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o na&longs;ce <expan abbr="spõ">spom</expan> <lb/>taneamente in vn modo d'una certa dependente generatione, <lb/>&longs;enza mouimento, &longs;enza mutatione, &longs;enza tempo, e &longs;enza prin <lb/>cipio: La qual maniera di generatione è stata chiamata da al­<lb/>cuni Filo&longs;ofi, &longs;emplice manatione. </s> <s>Può e&longs;&longs;er adunque vna co&longs;a <lb/>generata nella &longs;econda maniera, &longs;enza principio: ma non gia <lb/>nella prima. </s> <s>Però quando io dianzi vi dißi; che'l mondo fù, <pb pagenum="20"/>& è, e &longs;arà &longs;empre generato, &longs;enza principio, e &longs;enza &longs;ine; inte&longs;i <lb/>di questa &longs;econda, e non della prima. </s> <s>Della qual prima maniera <lb/>s'io haueßi voluto intendere, harei detto il fal&longs;o. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Io m'appago di questo: Però &longs;eguite di di&longs;correre <lb/>&longs;opra quello, che à dir vi auanza. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Il &longs;econdo mondo &longs;i chiama celeste; ilquale è <expan abbr="cõpo&longs;to">compo&longs;to</expan> <lb/>dell'anime, e de corpi cele&longs;ti; il cui e&longs;&longs;ere, e la cui con&longs;eruatione <lb/>in tutto e per tutto dipende dal primo mondo: Ne ha que&longs;ta <lb/><expan abbr="dipend&etilde;za">dipendenza</expan> bi&longs;ogno d'altro mezzo, o d'altro <expan abbr="istrum&etilde;to">istrumento</expan>, del qual <lb/>il primo mondo &longs;i &longs;erua, con&longs;eruando l'e&longs;&longs;ere al&longs;econdo. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>Il terzo Mondo è chiamato mondo elemèntare: & è composto <lb/>de quattro &longs;emplici e primi elementi: cioè, del fuoco caldo e <lb/>&longs;ecco; dell'Aria calda & humida; dell'Acqua fredda & humi <lb/>da; e della Terra fredda e &longs;ecca: E etiamdio composto questo <lb/>terzo Mondo di tutti i Minerali, di tutte le piante, e di tutti gli <lb/>animali: Nel mezzo di que&longs;to mondo, e del &longs;econdo &longs;i &longs;tanno <lb/>gli huomini, compo&longs;ti di due nature: l'una delle quali, per e&longs;&longs;e­<lb/>re eterna, s'appartiene al &longs;econdo mondo, anzi allo iste&longs;&longs;o Iddio; <lb/>da cui ella di&longs;cendendo, pa&longs;&longs;a per lo Mondo celeste, & arriua a <lb/>noi: E questa è l'anima humana: laqual ha'l &longs;uo primo principio <lb/>dalla Diuina bontà. </s> <s>L'altra natura, di cui gli huomini &longs;ono com <lb/>posti, per e&longs;&longs;er mortale, nata dalla me&longs;colanza de gli elementi, <lb/>e di que&longs;to ba&longs;&longs;o mondo: la cui perfettione è minore, che non è <lb/>quella del mondo cele&longs;te: e l'eccellenza del mondo cele&longs;te è di <lb/>gran lunga inferiore alla perfettione del mondo intelligibile: <lb/>L'e&longs;&longs;ere e la con&longs;eruatione del terzo mondo tutta dipende dal <lb/>primo, e dal &longs;econdo mondo: e quella del &longs;econdo non na&longs;ce d'al <lb/>tronde che dal primo di maniera; che'l mondo intelligibile reg­<lb/>ge il cele&longs;te &longs;enza altro mezzo, e regge lo Elementare co'l mez­<lb/>zo del celeste: e'l &longs;econdo Mondo nel gouernar questo terzo &longs;i <lb/>&longs;erue del lume e del mouimento. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Quantnn que io &longs;appia, che ageuol co&longs;a vi &longs;ia il ri­<lb/>&longs;pondere alle mie dimande: nondimeno da che altro non habbia <lb/>mo affare, hora che'l caldo per tutto è grande; egli &longs;arà bene, che <lb/>noi allegramente cel paßiamo in questi diletteuoli & honesti <pb pagenum="21"/>ragionamenti. </s> <s>Vorrei adunque da voi &longs;apere, come &longs;ia poßibi­<lb/>le, che in Dio &longs;i ritrouino le Idee de' i due mondi inferiori; e tut <lb/>te lhumane anime del terzo mondo, &longs;e Iddio è vn &longs;olo, purißimo <lb/>e &longs;e mplicißimo, e &longs;eco non tolera niuna moltitudine? </s> <s>In lui, <lb/>nel modo che voi dite, &longs;arebbe la moltitudine delle Idee de due <lb/>mondi inferiori: &longs;arebbeui anco la moltitudine de gli intelletti <lb/>humani; iquali voi dice&longs;te &longs;cender da Dio. </s> <s>Il che pare, che pun <lb/>to non s'accordi con la diuina vnità &longs;emplicißima e purißima. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Io vi dirò, com'io intendo questa moltitudine ritro <lb/>uar&longs;i in Dio; e come ella non gua&longs;ta punto la &longs;emplicißima vni <lb/>tà&longs;ua: e dichiarerollouicon alcuni e&longs;empi tanto aperti; che <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <lb/>è qua&longs;i poßibile di dubitarne, quanto che &longs;ia vn &longs;ol pelo. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>Immaginateui adunque vn circolo, nel cui mezzo &longs;ia vn <expan abbr="c&etilde;tro">centro</expan>, <lb/>dal quale all'e&longs;trema circonferenza del circolo, &longs;i tirino molte <lb/>line e: elle nel centro del circolo, &longs;ono vna co&longs;a iste&longs;&longs;a tutte, in <lb/>quanto ch'elle tutte conuengono in vn &longs;olo indiui&longs;ibil centro: <lb/>Le mede&longs;ime linee, che nel centro &longs;ono vnite indiui&longs;ibilmente, <lb/>nell'estrema circonferenza del circolo &longs;ono diuer&longs;e, e lontane <lb/>l'una dall'altra; ne sono piu vna sola cosa, come erano nel cen­<lb/>tro; ma molte. </s> <s>Co&longs;i le Idee de due mondi inferiori, e tutti gli <lb/>intelletti humani sono in Dio, come in vn Centro indiui&longs;ibile, <lb/>tanto vnite in&longs;ieme; ch'elle ra&longs;&longs;omigliano l'i&longs;te&longs;&longs;a vnità: Anzi <lb/>altro non &longs;ono, che l'iste&longs;&longs;a vnità &longs;implicißima d'Iddio: concio­<lb/>&longs;ia che tutto quello, che è in Dio, altro non &longs;ia, che Iddio: Ne <lb/>due mondi inferiori que&longs;te Idee, e queste anime humane &longs;ono <lb/>molte: e come nel circolo &longs;i vede, che l'unità s'accorda <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> la mol <lb/>titudine; co&longs;i ella &longs;i accorda in Dio, e molto piu <expan abbr="perfettam&etilde;te">perfettamente</expan>, <lb/>ch'ella non &longs;i accorda altroue. </s> <s>Que&longs;to mede&longs;imo &longs;i può dichia <lb/>rar con vn'altro e&longs;empio, molto accomodato: Ilqual &longs;i può pi­<lb/>gliar dal Sole; dal cui lumino&longs;o corpo e&longs;cono fuora molti raggi, <lb/>iquali illuminano molte parti di que&longs;to terzo mondo: entrano <lb/>per questa, e per quell'altra fine&longs;tra, &longs;cacciano la notte o&longs;cura <lb/>da que&longs;ta, e da quella valle: qui &longs;i vede vna moltitudine di rag <lb/>gi grandißima: nondimeno nel Sole i raggi &longs;ono vinti; anzi &longs;o <lb/>no vna co&longs;a mede&longs;ima: Co&longs;i le Idee de due mondi inferiori, e del <pb pagenum="22"/>le parti loro, &longs;ono quaggiù d'un numero qua&longs;i in&longs;inito: Ma in <lb/>Dio vnico &longs;ole del tutto elle &longs;ono vna iste&longs;&longs;a co&longs;a. </s> <s>L'acque <expan abbr="etiã">etiam</expan> <lb/>dio ne riui &longs;ono molte, e l'una dall'altra diuer&longs;e. </s> <s>Nelle prime <lb/>fontane, oue elle hanno il loro primo principio, tutte &longs;ono vn' <lb/>acqua mede&longs;ima: Co&longs;i tutte le Idee, e tutte l'anime humane &longs;o­<lb/>no vna mede&longs;ima co&longs;a in Dio: benche in que&longs;to ba&longs;&longs;o <expan abbr="mõdo">mondo</expan> l'una <lb/>dall'altra &longs;ia molto diuer&longs;a. </s> <s>Qui mi accade dirui a ca&longs;o, come <lb/>vno huomo ritrouando&longs;i in Leuante, può &longs;apere quel, che fac­<lb/>cia vn'altro in Ponente, quando l'anima di chiunque habita il <lb/>leuante, ben purgata da vitii, e dall'ignoranza; co'l mezzo del­<lb/>le virtù morali, e delle &longs;cienze &longs;peculatiue inalzando&longs;i &longs;opra la <lb/>terra, &longs;i ritira con la contemplatione al &longs;uo primo principio; co <lb/>me i raggi del Sole &longs;i ritirano nel &longs;ole. </s> <s>Ella quiui perfettamen <lb/>te vnita in quello indiui&longs;ibil centro diuino, vi troua tutte l'al­<lb/>tre anime, e perfettamente &longs;corge, quantunque di lontano, quel <lb/>lo; che tutte l'altre anime fanno in diuer&longs;i luoghi. </s> <s>Il che però <lb/>è conceduto &longs;olamente a que' pochi; ch'attendono a far&longs;i perfet­<lb/>ti ne buon co&longs;tumi, e nella buona Filo&longs;ofia: laqual fatica <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> pia <lb/>ce a molti. </s> <s>Habbiamo adunque, che'l mondo intelligibile gouer <lb/>na i due mondi inferiori: Il cele&longs;te, &longs;enza mezzo: e l'elemen­<lb/>tare co'l mezzo del celeste: e'l cele&longs;te gouerna lo elementare <lb/>co'l mezzo del mouimento, e del lume. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>A cui la&longs;ciate voi l'influenze de corpi celesti in que <lb/>&longs;to ba&longs;&longs;o mondo? </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>A gli A&longs;trologi, & a gran parte de Filo&longs;ofi La­<lb/>tini, & a molti Platonici; co' quali in questo io non m'ac­<lb/>cordo. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Gran fatto è, che voi; ilqual nelle publiche &longs;cuole, <lb/>e ne priuati ragionamenti fate profeßione d'accordar &longs;empre <lb/>Ari&longs;totile co'l &longs;uo mae&longs;tro Platone; Anzi &longs;olete dire <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> e&longs;&longs;er <lb/>&longs;tato &longs;critto nulla da que&longs;to, che in quello <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> &longs;i ritroui; e Plato <lb/>ne altro non e&longs;&longs;ere, che vno Ari&longs;totile &longs;compigliato; come Ari <lb/>&longs;totile altro non è, che vn Platone bene ordinato; Or da Plato­<lb/>ne tanto vi di&longs;costiate. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Io non ho giurato di difendere a diritto & a torto <pb pagenum="23"/>la dottrina di Platone; come fanno molti altri: i quali &longs;ono <lb/>tanto affettionati ad vna &longs;etta; che anco contro ogni douere <lb/>per amore e per forza la difendono: e tal volta hanno bi&longs;ogno <lb/>de gli argani, per tirarla alla veritàla onde ben &longs;pe&longs;&longs;o auuiene, <lb/>ch'ella non &longs;olo non arriua al &longs;egno; ma non pure vi &longs;i accosta. <lb/></s> <s>Quindi ne na&longs;cono le dottrine mostruo&longs;e, lontane da ogni &longs;enti <lb/>mento humano. </s> <s>Io per me non fui giamai cotanto ostinato. <lb/></s> <s>Però <expan abbr="quãdo">quando</expan> mi pare, che o Platone, o gli altri dalla diritta via <lb/>&longs;i partono, io non mi vergogno punto a la&longs;ciargli nè loro erro­<lb/>ri: come hora hauete vdito, ch'io ho fatto in que&longs;to. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Se l'influenze non vi piacciono; piacciaui almeno <lb/>di darmene alcuna ragione: accio ch'anco io mi po&longs;&longs;a ri&longs;oluere <lb/>a credere quello, che voi ne credete. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Dicono i mae&longs;tri delle influenze; che certe &longs;telle nel <lb/>Cielo &longs;i truouano; lequali ri&longs;caldano questo ba&longs;&longs;o mondo; &longs;i co­<lb/>me è il Sole: E certe altre lo rinfre&longs;cano; come la Luna: nondi <lb/>meno la <expan abbr="e&longs;peri&etilde;za">e&longs;perienza</expan> &longs;en&longs;ibilmente ci dimostra; che le notti della <lb/>piena luna, maßimamente de la state, sono a&longs;&longs;ai piu calde; che <lb/>non &longs;ono le notti della nuoua Luna: E ciò e&longs;&longs;er vero, oltre che <lb/>egli è &longs;tato detto da Aristotile nel quarto libro delle parti de <lb/>gli animali; ce lo dimostrano anco i Granchi, le Conche, l'Ostre <lb/>ghe, e qua&longs;i tutti gli animali &longs;enza &longs;angue: iquali alhora &longs;ono <lb/>a&longs;&longs;ai piu graßi, & a&longs;&longs;ai piu pieni; che eglino non &longs;ono, quando <lb/>la Luna è nuoua. </s> <s>Il che <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> na&longs;ce, perche il lume della piena Lu <lb/>na a granchi, & ad altri &longs;imili animali &longs;erua per veder doue, e <lb/>di che pa&longs;cer&longs;i; e per poter&longs;i ingra&longs;&longs;are, copio&longs;amente pa&longs;cendo <lb/>&longs;i, come molti Filo&longs;ofi hanno creduto: Perche &longs;e il veder lume <lb/>nelle pasture fo&longs;&longs;e cagione, che gli animali &longs;enza &longs;angue, ingras <lb/>&longs;a&longs;&longs;eno; gli animali ciechi, come &longs;ono le Talpe, e gli altri &longs;omi­<lb/>glianti a que&longs;ti, non ingra&longs;&longs;erebbono al tempo della piena Lu­<lb/>na: nondimeno ingra&longs;&longs;ano'; & al tempo della nuoua Luna: <lb/>Non na&longs;ce <expan abbr="adunq;">adunque</expan> l'ingra&longs;&longs;are da questi animali &longs;enza &longs;angue, <lb/>dal pa&longs;cer&longs;i piu copio&longs;amente nella piena Luna; ne del &longs;uo lu­<lb/>me &longs;i &longs;eruono per veder doue, e di che pa&longs;cer&longs;i, <expan abbr="maßimam&etilde;te">maßimamente</expan> che <lb/>molti di loro &longs;eguitano il nutrimento proportionato con l'odo-<pb pagenum="24"/>re, a cui non &longs;erue il lume ne molto, ne poco. </s> <s>Ci bi&longs;ogna <expan abbr="adunq;">adunque</expan> <lb/>ritrouar altra cagione di questo effetto, da che questa <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> ba&longs;ta: <lb/>E &longs;arà il natural caldo di que&longs;ti animali, fortificato dal celeste <lb/>calore qua giù prodotto dalla Luna, co'l mezzo del &longs;uo moui­<lb/>mento, e del &longs;uo lume; con che &longs;i toglie il luogo loro alle in­<lb/>fluenze. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Se co&longs;i fo&longs;&longs;e, come voi dite; questi animali piu gra&longs; <lb/>&longs;i e più pieni dourebbono e&longs;&longs;ere per la cagione del caldo, e del <lb/>mouimento del Sole; ilqual è a&longs;&longs;ai maggiore, che non è quel del <lb/>la Luna: Concio&longs;ia che se'l lume, e'l mouimento ingra&longs;&longs;a; il mag <lb/>gior lume, e'l mouimento maggiore douerà piu ingra&longs;&longs;are: co­<lb/>me &longs;e il fuoco ri&longs;calda; il maggior fuoco piu ri&longs;calda. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Tutto quello, che è in que&longs;to mondo, vn certo parti <lb/>colar pe&longs;o et vna certa particolar mi&longs;ura richiede; fuor del qua <lb/>le ogni co&longs;a &longs;i guasta, e &longs;i corrompe. </s> <s>Gli animali &longs;enza &longs;angue <lb/>hanno poco caldo naturale, ilqual non è fortificato dal troppo <lb/>gran caldo del Sole, ne a tanta gran violenza re&longs;i&longs;te; ma è ar&longs;o. <lb/></s> <s>Però que&longs;ti <expan abbr="aĩali">ainali</expan> <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> po&longs;&longs;ono ingra&longs;&longs;are per cagione del maggior <lb/>caldo del Sole; anzi riar&longs;i, &longs;magrano: po&longs;&longs;ono bene ingra&longs;&longs;are, et <lb/>ingra&longs;&longs;ano per la cagione del caldo della luna: il qual è tanto ga <lb/>gliardo, che basta a fortificar il debol caldo naturale de gli ani­<lb/>mali &longs;enza &longs;angue: e non è tanto po&longs;&longs;ente, che lo riarda. </s> <s>Que <lb/>&longs;ta proportionata mi&longs;ura &longs;i vede in tutte le co&longs;e: <expan abbr="particolarm&etilde;">particolarmen</expan> <lb/>te &longs;i può ellavedere ne gli huomini; iquali viuono &longs;ani, e gagliar <lb/>di, quando la compleßione loro non pa&longs;&longs;a il &longs;egno dalla natura <lb/>posto nel caldo, nel freddo, nelbumido, e nel &longs;ecco: Se l'una di <lb/>que&longs;te quattro qualità trappa&longs;&longs;a i &longs;uoi <expan abbr="cõfini">confini</expan>, gli huomini s'am <lb/>malano. </s> <s>Si ri&longs;anano, &longs;e le trapa&longs;&longs;ate qualità &longs;i riducono al &longs;e­<lb/>gno. </s> <s>Se'l pa&longs;&longs;o è grande, gli huomini &longs;i muoiono. </s> <s>E etiandio <lb/>questa proportionata mi&longs;ura nel nutrimento: Percioche non <lb/>&longs;i nutri&longs;cono gli huomini di carne viua; come molti animali &longs;al <lb/>uatichi non &longs;i pa&longs;cono dherbe ne' prati: come molti altri: ma <lb/>di pane, e d'altri cibi proportionati allhumana compleßione. <lb/></s> <s>Co&longs;i questi animali &longs;enza &longs;angue hanno la loro proportionata <lb/>compleßione; laqual con&longs;iste in vn debolißimo caldo; ilquale <pb pagenum="25"/>da vn'altro debolißimo caldo proportionato al natural caldo <lb/>loro, è aiutato: e'l maggior gli riarde, e'l minore non basta. <lb/></s> <s>Quel della Luna debole, come il loro, è a bastanza per ingra&longs;­<lb/>&longs;arli. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Se le notti della piena Luna &longs;ono piu calde, come <lb/>voi dite, che non &longs;ono quelle della nuoua Luna; onde na&longs;ce, che <lb/>quando la Luna è piena, e quando il Cielo è &longs;ereno al verno, le <lb/>brine, e i ghiacci &longs;ono maggiori, che no n &longs;ono al tempo della <lb/>Luna &longs;cema? </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Dal caldo maggiore delle notti della piena Luna; <lb/>ilqual è tanto che ba&longs;ta per alzar dalla terra que' vapori humi <lb/>di; iquali &longs;ono materia, di cui &longs;i genera la brina. </s> <s>Questi vapori <lb/>in alto, dal caldo della Luna tirati, &longs;ono circondati dalla frigidi <lb/>tà di que&longs;ta ba&longs;&longs;a parte dell'Aria: dallaquale agghiacciati, &longs;i <lb/>conden&longs;ano, e diuenuti graui, caggiono in terra, come al verno <lb/>&longs;i vede. </s> <s>I ghiacci anco &longs;ono maggiori, perche'l lume della pie­<lb/>na Luna dalla ba&longs;&longs;a terra più vapori tira; che non fa la nuoua <lb/>Luna: iquali dalla frigidità dell'aria agghiacciati, fanno i ghiac <lb/>ci maggiori. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>A bastanza s'è detto de gli influßi: Resta che de <lb/>gli altri due istrumenti de corpi celesti dichiate: cioè, del moui­<lb/>mento, e del lume. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Il mouimento ri&longs;calda con due conditioni: La pri­<lb/>ma è, ch'egli &longs;ia veloce, e quanto piu veloce, tanto è egli meglio: <lb/>perche le parti del corpo, che &longs;i ha a ri&longs;caldare, <expan abbr="velocem&etilde;te">velocemente</expan> mo&longs; <lb/>&longs;e, diuengono rare: e i corpi rari &longs;ono a&longs;&longs;ai piu atti a riceuere <lb/>pre&longs;to il caldo, che non &longs;ono i den&longs;i: Il che &longs;i vede nella rara <lb/>stoppa: la qual piu presto s'accende, che non fà il den&longs;o ferro. <lb/></s> <s>In questa maniera i Filo&longs;ofi dicono, che'l mouimento ri&longs;calda, <lb/>allargando, e tirando fuor della prima natura le parti del corpo <lb/>mo&longs;&longs;o. </s> <s>Ciò e&longs;&longs;er vero ce lo dimostrano le piom bate frecce, con <lb/>empito e violenza tirate fuor de gli archi: lequali dopo lhauer <lb/>fornito il camin' loro, &longs;i ritrouano &longs;enza piombo: auuegna che <lb/>l'empito de gli archi: le faccia muouere tanto <expan abbr="velocem&etilde;te">velocemente</expan>, che'l <lb/>piombo: den&longs;o diuenti raro, & e&longs;ca fuor del &longs;uo e&longs;&longs;er primo: e <pb pagenum="26"/>non potendo &longs;ostener la violenza del mouimento &longs;i ri&longs;caldi, e <lb/>finalmente &longs;i di&longs;trugga. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. Se'l mouimento ri&longs;calda, perche fate voi, che cote­<lb/>&longs;to fanciullo con la rosta in mano muoua que &longs;t'aria, che ci stà <lb/>d'intorno? </s> <s>egli &longs;i pare, che voi il contrario a punto facciate di <lb/>quello, che detto hauete: concio&longs;ia che hora, per hauer fre&longs;co, <lb/>mouiate l'aria; e dianzi diceste, che'l mouimento ri&longs;caldaua. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>A ragione dubitate di quello, di che dubitò anco <lb/>Aristotile nelle &longs;ue quistioni, chiamate Problemi: e ri&longs;po&longs;e; <lb/>che'l mouimento dell'aria, fatto dalla ro&longs;ta, con la qual hora il <lb/>fanciullo ci rinfre&longs;ca; &longs;uentola l'aria pian piano: & ogni tal <lb/>mouimento leggermente &longs;uentolando, rinfre&longs;ca: Per ciò chiun <lb/>que non può a&longs;pettar, che le calde viuande &longs;i freddino, dentrovi <lb/>&longs;offia con l'alito caldo; non dimeno le affredda con quel picciol <lb/>venticello: ilqual pianamente muoue l'aria, & alla calda <expan abbr="viuã">viuam</expan> <lb/>da &longs;empre ne porta della nuoua: laqual per e&longs;&longs;er frigida, rinfre <lb/>&longs;ca la viuanda: che se'l moto fo&longs;&longs;e veloce e gagliardo, egli ri&longs;cal <lb/>derebbe. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Se altro di questa prima conditione non vi accade <lb/>dire, piacciaui de pa&longs;&longs;are alla &longs;econda. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TALASC. </s> <s>La &longs;econda conditione, che'l mouimento <lb/>nece&longs;&longs;ariamente richiede, &longs;anza la quale egli non ri&longs;calda, ne <lb/>può ri&longs;caldar &longs;enza e&longs;&longs;a, è; che gli &longs;ia vicino il corpo, nel qual <lb/>&longs;i debbe riceuere il caldo, e che &longs;ia in vn corpo grande: che <lb/>se'l corpo fo&longs;&longs;e piccolo, e lontano; egli non ri&longs;calderebbe. </s> <s>Per <lb/>questo Aristotile di&longs;&longs;e; che le &longs;telle dell'ottauo Cielo non ri&longs;cal <lb/>dano molto que&longs;to nostro mondo, &longs;e bene elle &longs;ono grandi, e &longs;e <lb/>bene velocißimamente &longs;i muouono dall'Oriente all'Occidente <lb/>in vn piccolo &longs;patio di ventiquattro hore: perche le &longs;opradette <lb/>stelle &longs;ono da noi troppo lontane: la luna poi, &longs;e ben ella è a noi <lb/>vicina; nondimeno poco ci ri&longs;calda; perche ella ha a far il giro <lb/>del &longs;uo viaggio molto piccolo, al paragone del camino, che fà <lb/>l'ottauo Cielo; da che ella è a&longs;&longs;ai piu ba&longs;&longs;a, e nel mede&longs;imo picco <lb/>lo &longs;patio di tempo <expan abbr="dall'Ori&etilde;te">dall'Oriente</expan> all'Occidente &longs;i muoue, tirata dal <lb/>primo mobile; cioe dall'ottauo cielo; ilqual è quello, doue &longs;i <pb pagenum="27"/>veggono qua&longs;i infinite stelle, quando la nolte è &longs;erena. </s> <s>Non &longs;i <lb/>mouendo adunque la luna pre&longs;to, matardi; ella, quantunque <lb/>a noi vicina, non molto ci ri&longs;calda. </s> <s>Il Sole ha amendue le &longs;opra <lb/>dette conditioni a bastanza: egli è qua&longs;i nel mezzo di questi <lb/>due corpi estremi; cioè, del primo mobile, che è il Cielo &longs;tella­<lb/>to, e del corpo celeste della luna: & e&longs;&longs;endo anch'egli tirato dal <lb/>l'Oriente all'Occidente in ventiquattro hore; & hauendo a ca­<lb/>minar per vn giro a&longs;&longs;ai maggiore, che non è quello della ba&longs;&longs;a <lb/>luna; a&longs;&longs;ai piu velocemente &longs;i gira: e &longs;e bene egli è da noi <expan abbr="alquã">alquam</expan> <lb/>to più di&longs;costo, che non è la luna; egli nondimeno è piu vicino, <lb/>che non &longs;ono le &longs;telle del primo mobile; qua&longs;i che la &longs;edia &longs;ua <lb/>&longs;ia conuenientemente a noi vicina: però a&longs;&longs;ai più ci ri&longs;calda, <lb/>che non ci ri&longs;caldano l'altre stelle del cielo. </s> <s>Egli è adunque ne­<lb/>ce&longs;&longs;ario, che'l mouimento &longs;ia veloce, & in corpo grande, e vici­<lb/>no, acciò che ri&longs;c aldi &longs;enza amendue queste conditioni, o ve­<lb/>ro &longs;enza vna d'e&longs;&longs;e, &longs;ia&longs;i ella qual ella &longs;i voglia, il mouimento <lb/>ne ri&longs;calda, ne può ri&longs;caldare in modo veruno. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Or resta a dir&longs;i del lume; che è l'altro istrumento, <lb/>del qual voi dice&longs;te, che'l Ciel &longs;i &longs;eruiua nel comunicar e con&longs;er­<lb/>uar l'e&longs;&longs;ere a questo ba&longs;&longs;o Mondo. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Il lume ri&longs;calda; perche dal corpo lumino&longs;o e&longs;con' <lb/>fuora alcuni raggi; i quali percotendo vn'duro, o polito corpo, <lb/>da e&longs;&longs;o &longs;ono ribattuti, e tornano in dietro, talhor per la mede&longs;i­<lb/>ma via, e talhora per vn'altro camino, &longs;econdo l'e&longs;&longs;ere, e &longs;econ­<lb/>do la Sedia del corpo lumino&longs;o, onde e&longs;cono i raggi, e del corpo <lb/>o duro, o polito, da raggi perco&longs;&longs;o; &longs;i come &longs;i vede, che le palle <lb/>gettate nel muro, &longs;ono da e&longs;&longs;o riperco&longs;&longs;e, et indietro ritornano. <lb/></s> <s>Se'l lume percuote il corpo al dirimpetto, il raggio del corpo lu <lb/>mino&longs;o ritorna in dietro per la mede&longs;ima &longs;trada: Se'l lume <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <lb/>al dirimpetto, ma dall'una delle parti qua&longs;i al trauer&longs;o percuo­<lb/>te; il raggio per la mede&longs;ima &longs;trada non può tornar in dietro: <lb/>ma egli è nece&longs;&longs;ario, che per altro camino ciò &longs;i faccia. </s> <s>Talhora <lb/>auuiene, che'l raggio tanto a trauer&longs;o percuote, che a dietro <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <lb/>torna; ma innanzi camina sdruciolando, e guizzando nella ma <lb/>niera, che noi &longs;pe&longs;&longs;o veggiamo i fanciulli gettar oltre per l'ac-<pb pagenum="28"/>que d'un fiume, o d'uno stagno, o del mare, vna larga, e piccola, <lb/>e polita, e &longs;ottil pietrolina: la qual al fondo co&longs;i tosto non &longs;cen <lb/>de, ne a dietro ritorna: ma inanzi camina, per l'acqua &longs;altan­<lb/>do: Co&longs;i i raggi del corpo lumino&longs;o talhora tanto al trauer&longs;o <lb/>percuotono, che in dietro non tornano; ma qua&longs;i pe'l corpo per <lb/>co&longs;&longs;o sdruciolando, e guizzando, vanno innanzi. </s> <s>Que&longs;ti vltimi <lb/>raggi poco ri&longs;caldano; perche la loro reuerberatione è piccola. <lb/></s> <s>Quelli, che piu al dirimpetto feri&longs;cono, piu ri&longs;caldano: Quelli <lb/>poi, che oltre per vna diritta linea caminando, percuotono, e <lb/>per la mede &longs;ima in dietro ritornano, piu che tutti gli altri ri­<lb/>&longs;caldano. </s> <s>In que &longs;ta maniera il &longs;econdo mondo celeste &longs;i &longs;erue <lb/>del moto, e del lume, per ri&longs;caldar que&longs;to terzo mondo elemen­<lb/>tare: Perche tutto il corpo cele&longs;te non è lumino&longs;o, ma&longs;olamen <lb/>te la parte &longs;tellata, però que&longs;ta è quella, che col &longs;uo lume piu ef­<lb/>ficacemente, & non fanno l'altre non &longs;tellate altera il mondo <lb/>elementare: auenga, che la stella nel Cielo ra&longs;&longs;omigli i nodi nel <lb/>le tauole: i quali altro non &longs;ono, che parti piu den&longs;e delle mede <lb/>&longs;ime tauole; lequali mouendo&longs;i, &longs;eco muouono i nodi loro: co&longs;i <lb/>nel Cielo &longs;ono alcune parti rare, che non rilucano, & alcune den <lb/>&longs;e, che rilucono: mouendo&longs;i il Cielo &longs;eco muoue le &longs;ue &longs;telle, le <lb/>quali hanno virtù di gouernare que&longs;to ba&longs;&longs;o mondo col moto, et <lb/>col lume loro; & benche tutto il Mondo celeste gouerni que&longs;to <lb/>mondo elementare, egli nondimeno ciò &longs;i fà piu efficacemente <lb/>dalle parti &longs;tellate: & più da quelle che &longs;ono più lumino&longs;e, & <lb/>maggiori, che non &longs;ono le altre: perche da queste na&longs;cono a&longs;&longs;ai <lb/>più Raggi, che dalle altre: ne &longs;olamente que&longs;to effetto &longs;i attri­<lb/>bui&longs;ce alla e&longs;trema &longs;uperficie delle stelle; ma anche a tutte le <lb/>parti, quantunque profonde, delle mede&longs;ime &longs;telle: ciò &longs;i vede <lb/>per i&longs;perienza in dui corpi caldi, d'uguale & proportionata <expan abbr="grã">gram</expan> <lb/>dezza in ogni parte dalla profondità in fuora: quello, che è più <lb/>profondo, molto meno ri&longs;calda, che non fà l'altro meno profon­<lb/>do: adunque lo effetto del ri&longs;caldare, a ragione &longs;i dice e&longs;&longs;ere di <lb/>tutto il corpo, & di tutte le &longs;ue parti; quantunque profonde; <lb/>& non della &longs;ola &longs;uperficie: per cio la stella mouendo&longs;i tutta, <lb/>& da tutta &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;a mandando fuora, i raggi; tutta altera il no <pb pagenum="29"/>&longs;tro mondo inferiore. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Que&longs;to (M. </s> <s>Al&longs;eforo mio) non è pa&longs;&longs;o da correrlo <lb/>molto velocemente; ma da andar&longs;ene oltre pian' piano, & da <lb/>con&longs;ider arlo maturamente: però vorrei &longs;aper' da voi, come egli <lb/>fia poßibile, che le parti &longs;tellate del Cielo (verbi gratia) il Sole <lb/>col &longs;uo moto & lume alteri questo ba&longs;&longs;o mondo; &longs;e egli prima <lb/>non altera il Cielo della luna: il quale &longs;i truoua infra il Sole & <lb/>gli elementi: io per me vi dico, che come vno huomo, stando &longs;i <lb/>in &longs;u la ripa d'Arno, non puo tirare à terra vna barca, a cui &longs;ia <lb/>legato vn' canape, &longs;e egli prima a terra non tira tutto il cana­<lb/>pe, co&longs;i non po&longs;&longs;a il Sole alterare il no&longs;tro mondo elementare, <lb/>&longs;e egli prima non altera tutti i corpi, che vi &longs;ono in mezzo: il <lb/>che &longs;e fie vero, vero anche &longs;arà che il Cielo &longs;ia corruttibile: con <lb/>cio&longs;ia, che tutti que' corpi &longs;iano &longs;ottopo&longs;ti alla corruttione, che <lb/>&longs;ono &longs;ottoposti alle e&longs;trin&longs;eche alterationi: il che guasta tutta <lb/>la Filo&longs;ofia. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Voi (M. Giu&longs;eppe) dottamente parlando, come &longs;o <lb/>lete, mettete la mano in vna buca doue &longs;i na&longs;conde vn'granchio <lb/>tanto grande, che à pena infra voi & io nel potremo cauare: <lb/>Pure, comunque io mi potrò, farò pruoua di cauarnelo: Ri&longs;pon <lb/>doui adunque, non e&longs;&longs;er nece&longs;&longs;ario, che vn corpo alterando vno <lb/>altro corpo da &longs;e lontano, alteri tutti gli altri corpi, che &longs;i truo <lb/>uano nel mezzo d'ammendue i corpi estremi: ciò &longs;i vede nelle <lb/>reti de Pe&longs;catori: iquali dopo, che con e&longs;&longs;e hanno pre&longs;o quel pe <lb/>&longs;ce, che da molti di loro, è volgarmente chiamato Tormentola, <lb/>& da molti altri Torpedine, &longs;ubito perdo no quel braccio, col <lb/>quale tengono la rete; & &longs;e nol perdono à fatto, almeno tanto <lb/>&longs;e lo addormentano, che ne riceuono grandißimo danno: la rete <lb/>nondimeno percio non pati&longs;ce ne molto ne poco: il che par che <lb/>vole&longs;&longs;e dire Ale&longs;&longs;andro Afrodi&longs;eo. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>La vostra ri&longs;posta è sbattuta da Temi&longs;tio: ilquale <lb/>afferma, che la rete pati&longs;ce, ma non già, come pati&longs;ce il braccio <lb/>del Pe&longs;catore: &longs;e bene è alterata la rete d'una altra &longs;orte d'alte <lb/>ratione, molto diuer&longs;a da quella; che è nel braccio del Pe&longs;cato­<lb/>re: co&longs;i &longs;arà alterato il Cielo della Luna dal moto da Raggi del <pb pagenum="30"/>Sole: mentre egli con eßi altera que&longs;to elementare mondo: & <lb/>&longs;arà per cio il Cielo &longs;ottoposto alla corruttione: come prima &longs;i <lb/>diceua. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Io troppo bene mi &longs;apeua, che voi non haure&longs;te ac­<lb/>cettato per buona la prima ri&longs;posta; ne la dißi perche voi la ac <lb/>cetta&longs;te: ma &longs;apendo io, quanto grande fo&longs;&longs;e la vo&longs;tra dottrina, <lb/>con la ri&longs;po&longs;ta predetta vi vol&longs;i dar campo di dire quello, che <lb/>hauete detto: & vol&longs;i hauere occa&longs;ione io di potere ri&longs;pondere, <lb/>come vdirete hor hora. </s> <s>I Filo&longs;ofi antichi volendoci dare ad <lb/>intendere, in che modo il <expan abbr="mõdo">mondo</expan> &longs;uperiore regge et gouerna que <lb/>&longs;ta Machina inferiore, ra&longs;&longs;omigliorono la moltitudine di tutti <lb/>questi corpi, à vno grande animale ve&longs;tito: come &longs;arebbe vno <lb/>huomo; nel cui mezzo è po&longs;to il core: il quale è il primo princi <lb/>pio, donde na&longs;ce il caldo, & la vita & il moto di tutto lo anima <lb/>le: co me della prima fontana na&longs;cono tutte le acque di tutti, i <lb/>riui, & &longs;i di&longs;tribui&longs;cano, à que&longs;ta, & à quella parte: &longs;e la prima <lb/>fontana &longs;i &longs;ecca, egli è nece&longs;&longs;ario, che anche &longs;i &longs;ecchino i riui: co­<lb/>&longs;i dal core dell'huomo a tutto il corpo &longs;ono di&longs;tribuiti gli &longs;piriti <lb/>che portano il caldo, & la vita a tutti i membri: ce&longs;&longs;ando il co­<lb/>re da questa distributione, ce&longs;&longs;a il caldo & la vita humana: & <lb/>&longs;e bene egli è nece&longs;&longs;ario, che alcune di quelle parti, che &longs;ono d'in <lb/>torno al core, &longs;i &longs;caldino, accioche per lo mezzo loro &longs;i comuni­<lb/>chi il caldo à membri e&longs;tremi, & da membri, a ve&longs;timenti, egli <lb/>nondimeno tal volta auiene, che i membri non tutti &longs;ono ri&longs;cal <lb/>dati, per lo mezzo loro nondimeno dal core &longs;i comunica il caldo <lb/>alle ve&longs;timenta: il che accade in molte &longs;orti di febbre, nelle qua <lb/>li l'ammalato arde di dentro, & di fuora agghiaccia; & per le <lb/>membra fredde pa&longs;&longs;a il caldo intrin&longs;eco del core, & arriua alle <lb/>vestimenta ri&longs;caldandole, &longs;enza ri&longs;caldare le membra e&longs;treme: <lb/>co&longs;i auiene, à que&longs;to grande animale: il core del quale altro <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <lb/>è che la parte &longs;tellata: dalla quale è di&longs;tribuito il gouerno, a <lb/>que&longs;to mondo elementare, per lo mezzo della parte rara del <lb/>Cielo non stellata: la quale non riceue ne&longs;&longs;una &longs;orte d'alteratio <lb/>ne; nondimeno per lo mezzo &longs;uo tutto &longs;i comunica: & basta, <lb/>che tutto il mondo inferiore con le &longs;ue parti e&longs;treme tocchi tut <pb pagenum="31"/>te le parti estreme del mondo cele&longs;te, quantunque non alterate <lb/>dalle &longs;telle, come ba&longs;ta, che le ve&longs;timenta dell'huomo ammalato <lb/>tocchino l'ultima &longs;uperficie del corpo humano, non ri&longs;caldata <lb/>delle altre intrin&longs;eche, & calde parti del mede&longs;imo corpo: &longs;e <lb/>&longs;olamente le stelle altera&longs;&longs;ero, for&longs;e, ch'elle non potrebbono al­<lb/>terare, i corpi lontani, &longs;enza comunicare la loro alteratio­<lb/>ne a quelli, che &longs;ono nel mezzo: come &longs;i vede, che il fuoco <lb/>non ri&longs;calda chiunque &longs;i &longs;ta di&longs;co&longs;to, &longs;e egli prima non ha ri&longs;cal <lb/>dato il mezzo: & il Sole non illumina la terra, &longs;e prima egli <lb/>non ha illuminato l'Aria: Ora per che &longs;olamente la &longs;tella non <lb/>altera, &longs;e bene ella alla alteratione principalmente concorre, co <lb/>me &longs;e ella fo&longs;&longs;e il core dello Animale, ma con la Stella ci concor <lb/>re tutto il Cielo, ilquale toccha le parti elementari alterate; <lb/>egli non è nece&longs;&longs;ario, che la alteratione delle stelle &longs;i comunichi <lb/>a quella parte del Cielo, che non è &longs;tellata: come egli non è ne­<lb/>ce&longs;&longs;ario, che il caldo intrin&longs;eco &longs;i comunichi alle membra estre <lb/>me per ri&longs;caldare i vestimenti estrin&longs;eci: non &longs;i stampa <expan abbr="adũq;">adunque</expan> <lb/>nella parte rara, & non &longs;tellata del Cielo alcuna alteratione <lb/>mentre il gouerno di questo ba&longs;&longs;o mondo qua giu &longs;cende dalle <lb/>stelle, & pa&longs;&longs;a per lo Cielo, perche non &longs;olamente le stelle, ma <lb/>tutto il Cielo gouerna questa grandißima Machina alla quale <lb/>il Cielo &longs;i acco&longs;ta, &longs;enza ne&longs;&longs;uno mezzo: </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Tutto mi piacerebbe, &longs;e voi non haueste me&longs;colato <lb/>nel vostro ragionamento; che il Cielo mouendo&longs;i, &longs;eco muoue <lb/>tutte l'altre &longs;telle: auenga, che le Stelle &longs;iano corpi animati; i <lb/>quali &longs;ono moßi da l'anime loro, & non &longs;eguitano il mouimen­<lb/>to di tutto il Cielo, ra&longs;&longs;omigliando i nodi delle tauole; come egli <lb/>vi pare: anzi da Platone le &longs;telle &longs;ono &longs;tate chiamate Iddii gio <lb/>uanetti, a quali Iddio primo architetto di tutto il mondo ha da <lb/>to la cura di prouedere a tutto quello, che è qua giu tra noi. <lb/></s> <s>Hauete anche detto, che il core è la prima fontana della vita, <lb/>& hauete la&longs;ciato adietro il capo: al quale for&longs;e piu &longs;i conuie­<lb/>ne questo honore, che al core: il che io non &longs;o vedere, per che <lb/>ve lo habbiate fatto. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Bene vi dißi io, che voi col vo&longs;tro bello ingegno, & <pb pagenum="32"/>gran &longs;apere toccaui tutti, i tasti, &longs;enza la&longs;ciarne addietro ne&longs;&longs;u <lb/>no: &longs;e noi vogliamo dubitare &longs;opra ogni co&longs;a, finirà prima il <lb/>giorno, che non finiranno e no&longs;tri ragionamenti: &longs;e noi, <expan abbr="fauellã">fauellam</expan> <lb/>do vogliamo condurci à qualche fine, ci bi&longs;ogna accettar per ve <lb/>re alcuna di quelle co&longs;e, che &longs;ono <expan abbr="alquãto">alquanto</expan> dubbie infra i Filo&longs;ofi <lb/>maßimamente quelle che da vna delle principali &longs;ette &longs;ono ri­<lb/>ceuute vniuer&longs;almente per vere; come &longs;ono le due, di cui dubi­<lb/>tate: delle quali non è, chi dubiti nella Filo&longs;ofia d'Aristotile: <lb/>&longs;e bene Platone & molti medici hanno creduto altrimenti. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Voi hauete ragione, però la&longs;ciando que&longs;ti nodi già <lb/>&longs;ciolti infra Peripatetici, di quelli &longs;olo tengo cura, che infra di <lb/>loro per anche non &longs;ono &longs;nodati: pur che, il co&longs;i dubitare, non <lb/>vi &longs;ia mole&longs;to. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Io non vi ho detto quello, che hauete vdito, per tor <lb/>ui occa&longs;ione, di mouer que dubbii, &longs;enza quali la prima qui&longs;tio­<lb/>ne non &longs;i puo &longs;ciorre: ma &longs;olamente accioche, &longs;e io mi era allon <lb/>tanato for&longs;e più, che il douere non voleua; voi non cerca&longs;te di <lb/>mutarmi; & infra il mio, & il vostro errore, &longs;empre ci &longs;teßi­<lb/>mo lontani dal de&longs;iderato fine: &longs;e hauete adunque qualche co&longs;a, <lb/>che a voi paia nece&longs;&longs;aria, per condurci là, doue noi de&longs;ideriamo; <lb/>mettetela in campo, che io non &longs;olo me ne contento; ma anche <lb/>vene priego. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Se il Cielo col mouimento, & col lume ri&longs;calda, & <lb/>ri&longs;caldando & mouendo da & con&longs;erua la già data vita al mon <lb/>do elementare, & &longs;e egli è nece&longs;&longs;ario, che i corpi vicini piu &longs;i ri <lb/>&longs;caldino de <expan abbr="lõtani">lontani</expan>, l'elemento del fuoco, & l'altißima parte del <lb/>l'Aria, vicini al Cielo, dourebbono e&longs;&longs;ere ri&longs;caldati dal lume, <lb/>del corpo cele&longs;te: come &longs;ono ri&longs;caldati del &longs;uo mouimento, non <lb/>dimeno Aristotile attribui&longs;ce tutto il caldo di questi due cor­<lb/>pi al &longs;olo mouimento, & non punto al lume, quando dice, che il <lb/>Cielo mouendo&longs;i, &longs;eco tira tutto il fuoco, & buona parte dell'a­<lb/>ria, & col &longs;uo mouimento veloce ri&longs;calda ammendue que&longs;ti cor <lb/>pi: & non dice nulla, che questo caldo na&longs;ca dal lume del cielo, <lb/>dal qual però egli dourebbe na&longs;cere &longs;e voi diceste il vero. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Ari&longs;totile non di&longs;&longs;e, che il lume del cielo ri&longs;calda&longs;&longs;e <pb pagenum="33"/>tutto lo elemento del fuoco, & buona parte dello elemento del <lb/>l'aria; perche il lume non ri&longs;calda, fe egli non è riperco&longs;&longs;o: & i <lb/>raggi del lume cele&longs;te ribattuti dell'acqua polita, & dalla terra <lb/>&longs;oda, ò vero tornando in dietro, tanto alto non arriuano; o &longs;e <lb/>pur vi arriuano, &longs;ono molto indeboliti; & molto grande &longs;patio <lb/>occupano di largo pae&longs;e nello &longs;cender' dal cielo, & nel tornar <lb/>al cielo: però poco, ò for&longs;e anche non punto ri&longs;caldano: Il mo­<lb/>uimento ri&longs;calda, tirando fuora della lor propria & prima na­<lb/>tura le parti del corpo, il qual &longs;i debbe ri&longs;caldare, & rendendo <lb/>le piu rare, che elle non erano prima, & perche cio <expan abbr="tãto">tanto</expan> meglio <lb/>&longs;i fà, <expan abbr="quãto">quanto</expan> il corpo mo&longs;&longs;o è piu vicino al corpo, che muoue; Ari <lb/>stotile al mouimento del cielo attribui&longs;ce il gran caldo del fuo­<lb/>co, e il poco minore della alta parte dell'aria, & non al lume: di <lb/>quel caldo ragiono, che non è naturale à que&longs;ti due corpi: per­<lb/>che questo d'altronde non na&longs;ce, che dalla propria forma loro, <lb/>& quello dal mouimento del cielo, come &longs;i è detto: Che il lume <lb/>riperco&longs;&longs;o nella maniera di &longs;opra racconta, ri&longs;caldi, &longs;i puo ve­<lb/>dere ne forbiti &longs;pecchi po&longs;ti al dirimpetto del Sole: iquali l'e&longs;ca, <lb/>la bambagia, & l'altre co&longs;e &longs;omiglianti ageuolmente accendo­<lb/>no: il che d'altronde non na&longs;ce, che da' ribattuti raggi: iquali <lb/>talhora ardendo la terra, la rendono sterile, tal'hora confortan <lb/>dola, & comunicandole alquanto di quella cele&longs;te & diuina vir <lb/>tù, da cui depende quanto è di buono appre&longs;&longs;o di noi, la fanno di <lb/>uentar fertile: quindi na&longs;cono le nuuole, le pioggie, i terremoti, <lb/>i venti, la fecondita de pe&longs;ci nel mare, la moltitudine de gli vc­<lb/>cegli nell'aria, la abundantia delle fiere &longs;aluatiche ne bo&longs;chi: <lb/>Quindi na&longs;cono, i diuer&longs;i costumi, & le varie nature, de glihuo <lb/>mini, le inclinationi all'armi, alle lettere, alle mercantie, & ad <lb/>altri e&longs;erciti<gap/>: iquali &longs;ono tanti & tali, quanti & quali &longs;ono <lb/>le di&longs;po&longs;itioni del cielo, ilquale mouendo&longs;i, & illuminando que <lb/>sto nostro ba&longs;&longs;o mondo ordinariamente le produce, & le con­<lb/>&longs;erua. </s> <s>Hora eccoui detto, come il primo mondo intelligi­<lb/>bile da l'e&longs;&longs;ere, & il con&longs;eruar al mondo cele&longs;te, da &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o <lb/>&longs;enza niuno altro mezzo, & al mondo elementare col mezzo <lb/>del mondo celeste: il qual mondo cele&longs;te fa le &longs;ue operationi in <pb pagenum="34"/>questo terzo mondo elementare, illuminandolo, & mouendolo, <lb/>mentre che egli &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o muoue, &longs;enza altri influßi ò vero in­<lb/>fluenze: & qua giù partori&longs;ce gli effetti che ogniuno vede alla <lb/>giornata: Que&longs;ta vniuer&longs;al dottrina, con la qual noi ci &longs;iamo <lb/>trattenuti qua&longs;i tutto hoggi, ci &longs;eruirà molto bene à &longs;ciorre il <lb/>nodo del proposto flu&longs;&longs;o, & reflu&longs;&longs;o del mare, come voi vdirete <lb/>apre&longs;&longs;o: </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>A pena che io mel creda: pure &longs;eguite: </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Se bene io nel principio del nostro ragionamento mi <lb/>protestai hoggi non volere e&longs;&longs;er' &longs;ottoposto alle leggi, che ordi­<lb/>nano, gli altrui di&longs;cor&longs;i: non vol&longs;i però, che cio fo&longs;&longs;e in altro in <lb/>te&longs;o, che nello incominciarmi davn principio for&longs;e piu alto, che <lb/>il douer' non voleua; nel re&longs;to mia intentione era di ragionar' <lb/>con voi, con quello ordine, che è dalle leggi perfettamente sta­<lb/>bilito, ca&longs;o però, che voi <expan abbr="addimãdandomi">addimandandomi</expan> hor d'una, et hor d'un' <lb/>tra co&longs;a, non lo mi haueste turbato: il che bene &longs;pe&longs;&longs;o &longs;uole aue <lb/>nire in questo modo di di&longs;correre; Infra le leggi del proceder <lb/>con ordine l'ultima non è quella; laqual vuole, che ogni ragiona <lb/>mento habbia il &longs;uo primo principio da alcune co&longs;e generalißi­<lb/>me, & à poco à poco de&longs;cenda alle particolari: pero dopo lo ha­<lb/>uer detto quello, che egli mi è accaduto delle co&longs;e communi, che <lb/>ci poteuano e&longs;&longs;er'di non piccolo <expan abbr="giouam&etilde;to">giouamento</expan> alla materia no&longs;tra; <lb/>egli è tempo homai di venire à qualche particolare; accioche <lb/>egli &longs;i paia, che noi non ci &longs;iamo trattenuti qui à ca&longs;o. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Questo à me par tanto piu nece&longs;&longs;ario, <expan abbr="quãto">quanto</expan> io per <lb/>ancho non i&longs;corgo il porto, alquale la nostra barca ci conduca: <lb/>ne mi po&longs;&longs;o imaginar doue voi vi vogliate riu&longs;cire. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Il porto non &longs;tarà gran tempo à &longs;coprir&longs;i, anzi è egli <lb/>tanto vicino, che to&longs;to il vedrete purche voi habbiate vn poco <lb/>di patienza. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Io ne haurò quanto voi vorrete: </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Hora alquanto piu particolarmente ragionando, dico <lb/>che il giorno naturale di <expan abbr="v&etilde;tiquattro">ventiquattro</expan> hore, &longs;i diuide in quattro <lb/>parti vguali, accioche à cia&longs;cuna delle parti ne tocchino &longs;ei &longs;o­<lb/>le hore: In quattro altre parti vguali &longs;i diuide tutto il mondo: <pb pagenum="35"/>le due &longs;aranno diui&longs;e dallo orizonte obliquo, ilqual fini&longs;ce il <expan abbr="mõ">mom</expan> <lb/>do &longs;econdo l'atto del no&longs;tro vedere; intanto, che l'una delle due <lb/>parti &longs;ia &longs;opra quella parte della terra qual noi co no&longs;tri occhi <lb/>veggiamo, diui&longs;a però dallo <expan abbr="Orizzõte">Orizzonte</expan> obliquo, & l'altra parte <lb/>&longs;otterra &longs;i stia, laqual noi non veggiamo, la veggono bene gli <lb/>Antipodi: l'altre due parti &longs;aranno diui&longs;e dal circolo del mez­<lb/>zo giorno, ilquale diuide il primo circolo dello Orizzonte obli­<lb/>quo in due parti vguali: per queste quattro parti del mondo la <lb/>Luna continuamente &longs;i muoue: in tal ca&longs;o à cia&longs;cuna delle quat <lb/>tro parti del mondo, &longs;i daranno &longs;ei hore del giorno, & à cia&longs;che <lb/>duna quarta del <expan abbr="mõdo">mondo</expan> ri&longs;pondera proportionat <expan abbr="am&etilde;te">amente</expan> vna quar <lb/>ta del giorno, & la Luna in i&longs;patio di quattro quarte del gior­<lb/>no, che &longs;ono ventiquattro hore, camminerà per tutte & quat­<lb/>tro le quarte del mondo: Poughiamo hora per ca&longs;o, che a l'alba <lb/>del giorno la luna e&longs;ca fuora del &longs;uo Orizzonte obliquo nel no­<lb/>&longs;tro emi&longs;pero: ella all'hora co'&longs;uoi raggi incomincerà à ferir' <lb/>l'acque del mare al trauer&longs;o, ne i &longs;uoi raggi <expan abbr="tornerãno">torneranno</expan> addietro <lb/>ma sdruccioleranno altre per le acque, & qua&longs;i squizzeranno <lb/>innanzi, però l'acque poco &longs;i ri&longs;calderanno: pure &longs;i ri&longs;calderan­<lb/>no alquanto: e il caldo entrando ne corpi humidi gli rende piu <lb/>rari, & gli fà gonfiare il che &longs;i vede nelle pentole dell'acqua <lb/>piene, mentre bollono: l'acqua bollendo gonfia per <expan abbr="alquãto">alquanto</expan> &longs;pa <lb/>tio di tempo: gonfier à adunque il Mare & incomincer à ad in­<lb/>alzar&longs;i & tanto piu, <expan abbr="quãto">quanto</expan> piu la Luna &longs;ar à fuora del &longs;uo Oriz <lb/>zonte: perche quanto piu ella &longs;alir à tanto piu al dirimpetto <lb/>co &longs;uoi raggi ferirà l'acque infino alla fine della prima quarta: <lb/>il che &longs;arà dopo le prime &longs;ei hore del giorno: all'hora l'acque &longs;a <lb/>ranno in quel colmo maggiore che elle potranno e&longs;&longs;ere: perche <lb/>i raggi della luna gagliardamente le feriranno al dirimpetto, <lb/>faranno, vna grandißima riuerberatione, & ripercoßi dalle ac <lb/>que torneranno indietro per quella wede&longs;ima linea per laquale <lb/>&longs;ce&longs;ono: Pa&longs;&longs;ate le prime &longs;ei hore, ne vengono le &longs;ci &longs;econde, & <lb/>la Luna caminando entra nella &longs;econda quarta del mondo, & in <lb/>comincia à ferir l'acque al trauer&longs;o di nuouo da e&longs;&longs;e fuggendo, <lb/>però meno le ri&longs;calda: & come il caldo le gonfiaua, co&longs;i, il fred-<pb pagenum="36"/>do le sgonfia, & le conden&longs;a, conden&longs;ate & sgonfiate &longs;i abba&longs;&longs;a <lb/>no, & tanto piu, quanto piu la luna &longs;i auicina al <expan abbr="pon&etilde;te">ponente</expan> del &longs;uo <lb/>Orizzonte: all'hora il reflu&longs;&longs;o, è finito, & l'acque &longs;ono baßißi­<lb/>me: &longs;eguita la terza quarta del giorno, & la luna caminando <lb/>entra nella terza quarta del mondo, & di nuouo incomincia à <lb/>ferir l'acque, che &longs;ono nello altro emi&longs;pero de gli Antipodi, & <lb/>le gonfia incominciando vn nuouo flu&longs;&longs;o, ilquale cre&longs;ce infino, <lb/>che la luna non giugne alla fine delle terze &longs;ei hore del giorno, <lb/>& della terza quarta del mondo, il che &longs;i fa quando la luna, è <lb/>nel canto dalla mezza notte: &longs;eguita la quarta parte del gior­<lb/>no, & la luna &longs;eguendo il &longs;uo viaggio entra nella quarta parte <lb/>del mondo, & incomincia a ferir l'acque del mare co &longs;uoi raggi <lb/>alquanto trauer&longs;i, per cio il caldo &longs;cema, & l'acque conden&longs;ate <lb/>di nuouo &longs;gonfiano, & tanto, <expan abbr="quãto">quanto</expan> la Luna arriua alla fine del <lb/>le vltime &longs;ei hore, del giorno, & della vltima quarta del mondo <lb/>all'hora le acque vn'altra volta tornano baßißime. </s> <s>In questa <lb/>maniera, che voi hauete vdito &longs;i fa vn per petuo flu&longs;&longs;o & reflu&longs; <lb/>&longs;o di &longs;ei hore in &longs;ei hore: che è quanto mi accade dire d'intorno <lb/>alla materia proposta à nostri ragionamenti. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Se altro à voi non accade, egli accade bene à me; au <lb/>zi d'intorno à quel che voi böra hauete detto, ho io tanto che <lb/>ragionare, che for&longs;e &longs;i con&longs;umerà tutto il giorno, iunanzi che <lb/>egli &longs;e ne venga alla fine: quando adunque egli molesto non vi <lb/>&longs;ia, io volentieri vi addimanderò d'alcune co&longs;e, lequali à me re­<lb/>cano difficulta non piccola. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Dite pure &longs;icuramente (M. Giu&longs;eppe) che non &longs;olo <lb/>le co&longs;e vostre non mi &longs;aranno moleste, ma di contento grandißi <lb/>mo: in ogni modo egli ci auanza ancho gran parte del giorno: <lb/>& noi, &longs;e otio&longs;i ci steßimo, con tedio le pa&longs;&longs;eremmo: doue co <lb/>vo&longs;tri dotti ragionamenti ageuolerete à voi, & à me la stranez <lb/>za del caldo. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. Po&longs;cia, che egli co&longs;i vi piace, ditemi perche voi il <lb/>mouimento pigliate della Luna, & non quello del Sole & delle <lb/>altre Stelle? </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Perche il mouimento, e il lume del Sole & di molte <pb pagenum="37"/>altre &longs;telle è tanto gagliardo, che non &longs;olo <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> fa gonfiar l'acque, <lb/>ma di &longs;ua propria natura le sgomfia; concio&longs;ia, che egli le a&longs;ciu­<lb/>ga & &longs;eccha, a&longs;ciutte & &longs;ecche &longs;i sgomfiano: alcune altre &longs;tel­<lb/>le &longs;ono piccole & lontane, come &longs;ono alquante di quelle del pri <lb/>mo mobile, che è l'ottauo cielo, però con il loro piccolo lume, & <lb/>con il loro e&longs;&longs;ere dalle nostre acque lontane, ò non po&longs;&longs;ono alte­<lb/>rarle punto, ò &longs;e pur le alterano, cioè tanto poco, che non &longs;i &longs;cor <lb/>ge col &longs;en&longs;o; il lume & il moto della luna non è ne lontano ne <lb/>piccolo come quello delle piccole & lontane stelle, che &longs;ono nel <lb/>lo ottauo cielo di &longs;opra racconte; non è grande il lume, & non <lb/>è veloce il moto, come quello del Sole & di molte altre &longs;telle lu <lb/>mino&longs;e & grandi, ma è il lume della luna, & il mouimento &longs;uo <lb/>tanto, che ba&longs;ta per alterar' l'acque, & gli altri corpi humidi, i <lb/>quali poco re&longs;istono alle e&longs;trin&longs;eche alterationi: come &longs;ono i <lb/>granchi, le conche marine, l'ostreghe, & tutti gli altri animali <lb/>&longs;enza &longs;angue de quali pur dianzi &longs;i di&longs;&longs;e: </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Perche pigliate voi piu to&longs;to l'orizzonte obliquo, <lb/>che il dritto? </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Perche noi questi effetti attribuiamo al mouimen­<lb/>to della luna; la quale non e&longs;ce nel no&longs;tro emi&longs;però, & non en­<lb/>tra nell'altro, come il &longs;ole dentro à confini del dritto orizzon­<lb/>te, ma &longs;i bene dello obliquo. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Perche ponete voi ca&longs;o, che la luna &longs;i lieui à l'alba? </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Perche ella non &longs;i lieua &longs;empre à l'alba; anzi tal'ho <lb/>ra nel mezzo giorno, & tal'hora nella mezza notte: quando <lb/>la luna &longs;i lieua, all'hora incomincia il flu&longs;&longs;o: & perche ella non <lb/>&longs;i lieua alla mede &longs;ima hora in tutti, i luoghi, il flu&longs;&longs;o non inco­<lb/>mincia alla mede&longs;ima hora in tutti i luoghi: cio &longs;i e o&longs;&longs;eruato <lb/>piu volte & ancho al tempo mio in vinetia doue il flu&longs;&longs;o del <lb/>mare incomincia due hore dopo, che à Gostantinopoli: cio d'al <lb/>tronde non na&longs;ce che dalla luna, laquale due hore dopo &longs;i lieua <lb/>à Vinetia, che à Gostantinopoli: </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Voi hauete molto bendetto &longs;empre parlando di due <lb/>&longs;ole quarte di mondo; nell'una delle quali &longs;i fa il flu&longs;&longs;o, quando <lb/>la luna vi entra, & nella altra il reflu&longs;&longs;o, quando la luna &longs;e ne <pb pagenum="38"/>parte: pero egli &longs;i pare, che voi vogliate, che &longs;olamente vn &longs;o­<lb/>lo flu&longs;&longs;o & vn &longs;olo reflu&longs;&longs;o &longs;i truoui, & non piu, nondimeno &longs;e <lb/>ne trouano &longs;empre due: &longs;e egli è vero, che il mondo &longs;ia diui&longs;o, <lb/>come il giorno, in quattro quarte vguali: La luna la mattina <lb/>à l'alba &longs;i lieua (come voi dice&longs;te) & nella prima quarta del <lb/>mondo fà il flu&longs;&longs;o; in quella vltima quarta donde ella all'hora <lb/>&longs;i parte ella fà il reflu&longs;&longs;o; à quelche io dal vo&longs;tro <expan abbr="ragionam&etilde;to">ragionamento</expan> <lb/>raccolgo: nelle altre due quarte <expan abbr="cõtrapo&longs;te">contrapo&longs;te</expan> à que&longs;te, che fanno <lb/>le acque? </s> <s>certamente, che elle <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> &longs;i &longs;tanno, ma &longs;eguitano il moui <lb/><expan abbr="m&etilde;to">mento</expan> del flu&longs;&longs;o et del reflu&longs;&longs;o: quiui <expan abbr="nõdimeno">nondimeno</expan> <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> arriuano ne ar <lb/>riuar' po&longs;&longs;ono i raggi della luna, per cagione della terra, laquale <lb/>è intraposta infra loro & l'acque del mare de gli antipodi; et è <lb/>la terra tanto gro&longs;&longs;a che ella non puo e&longs;&longs;ere penetrata da raggi <lb/>della luna ne puo il mare de gli antipodi in modo ne&longs;&longs;uno e&longs;&longs;ere <lb/>alterato da loro: egli adunque &longs;i pare, che voi di cio non hab­<lb/>biate detto à bastanza. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Voi toccate vna o&longs;curißima materia, nellaquale io <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <lb/>veggio <expan abbr="dõde">donde</expan> entrare ne veggio d'onde v&longs;cire, &longs;e io ben vi entra&longs; <lb/>&longs;i: pure io mi ingegnerò dirui quel che io d'intorno à cio habbia <lb/>trouato &longs;critto da alcuni filc&longs;ofi: il che for&longs;e <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> vi finirà di &longs;odis <lb/>fare, à quel che io me ne creda: La luna &longs;opra il no&longs;tro <expan abbr="Orizzõte">Orizzonte</expan> <lb/>muoue il mare, come &longs;i è detto, & &longs;otto il nostro <expan abbr="Orizzõte">Orizzonte</expan> doue <lb/>habitano gli antipodi, i raggi della Luna non arriuano, ma arri <lb/>uano à quella parte del cielo, che è al dirimpetto della Luna, nel <lb/>laquale &longs;tampano la virtù loro, donde qua&longs;i ribattuti tornano <lb/>alle acque del mare de gliantipodi, et lo gonfiano facendo in e&longs;­<lb/>&longs;e vn nuouo flu&longs;&longs;o, & vn nuouo reflu&longs;&longs;o, con quel mede&longs;imo ordi <lb/>ne, con cui egli &longs;i fà, quando la Luna vi e pre&longs;ente: però quel <lb/>flu&longs;&longs;o & quel reflu&longs;&longs;o, come questo, na&longs;ce dalla Luna: il cui lu­<lb/>me è ribattuto dalla parte del cielo, che è al dirimpetto à quel­<lb/>le ac que: & è riperco&longs;&longs;o inuer&longs;o i mari, iquali gonfiano, & <expan abbr="sgõ">sgom</expan> <lb/>fiano ne piu, ne meno che all'hora &longs;i facciano i nostri: </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Voi indiuina&longs;te quando dice&longs;te, che io non mi appa­<lb/>gherei dalla vo&longs;tra ragione. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Ella non è mia, ma d'altri, et io <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> ne ho delle migliori </s></p><pb pagenum="39"/><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Sia&longs;i di chiunque ella &longs;i voglia, che io non me ne con <lb/>tento: & à ragione non me ne po&longs;&longs;o io contentare: perche l'om <lb/>bre de corpi o&longs;curi &longs;ono di tre &longs;orte: altre ra&longs;&longs;omigliano le co­<lb/>lonne tanto gro&longs;&longs;e nel principio, quanto nella fine: queste om­<lb/>bre &longs;ono de corpi o&longs;curi vguali à corpi lumino&longs;i: le &longs;econde om <lb/>bre ra&longs;&longs;omigliano le piramidi; quelle dico, che hanno le ba&longs;i lo­<lb/>ro immediatamente dietro al corpo o&longs;curo, & le parti &longs;ottili di <lb/>dette piramidi chiamate cu&longs;pidi &longs;ono quiui, doue l'ombre fini­<lb/>&longs;cono: queste ombre &longs;ono di que corpi o&longs;curi iquali &longs;ono mino­<lb/>ri, che non è il corpo lumino&longs;o: Le terze ombre ra&longs;&longs;omigliano <lb/>quello piramidi, che hanno le cu&longs;pidi immediatamente dietro al <lb/>corpo o&longs;curo, doue elle cominciano, et le ba&longs;i loro &longs;ono nella par <lb/>te lontana dal corpo lumino&longs;o: hora e&longs;&longs;endo la luna a&longs;&longs;ai mino­<lb/>re, che non è la terra, l'ombra della terra nata da raggi della Lu <lb/>na, ra&longs;&longs;omigliera vna piramide la cui cu&longs;pide &longs;arà accanto alla <lb/>terra immediatamente, & la ba&longs;i dell'ombra &longs;arà quiui, in­<lb/>uer&longs;o doue ella &longs;i destenderà il che è inuer&longs;o il Cielo per <lb/>cio bi&longs;ogna, che l'ombra della terra &longs;ia molto larga, & occupi <lb/>buona parte del Cielo: adonque i raggi della luna <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> po&longs;&longs;ono ar <lb/>riuare à quella parte del cielo, che è &longs;ottera al dirimpetto della <lb/>luna, quando ella &longs;i truoua &longs;opra terra: &longs;e eglino non ci arriua <lb/>no, non po&longs;&longs;ono e&longs;&longs;ere ribattuti inuer&longs;o l'acque da quella parte <lb/>del cielo, & non po&longs;&longs;ono far il flu&longs;&longs;o & il reflu&longs;&longs;o in que mari. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Voi col vostro bello ingegno, & con la vo&longs;tra gran <lb/>dottrina mi &longs;trignete &longs;i, che io (à dirui il vero) <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> &longs;o qua&longs;i che <lb/>piu mi pen&longs;are pure io mi ingegnerò &longs;odisfarui il meglio, che io <lb/>potrò: La terra paragonata al Cielo ra&longs;&longs;omiglia vn piccol pun <lb/>to: & quantunque la &longs;ua ombra &longs;ia a&longs;&longs;ai grande ella non adom <lb/>bra però &longs;e non vna piccola particella del Cielo: dalle parti <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <lb/>addombrate vicine alle addombrate po&longs;&longs;ono e&longs;&longs;ere ripercoßi, i <lb/>raggi della luna, & po&longs;&longs;ono fare il flu&longs;&longs;o & il reflu&longs;&longs;o del mare. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Se i raggi ci arriua&longs;&longs;ero voi haureste for&longs;e detto <lb/>qualche co&longs;a, ma <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> gia à ba&longs;tanza: perche &longs;e bene la parte <expan abbr="adõ">adom</expan> <lb/>brata del Cielo è picola, paragonata à tutto il Cielo: <expan abbr="nõdimeno">nondimeno</expan> <lb/>al paragone del mare & della terra ella è grandißima: perche <pb pagenum="40"/>&longs;e l'ombra piramidale della terra ha la &longs;ua ba&longs;e inuer&longs;o il Cielo <lb/>egli bi&longs;ogna dir' per forza, che il Cielo addombrato &longs;ia in quel­<lb/>la parte molto maggiore, che non è tutto il corpo della terra, et <lb/>dell'acqua: oltre che for&longs;e i raggi della luna tanto alto non ar­<lb/>riuano: Quando ancho vi arriua&longs;&longs;ero, eglino non potrebbono <lb/>e&longs;&longs;er' ribattuti dal corpo celeste: perche la &longs;ua natura è diafa­<lb/>na & tran&longs;parente, però ageuolißimamente penetrabile, &longs;en­<lb/>za far' ne&longs;&longs;una reuerberatione de raggi, che la penetrano: cio &longs;i <lb/>vede ne raggi del Sole & delle altre stelle &longs;uperiori, iquali pe <lb/>netrano tutti, i corpi celesti inferiori, & <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> &longs;ono ribattuti: co&longs;i <lb/>&longs;e i raggi della luna arriuano à quella parte del Cielo, che voi <lb/>dite, non per que&longs;to ripercoßi tornano in dietro, ma penetrano <lb/>il cielo pa&longs;&longs;ando innanzi: &longs;i che &longs;e voi altra ragione non mi ren­<lb/>dete, io di questa non mi appago ne molto ne poco, à dirloui alla <lb/>libera, come infra di noi &longs;i debbe. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>A dirui il vero in poche parole, anche io non me ne <lb/>contento: però for&longs;e &longs;i potrà dire, che &longs;e non il lume &longs;i ribatte: <lb/>&longs;arà alcuna altra virtù na&longs;co&longs;ta nelle acque, dalla quale na&longs;co <lb/>no i mede&longs;imi effetti, che &longs;ogliono na&longs;cere dal ribattuto lume: <lb/>come con vna na&longs;costa virtù la calamita tira il ferro; la boc­<lb/>cha del pe&longs;ce hierace tira l'oro; l'ambra le paglie, & il ro&longs;po tira <lb/>la mu&longs;tella volgarmente chiamata dondola: & molte altre co­<lb/>&longs;e &longs;omiglianti: di che egli non &longs;e ne p<gap/>ò rendere altra ragione, <lb/>&longs;e non fuggire ad vna occulta virtù: la quale all'ultimo altro <lb/>non è che la propria natura di cia&longs;cheduna co&longs;a: il che par che <lb/>a&longs;&longs;ai &longs;<gap/>opri&longs;&longs;e Ale&longs;&longs;andro Afrodi&longs;eo nelle &longs;ue que&longs;tioni: & &longs;im <lb/>plicio nella fi&longs;ica: &longs;arà mo&longs;&longs;o adunque il mare da que&longs;ta &longs;ua na <lb/>tural' virtù, cioè dalla &longs;ua propria natura: dalla quale in quel <lb/>tempo, e in quel luogo na&longs;cono que mede&longs;imi effetti, che na&longs;cono <lb/>da raggi della luna all'hora in altro luogo, ò quiui in altro tem­<lb/>po. </s> <s>Poßi ancho dire, che il mare oceano (doue i flußi & i re­<lb/>flußi &longs;ono grandißimi) circonda tutta la terra: il che ha proua <lb/>to Colombo Genoue&longs;e nella nauigatione delle Indie da lui di <lb/>nuouo ritrouate, et da gli altri &longs;uoi compagni piu oltre &longs;coper­<lb/>te: &longs;e que&longs;to mare gira tutta la terra, egli &longs;i può dire, che l'una <pb pagenum="41"/>parte delle acque dalla Luna alterate, altera l'altra parte vici­<lb/>na, et questa &longs;econda parte altera la terza altera la quarta d'im <lb/>mano in mano, ne &longs;i ferma questa alteration' gia mai infino, à <lb/>tanto, che tutte le acque non &longs;ono alterate: in questa maniera <lb/>il flu&longs;&longs;o & il refln&longs;&longs;o &longs;i puo for&longs;e fare per tutto: questo modo <lb/>d'alteratione nelle acque &longs;i vede quando altri vi getta vna pie­<lb/>tra, la quale muoue, in giro la prima parte principalmente per­<lb/>co&longs;&longs;a; que&longs;ta muoue la &longs;econda, & la &longs;econda muoue la terza, in <lb/>fino a l'ultima, & &longs;i veggono nella acqua molti agitationi in gi <lb/>ro, co&longs;i fa il lume della Luna co &longs;uoi raggi <expan abbr="percot&etilde;do">percotendo</expan> l'acque del <lb/>mare, &longs;econdo l'ordine, che hauete vdito: altro di meglio non ho <lb/>che dirui: &longs;e cio non vi piace, adoprate hor voi il vostro inge­<lb/>gno: & da voi ste&longs;&longs;o ritrouate qualche ragion' migliore: il che <lb/>far potrete, pur'che vogliate. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Io ne principii de nostri ragionamenti già vi dißi, <lb/>non hauer' co&longs;a, che d'intorno à cio mi contenta&longs;&longs;e, hora il mede <lb/>&longs;imo vi replico: pure da che noi altro per hora <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> habbiamo che <lb/>fare, io vi dirò alcune altre ragioni: lequali perche da Aristo­<lb/>tile &longs;iano &longs;tate &longs;critte: accioche voi me ne diciate l'animo <lb/>vo&longs;tro. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Dite M.Giu&longs;eppe. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ, Chi attribui&longs;&longs;e il flu&longs;&longs;o, & il reflu&longs;&longs;o del mare al na <lb/>tural mouimento delle acque: lequali per e&longs;&longs;ere corpi graui, <lb/>dallo alto del mondo, che è l'aquilone, al ba&longs;&longs;o de&longs;cendono, che è <lb/>il mezzo giorno: et giugnendo alla altra ripa del mare, dalla ter <lb/>ra & da gli &longs;cogli &longs;ono ribattute: & in dietro ritornano, facen­<lb/>do con l'uno de due mouimenti il flu&longs;&longs;o, & con l'altro il reflu&longs;&longs;o <lb/>egli for&longs;e direbbe qualche buona co&longs;a, concio&longs;ia che la frigidi­<lb/>tà grandißima dello alto Aquilone, generi copia non piccola di <lb/>acque, lequali quiui non po&longs;&longs;ono e&longs;&longs;ere di&longs;&longs;eccate dal caldo del <lb/>Sole, che vi è piccolißimo, i monti etiandio dello Acquilone à <lb/>gui&longs;a di &longs;pugne d'acqua pregne premuti dalla frigidita del luo­<lb/>go molte acque <expan abbr="cõtinuamente">continuamente</expan> di&longs;tillano, lequali &longs;ono corpi gra<lb/>ui per di lor natura, però dal mare Aquilonare d'acque copio&longs;o <lb/>alla &longs;piaggia del mare del mezzo giorno &longs;i muouono l'acque ri­<lb/>battute in dietro tornano facendo il flu&longs;&longs;o & il reflu&longs;&longs;o conti-<pb pagenum="42"/>nuo come &longs;i è detto. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. <expan abbr="Chiũque">Chiunque</expan> co&longs;i dice&longs;&longs;e, in luogo d'una verita direbbe mol <lb/>tebugie, prima perche l'Oceano <expan abbr="circõda">circonda</expan> tutta la terra, come noi <lb/>pur'hora diceuamo: & non ha le ripe, dalle quali egli po&longs;&longs;a e&longs;&longs;e <lb/>re ribattuto. </s> <s>Dipoi perche l'Oceano non &longs;i muoue ne dallo aqui­<lb/>lone al mezzo giorno, ne dal mezzo giorno allo Aquilone; ma <lb/>oltra il &longs;uo flu&longs;&longs;o, & reflu&longs;&longs;o ha egli vn'altro qua&longs;i in&longs;en&longs;ibile <lb/>mouimento dal leuante al ponente, col quale egli va imitando <lb/>il mouimento del Cielo, il che molto &longs;en&longs;ibilmente &longs;i cono&longs;ce da <lb/>Nardò promontorio nella Spagna inuer&longs;o la Brettagna; & dal <lb/>la Brettagna al promontorio di Nardò ritorna, i primi a&longs;&longs;ai piu <lb/>tardi fanno il camin' loro, che nol' fanno i &longs;econdi, la cagione, è <lb/>che e&longs;&longs;endo Nardò nelle parti di <expan abbr="pon&etilde;te">ponente</expan>, et la Brettagna in quel <lb/>le di leuante, mouendo &longs;i il mare dal Leuante al ponente, i primi <lb/>caminano contro al viaggio del mare, però tardi arriuano, & i <lb/><expan abbr="&longs;ecõdi">&longs;econdi</expan> &longs;eguitano il moto delle acque, però pre&longs;to giungono, quel <lb/>li anchora, che di Spagna partendo &longs;i, nauigano inuer&longs;o ponente <lb/>alle I&longs;ole & alla terra ferma di nuouo ritrouata, in ventiquat­<lb/>tro giorni ci giungono: ma non ritornano &longs;e non in tre, ò ver' <lb/>quattro me&longs;i, perche i primi vanno à &longs;econda, & gli altri van­<lb/>no contro acqua adunque il mare non &longs;i muoue ne dallo Aqui­<lb/>lone al mezzo giorno, ne dal mezzo giorno allo Aquilone, ma <lb/>dal Leuante al ponente, imitando il Cielo, nondimeno questo <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <lb/>è il moto del flu&longs;&longs;e & del reflu&longs;&longs;o: ilquale (à quel' ch'l'i&longs;te&longs;&longs;a i&longs;pe <lb/>rienza perfetta maestra di tutte le co&longs;e) apertamente ne dimo <lb/>stra altro non è, che vn gonfiare & vno sgonfiare delle acque, <lb/>hora den&longs;e, & hora rare: il qual na&longs;ce del caldo, che gonfia, & <lb/>del freddo che sgonfia & conden&longs;a: & ha il &longs;uo primo princi­<lb/>pio dallo i&longs;te&longs;&longs;o fondo del mare, & â poco à poco hor' cre&longs;ce, & <lb/>hora &longs;cema di &longs;ei hore in &longs;ei hore, concio&longs;ia che vna quantità di <lb/>tante <expan abbr="acq;">acque</expan> in vno &longs;patio di &longs;ei hore cotanto piccolo <expan abbr="veri&longs;imilm&etilde;">veri&longs;imilmen</expan> <lb/>te non puo entrar d'altronde nel mare; & in vn'altro piccolo <lb/>&longs;patio d'altre &longs;ei hore, come ella &longs;e ne po&longs;&longs;a v&longs;cire, & doue elle <lb/>&longs;e ne po&longs;&longs;a andare, non &longs;i vede, ne &longs;i puo per ancho vedere in mo <lb/>do ne&longs;&longs;uno: gonfiano adunque allargate del Caldo, & incomin-<pb pagenum="43"/>cia tal mouimento dal fondo del mare, & cre&longs;ce alzando &longs;i inuer <lb/>&longs;o la &longs;ua parte e&longs;trema il che chiaramente &longs;i vede ogni giorno <lb/>ne due castelli del porto Venetiano: doue vicino alla fine delle <lb/>&longs;ei hore, <expan abbr="quãdo">quando</expan> anche l'acque cre&longs;cono, la radice di detti castelli <lb/>à poco à poco &longs;i &longs;cuopre, et re&longs;ta <expan abbr="finalm&etilde;te">finalmente</expan> &longs;coperta l'alteza qua <lb/>&longs;i d'un piedi innanzi, che il reflu&longs;&longs;o incominci: e&longs;&longs;endo certo, che <lb/>il mare ancho cre&longs;ce, & che nel mede&longs;imo tempo d'intorno alle <lb/>parte estreme di que due castelli, l'acque incominciano à &longs;cema <lb/>re, egli è nece&longs;&longs;ario di confe&longs;&longs;are, che il flu&longs;&longs;o, & il reflu&longs;&longs;o del <lb/>mare incominciando &longs;i dal fondo, à poco à poco &longs;alga alla alta &longs;u <lb/>perficie delle acque: & non dallo aquilone al mezzo giorno &longs;i <lb/>muoua, ò dal mezzo giorno allo aquilone, </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Se que&longs;ta ragione non vi piace; eccouene due altre <lb/>pur'tirate dalla dottrina del mede&longs;imo Aristotile, lequali for&longs;e <lb/>vi piaceranno. </s> <s>Il fondo del (mare come voi &longs;apete) non è piano, <lb/>ma dentro vi &longs;ono altißimi monti; & profondißime valli, come <lb/>ancho, è tutta la terra, l'acque etiandio di loro propria natura <lb/>&longs;ono corpi graui, iquali al ba&longs;&longs;o naturalmente &longs;cendono: &longs;e que <lb/>&longs;to è vero, l'acque che &longs;ono &longs;opra i monti da fondo del mare, vi <lb/>stanno per forza, & <expan abbr="naturalm&etilde;te">naturalmente</expan> cercano di &longs;cendere nelle ba&longs; <lb/>&longs;e valli: doue trouando le altre acque, ne con e&longs;&longs;e potendo&longs;i fer <lb/>mare in quel piccolo luogo, le cacciano: que&longs;te cacciate, per for­<lb/>za &longs;algono &longs;opra, i monti del mare donde le prime &longs;i partirono: <lb/>e&longs;&longs;endo quiui per forza &longs;alite, non vi &longs;i po&longs;&longs;ono fermare; però <lb/>di nuouo dalla loro propria grauita naturale mo&longs;&longs;e &longs;cendono in <lb/>quelle valli mede&longs;ime donde elle furono cacciate; & ne caccia <lb/>no quelle, che prima vi erano &longs;ce&longs;e; lequali &longs;algono doue elle <lb/>po&longs;&longs;ono cioè &longs;opra i monti: ne &longs;i fini&longs;ce gia mai questa guerra, <lb/>anzi dura &longs;empre &longs;enza pace & &longs;enza triegua: il &longs;alir'delle ac­<lb/>que, fà il flu&longs;&longs;o, & lo &longs;cendere delle mede&longs;ime fà il reflu&longs;&longs;o; il <lb/>quale &longs;empre dura, perche elle &longs;empre &longs;algono, & &longs;empre <expan abbr="&longs;c&etilde;do">&longs;cendo</expan> <lb/>no. </s> <s>L'altra ragione, è che e&longs;&longs;endo la &longs;uperficie alta del mare in al <lb/>cuni luoghi larga, et inalcuni &longs;tretta, et e&longs;&longs;endo il <expan abbr="fõdo">fondo</expan> del mare <lb/>profondo et doue <expan abbr="mõtuo&longs;o">montuo&longs;o</expan>, il mare ra&longs;&longs;omiglia le <expan abbr="bilãce">bilance</expan>, lequali <lb/><expan abbr="bãno">banno</expan> vno &longs;tilo &longs;ottile, dalle cui parti e&longs;treme <expan abbr="p&etilde;dono">pendono</expan> due va&longs;etti <pb pagenum="44"/>i luoghi stretti della &longs;uperficie del mare ra&longs;&longs;omigliano lo stilo, <lb/>& i profondi & grandi, i due va&longs;i delle bilance: hora &longs;e nell'u­<lb/>no de due va&longs;i della bilancia alcuno corpo graue &longs;i metta, lo &longs;ti­<lb/>lo &longs;i abba&longs;&longs;a da quella te&longs;ta, à cui è attaccato il va&longs;o, & dall'al­<lb/>tra &longs;i rialza: Nello stretto alto del mare l'acque per forza &longs;i <lb/>stanno, & al ba&longs;&longs;o &longs;cendono valli larghe del mare, che ra&longs;&longs;omi­<lb/>gliano i va&longs;i della bilancia, & lo &longs;tilo di que&longs;to &longs;tretto tirano ho <lb/>ra in que&longs;ta, & hora in quell'altra parte: co&longs;i fanno perpetuo il <lb/>il flu&longs;&longs;o & il reflu&longs;&longs;o. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Non punto piu gagliarde &longs;ono queste ragioni, che <lb/>la prima &longs;i fo&longs;&longs;e: concio&longs;ia che, &longs;e il flu&longs;&longs;o, & il reflu&longs;&longs;o del mare <lb/>na&longs;ce&longs;&longs;e, ò dalla inequalità del fondo & della &longs;uperficie, & non <lb/>d'altronde, come &longs;arebbe egli cotanto ordinato? </s> <s>come &longs;i mute­<lb/>rebbe egli &longs;empre di &longs;ei in &longs;ei hore? </s> <s>certo io nol po&longs;&longs;o intendere: <lb/>come ancho &longs;i vedrebbe egli il flu&longs;&longs;o & il reflu&longs;&longs;o grandißimo <lb/>in alcuni piccoli laghi, & piccole fontane, che questo fondo & <lb/>questa &longs;uperficie inuguale non hanno? </s> <s>come &longs;arebbe egli poßibi <lb/>le, che cre&longs;cendo l'Oceano in Fiandra et in Brettagna, i fiumi che <lb/>nel mare entrano per &longs;patio di molte & molte miglia, faceßino <lb/>il mede&longs;imo flu&longs;&longs;o, & reflu&longs;&longs;o che fanno i mari, non e&longs;&longs;endo in lo <lb/>ro ne&longs;&longs;una inequalità di fondo, ò di &longs;uperficie? </s> <s>chiunque andrà <lb/>con&longs;iderando que&longs;ti effetti vedrà, che il flu&longs;&longs;o, & il reflu&longs;&longs;o del <lb/>mare d'altronde na&longs;ce, che ò dal mouer&longs;i dallo alto al ba&longs;&longs;o del <lb/>mondo, ò dalla inequalità del fondo & della &longs;uper ficie. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Se que&longs;te non &longs;ono le cagioni del flu&longs;&longs;o & del reflu&longs; <lb/>&longs;o di que&longs;ti fiumi, di questi stagni, & di queste fontane, quali vo <lb/>lette voi, che elle &longs;iano? </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Non tutti, i laghi, ne tutte le fontane continuamen <lb/>te&longs;i generano di conden&longs;ati vapori dalla frigidità del luogo: ma <lb/>alcuni na&longs;cono dal mare, ilquale ha le &longs;ue parti alte, che col pe­<lb/>&longs;o proprio premono le ba&longs;&longs;e, lequali premute, per forza entrano <lb/>in certi aperti canali, che &longs;ono nel fondo del mare, & per eßi <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> <lb/>tinuamente &longs;cacciate dalle altre parti delle acque, che le &longs;egui­<lb/>tano, arriuano alle fontane & a i laghi, iquali hanno il flu&longs;&longs;o et <lb/>il reflu&longs;&longs;o &longs;imile à quel del mare: perche le acque di queste fon-<pb pagenum="45"/>tane quando il mare &longs;cemà, &longs;i ritirano al mare, & calano: <expan abbr="quã">quam</expan> <lb/>do il mar' cre&longs;ce &longs;algono alle fontane: per che adunque questi la <lb/>ghi, & queste fontane hanno l'acque perpetuamente dal mare, <lb/>però fanno il flu&longs;&longs;o & il reflu&longs;&longs;o come il mare. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Se co&longs;i fo&longs;&longs;e que laghi & quelle fontane &longs;arebbono <lb/>tutte &longs;alate, nondimeno per la maggior parte cio non &longs;i vede. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Salate &longs;ono le acque, perche con e&longs;&longs;e &longs;ono me&longs;colate <lb/>alcune terrestri, & gro&longs;&longs;e e&longs;alationi, lequali fanno il &longs;al&longs;o &longs;apo <lb/>re: alcuna volta auuiene, che i canali per li quali pa&longs;&longs;ano l'ac­<lb/>que del mare &longs;ono tanto stretti, che per eßi non po&longs;&longs;ono pa&longs;&longs;are <lb/>l'acque gro&longs;&longs;e; ma ci pa&longs;sano &longs;ole le &longs;ottili, lequali abbandonate <lb/>dalle gro&longs;&longs;e, donde na&longs;ce it &longs;al&longs;o &longs;apore, re&longs;tano dolci: Alcuni al <lb/>tri canali &longs;ono tanto larghi, che per lo mezzo: loro pa&longs;&longs;ano l'ac <lb/>que große, & &longs;al&longs;e: & arriuando alla fontana & allo stagno, <lb/>&longs;i con&longs;eruano &longs;al&longs;e quiui come elle &longs;al&longs;e &longs;ono nel mare: Ari&longs;tot. <lb/></s> <s>volendo per&longs;uadere que&longs;ta verita infra le altre ragioni me&longs;co­<lb/>lò vno e&longs;perimento aßai &longs;en&longs;ato: & diße che i nauiganti tal'ho <lb/>ra ritrouando&longs;i in alto mare &longs;enza acque dolce da bere, fanno <lb/>vn va&longs;o di cera ben &longs;errato da ogni intorno, & il calano legato <lb/>ad vna corda &longs;otto le acque marine: la cera laquale ha i &longs;uoi po <lb/>ri molto &longs;tretti, &longs;errà la via à le acque große & terrestre, per <lb/>cio &longs;al&longs;e, & amare, & la apre alle &longs;ottili, & dolci paßato <expan abbr="alquã">alquam</expan> <lb/>to di &longs;patio di tempo i nauiganti tirano il va&longs;o in alto & aper­<lb/>tolo heoano lacqua, che vi è dentro & la truouano dolce: la on­<lb/>de egli &longs;i puo raccorre, che la me&longs;colanza de gro&longs;si, & terrestri <lb/>vapori con le acque &longs;ottili, le faccia diuentare &longs;al&longs;e: Ari&longs;tot. <lb/></s> <s>non contento di que&longs;to aggiungne vn'altro &longs;en&longs;ato i&longs;perimento <lb/>& dice, che vn'ouo meßo in vn va&longs;o pieno di acqua dolce &longs;cende <lb/>al fondo del va&longs;o, il mede&longs;imo vouo nella mede&longs;ima acqua &longs;ala­<lb/>ta nuota à galla: adunque, le parti große & terrene del Sole <lb/>quali hanno ingro&longs;sato l'acqua la hanno fatta diuentar' &longs;al&longs;a et <lb/>amare: Na&longs;ce anche il &longs;al&longs;o &longs;apore delle fontane talhora da vna <lb/>miniera di &longs;ale, per laquale e&longs;se poßano, lequali <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> hanno il flu&longs; <lb/>&longs;o & il reflu&longs;&longs;o: per che il primo principio loro non è nel mare: <lb/>I fiumi &longs;eguitano il flußo, & il reflu&longs;&longs;o del mare, perche l'acque <pb pagenum="46"/>marine alzando &longs;i gli fanno tornar' in dietro, & <expan abbr="abba&longs;sãdo&longs;i">abba&longs;sando&longs;i</expan> gli <lb/>la&longs;ciano andar' inanzi. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Di que&longs;to vostro di&longs;cor&longs;o io non ne re&longs;to &longs;odisfatto, <lb/>quanto io vorrei, ma &longs;olamente quanto io po&longs;so: pure &longs;ia&longs;i co­<lb/>me &longs;i voglia, io vi addimanderò ancora d'alcune altre co&longs;e, poi <lb/>farò quello, che egli vi piacera: Voi dice&longs;te, che il mare dello <lb/>Oriente allo Occidente &longs;i moueua; non dimeno io ho vdito dire <lb/>altra volta da e&longs;ercitati nocchièri, che il mare mediterraneo &longs;i <lb/>muoue in giro: il qual mouimento &longs;i cono&longs;ce da coloro, che na­<lb/>uigano dalla Dalmatia alla Hi&longs;tria, infino à Vinegia, per que&longs;to <lb/>&longs;patio di pae&longs;e il mar'&longs;i muoue dal Leuante al Ponente: Da vine <lb/>gia nauigando ver&longs;o la puglia il mare ritorna in ver&longs;o Oriente, <lb/>& fà qua&longs;i vn giro: adunque egli non &longs;i muoue dal Leuante al <lb/>ponente, come voi dice&longs;te. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Co&longs;i è (M.Giu&longs;eppe) & cio auiene, perche eßendo <lb/>il Mare mediterraneo dalla terra circondato, non puo imitar il <lb/>celeste moto del Leuante al Ponente co&longs;i à punto: però il va <lb/>imitando quanto egli può; non potendo &longs;e non in giro, per ca­<lb/>gione della terra, che lo impedi&longs;ce, in giro &longs;i muoue. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Questo flußo & reflußo, di cui tutto hoggi &longs;i è ra­<lb/>gionato grandißimo &longs;i vede nel mare Oceano, minore nel medi­<lb/>terraneo, nel mare tirreno non &longs;e ne vede &longs;egno neßuno, qui il <lb/>no&longs;tro mare Pi&longs;ano non &longs;i muoue altrimente col flußo & col re <lb/>flußo: il &longs;imile ho vdito dire del Genoue&longs;e, & del prouenzale, <lb/>del mar'morto, & del mare della etiopia, ò ver'morea, che noi ce <lb/>la vogliamo chiamare, d'onde que&longs;ta mutatione &longs;i na&longs;ca in que­<lb/>sti mari, io <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> &longs;o per ancho vedere pero &longs;e voi ne hauete ragion <lb/>neßuna, piacciaui di dirlami. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Voi ben faceste à <expan abbr="fauellar'cõ">fauellar'com</expan> quella <expan abbr="cõditione">conditione</expan>, qua&longs;i <lb/>che voi vi indiuinaste, che io non haueßi nulla da dire, & &longs;e io <lb/>pur qualche co&longs;a haueßi, di cio non mi appagaßi à pieno. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Dite tutto quello che hauete, ò da voi steßo pen&longs;a­<lb/>to, ò da altri trouato &longs;critto, & &longs;ia&longs;i per eßere quello, che voi <lb/>dirette, come &longs;i voglia. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Co&longs;i farò: &longs;ono adunque alcuni mari, il fondo de qua <pb pagenum="47"/>li ha la terra rara & molle, laquale non puo punto ritenere in <lb/>&longs;e steßai vapori generati dal caldo della luna: anzi gli la&longs;cia <lb/>v&longs;cir' fuora mentre &longs;i generano: l'acque anche di que&longs;ti mari, <lb/>&longs;ono molto &longs;ottili, & qua&longs;i non punto &longs;alate: lequali poco, ò <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <lb/>nulla re&longs;i&longs;tono â raggi della luna, & non molto gli ripercuoto­<lb/>no: però non molto poßono eßere ri&longs;caldate, & non molto po&longs;­<lb/>&longs;ono eßere alterate nel gonfiar&longs;i, ò nello sgonfiar&longs;i dal caldo, che <lb/>vi è leggiero, ò da vapori tirati dal caldo che &longs;e ne vanno &longs;ubi­<lb/>to; questi mari &longs;ono piu tosto da eßer' chiamati grandi &longs;tagni, <lb/>che mari; come il mar'Pi&longs;ano, il Genoue&longs;e, & il prouenzale: ne <lb/>quali <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> &longs;i cono&longs;ce il flußo & il reflußo per le cagioni, che voi <lb/>hauete vdite. </s> <s>Quanto al mar morto, & al mar della morea, da <lb/>alcuni chiamato indico, per eßere congionto con l'indico: vi <lb/>dico, che la cagione della loro perpetua quiete, è a punto <lb/>contraria à quelle che io hora lo raccontate: concio&longs;ia che l'ac <lb/>que d'amendue, questi mari &longs;iano großißime, & den&longs;i&longs;sime, le <lb/>quali non poßono eßere penetrate de raggi della luna; &longs;ono <expan abbr="etiã">etiam</expan> <lb/>aio, i vapori di que&longs;ti mari tanto gro&longs;si, che non &longs;i po&longs;sono muo <lb/>uere però &longs;i stanno &longs;empre immobili: Manifesti&longs;simo &longs;egno del <lb/>la gro&longs;sezza delle acque & de vapori, e' che in que mari non vi <lb/>ue ne&longs;suno animale: pochi legni gli nauigano, & que pochi con <lb/>molta faticha: & i corpi, che ne gli altri mari vanno al fondo, <lb/>in que&longs;ti due &longs;tanno à galla: & appre&longs;so alla ripa loro per mol­<lb/>te miglia non na&longs;ce pianta ne&longs;suna tutti questi &longs;ono &longs;egm aper <lb/>ti della gro&longs;sezza delle acque di que' mari la qual' gro&longs;sezza <lb/>gli rende inetti al moto: & al riceuere le alterationi de corpi ce <lb/>le&longs;ti, dalle quali na&longs;ce il flu&longs;so, & il reflu&longs;so. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Che direte voi del mare Indico & per&longs;ico, l'uno de <lb/>quali entra nell'altro &longs;enza mezzo ne&longs;suno; nondimeno il mar <lb/>per&longs;ico, è nauigabile, dal di, che il &longs;ole entra nel primo grado del <lb/>pe&longs;ce, infino che egli entra nel primo grado della vergine: quan <lb/>do il Sole è ne &longs;egni contrarii questo mare ha fortuna: quando il <lb/>&longs;ole poi, è nella fine del &longs;agittario, & nel principio del capricor <lb/>no, la tempe&longs;ta, è tanto grande, che qua&longs;i tutte le naui, che all'ho <lb/>ra vi &longs;i truouano, &longs;i &longs;ommergono: & resta per cio que&longs;to mare <pb pagenum="48"/>innauigabile in que tempi: Il mare Indico, è tranquillo, quando <lb/>il sol' &longs;i muoue per la vergine infino al principio del pe&longs;ce, & é <lb/>la tranquillità &longs;ua grandißima, quando il &longs;ol' &longs;i truoua nella <lb/>fine del &longs;agittario, & nel principio del capricorno, dal princi­<lb/>pio dello Ariete infino al principio della vergine que&longs;to indico <lb/>mare ha grandi&longs;sima fortuna, & maggior che mai, quando il &longs;o <lb/>le &longs;i truoua ne gemini, & ma&longs;sime nella fine; & quando egli en <lb/>tra nel principio del cancro: questi due mari &longs;ono continui, non <lb/>dimeno quando l'uno ha fortuna, l'altro è tranquillo; & quan­<lb/>do l'uno, è tranquillo l'altro ha fortuna: vorei co&longs;i, che voi mi <lb/>diceste la cagione di questo regolato mouimento loro: laquale à <lb/>me parebbe, non e&longs;sere stata detta in tutto hoggi. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. vero, è che di cio non &longs;i è fauellato: però hora vi di­<lb/>co, che &longs;e bene il flu&longs;so, & il reflu&longs;so del mare principalmente <lb/>na&longs;ce dalla luna, egli nondimeno è ancho aiutato dal &longs;ole: il che <lb/>&longs;i vede ne quarti della Luna; ne quali à Vinetia &longs;i è oßeruato, <lb/>che il flußo, & il reflu&longs;so &longs;i varia nello eßere maggiore, ò mino <lb/>re: egli è ancho aiutato, & impedito dalle acque piu & meno <lb/>&longs;ottili, de vapori rari & den&longs;i, großi & &longs;ottili, che penetrano <lb/>per l'onde marine, & le fanno gonfiare, & sgonfiare, dalla equa <lb/>lita et inequalità del fondo: & da molte altre co&longs;e lunghe à rac <lb/>contar&longs;i hora. </s> <s>Il mare indico ha l'acqua aßai piu &longs;peße piu gro&longs;­<lb/>&longs;e & piu den&longs;e che non ha il mar' per&longs;ico: & cio na&longs;ce per che <lb/>l'indico è piu inuer&longs;o il mezzo giorno, che non è il per&longs;ico, doue <lb/>l'ardor' grande del &longs;ole me&longs;cola le acque con molte terrestri, & <lb/>große e&longs;alationi, & le tira in alto ri&longs;oluendone le parti &longs;ottili, <lb/>& la&longs;ciandoui quelle piu große & piu feccio&longs;e, lequali rendono <lb/>quel mare den&longs;o & &longs;alato, anzi amaro: Que&longs;to mare per cagion <lb/>della &longs;ua grandißima großezza non puo eßer' moßo da vn pic­<lb/>col' caldo, o &longs;ia&longs;i della Luna, ò &longs;ia&longs;i del &longs;ole ne &longs;egni del zodiaco <lb/>lontani da quel mare: & perche il &longs;ole entrando nella vergine <lb/>poco ri&longs;calda, però il mare &longs;i fà tranquillo: tranquillißimo, <expan abbr="quã">quam</expan> <lb/>do il &longs;ole &longs;i appre&longs;sa al mare Indico entrando nel primo grado <lb/>dello Ariete, egli l'incomincia a' mouere tirando in alto gli spi <lb/>riti di quel mare, i quali &longs;ono gro&longs;si, & molti, però fanno nuuo-<pb pagenum="49"/>le o&longs;cure & den&longs;e; lequali cre&longs;cono &longs;econdo il moto del Sole ne <lb/>&longs;egni caldi: la onde quando il &longs;i truouà ne gemini, & nel Can­<lb/>cro, l'acque &longs;ono turbatißime, et le nuuole o&longs;curißime: ne &longs;i puo <lb/>il mare Indico in quel tempo nauigare &longs;e non <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> metter&longs;i al ma <lb/>nifesto pericolo di &longs;ommerger&longs;i nelle &longs;ue onde: & cio auiene; <lb/>perche i vapori speßi & großi <expan abbr="cõ&longs;eruano">con&longs;eruano</expan> il caldo riceuuto dal <lb/>&longs;ole, & come il ferro gro&longs;&longs;o & den&longs;o con&longs;erua il caldo del fuo­<lb/>co, ilquale molto tempo non è con&longs;eruato dalla rara stoppa: & <lb/>con&longs;eru andolo inalzano, turbano & gonfiano l'acque, e&longs;&longs;endo <lb/>questa vna proprieta del caldo di gonfiare, & agitar' gonfian­<lb/>do, i corpi humidi: & tanto le gonfiano, che le rendono innaui­<lb/>gabili. </s> <s>Il mare Oer&longs;ico hà l'acque & gli &longs;piriti &longs;ottili, iquali à <lb/>poco à poco &longs;i ri&longs;oluono, quando il &longs;ole camina per li &longs;egni caldi <lb/>que&longs;ti &longs;piriti ri&longs;oluti nol po&longs;&longs;ono gonfiare: però il mar' per&longs;ico, è <lb/>all' hora tranquillo: quando il &longs;ole camina per li &longs;egni frigidi, <lb/>gli &longs;piriti di que&longs;to mare &longs;i ingro&longs;&longs;ano per cagion' del freddo: il­<lb/>quale hà per natura di ingro&longs;&longs;are, i corpi humidi: questi &longs;piriti <lb/>ingro&longs;&longs;ati non po&longs;&longs;ono e&longs;&longs;ere ri&longs;oluti co&longs;i ageuolmente; però mo <lb/>uendo&longs;i per le acque le gonfiano: & rendono il mare tempe&longs;to <lb/>&longs;o: queste mi pen&longs;o io, che &longs;iano le varie cagioni di questi di­<lb/>uer &longs;i effetti. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Che direte voi di que mari, d'Arabia, et di molti al <lb/>tri luoghi, i quali hanno le acque tanto dolci, quanto &longs;ono le ac <lb/>que ordinarie delle fontane, et de fiumi, però bi&longs;ogna, che le hab <lb/>bino &longs;ottili, da che il &longs;apor'&longs;al&longs;o na&longs;ce dalla <expan abbr="me&longs;colãza">me&longs;colanza</expan> delle par <lb/>ti gro&longs;&longs;e & terrene? </s> <s>come voi dice&longs;te dianzi, nondimeoo que ma <lb/>ri hanno il mede&longs;imo flu&longs;&longs;o & reflu&longs;&longs;o, che hanno gli altri? </s> <s>adun <lb/>que quello, che voi dianzi dice&longs;te hà delle difficulta, & <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> p<gap/>c­<lb/>le: quando fauellando del nostro mare Pi&longs;ano del Genoue&longs;e, & <lb/>de gli altri &longs;imili, toglie&longs;te loro il flu&longs;&longs;o et il reflu&longs;&longs;o &longs;olo, perche <lb/>le loro acque, poco amare, & molto &longs;ottili non poteuano ribat­<lb/>tere, à ba&longs;tanza, i raggi della Luna, da quali elle fo&longs;&longs;ero ri&longs;cal­<lb/>date, & non poteuano con&longs;eruare in loro ste&longs;&longs;e i vapori, che dal <lb/>fondo loro erano tirati in virtù del caldo celeste, ma gli la&longs;cia­<lb/>uano andar'fuora mentre &longs;i generauano: auenga, che in Arabia <pb pagenum="50"/>&longs;iano de mari dolci, nequali è il flu&longs;&longs;o, & reflu&longs;&longs;o à punto com e <lb/>ne glialtri. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Nella Arabia (M.Giu&longs;eppe) &longs;ono molti fiumi dol <lb/>ci, & großi, iquali entrando nel mare, con impeto &longs;cacciano le <lb/>acque marine dalle &longs;piaggie: le quali &longs;cacciate &longs;i ritirano lonta <lb/>ne dalla terra in alto mare, & quiui &longs;i re&longs;tano &longs;al&longs;e, & gro&longs;&longs;e <lb/>&longs;ottopo&longs;te à quelle mede&longs;ime alterationi del Cielo, alle quali &longs;o <lb/>no &longs;ottopo&longs;te l'acque del Mare Oceano: quiui &longs;i fà il vero flu&longs;&longs;o <lb/>& il vero reflu&longs;&longs;o: nello alzar&longs;i delle acque marine egli è ne­<lb/>ce&longs;&longs;ario, che le acque dolci vicine alle &longs;piaggie, &longs;pinte dalle &longs;al&longs;e <lb/>anche elle ingroßino, & &longs;i alzino: nello abba&longs;&longs;ar&longs;i poi delle on <lb/>de &longs;al&longs;e, le dolci &longs;i abba&longs;&longs;ano, <expan abbr="&longs;egu&etilde;do">&longs;eguendo</expan> il me de&longs;imo flu&longs;&longs;o, et il me <lb/>de&longs;imo reflu&longs;&longs;o: non che cio loro auengha d'altronde, che donde <lb/>voi hauete vdito: cio &longs;i vede alla foce del no&longs;tro. </s> <s>Arno, ilquale <lb/>entrando nel mare per molto &longs;patio di pae&longs;c con&longs;erua le &longs;ue ac­<lb/>que di colore & di &longs;apore diuer&longs;e da quelle del mare, & non è <lb/>però &longs;e non vno piccolo fiume: tanto piu &longs;i debbe credere di mol <lb/>ti & großi fiumi, come &longs;ono quelli d'Arabia. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Anche non &longs;iamo alla fine: ci restano etiandio certi <lb/>altri mari, iquali non &longs;i muouono di &longs;ei hore in &longs;ei hore, ma di <lb/>quindici giorni in quindici giorni: questi mari cre&longs;cono alzan­<lb/>do&longs;i tutto il tempo de primi, quindici giorni, & colando &longs;cema <lb/>no tutto il tempo de &longs;econdi quindici giorni: que&longs;ti mari certa­<lb/>mente non po&longs;&longs;ono &longs;eguitare il moto della Luna nelle quattro <lb/>quarte del Cielo, proportionate alle quattro quarte del giorno <lb/>però bi&longs;ogna, ò veramente, che voi alquanto meglio dichiarate <lb/>la cagione del riflu&longs;&longs;o & di &longs;opra posta per vera, ò veramente, <lb/>che voi ne ritrouiate delle altre. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Delle altre io ben vi prometto none potere, ò volere <lb/>ritrouare per hoggi: perche l'hora, è tarda homai, & quando el­<lb/>la cotanto tarda non fu&longs;&longs;e, per auentura, à me non basterebbe <lb/>l'animo di dirui co&longs;e molto lontane da quelle, che hauete vdito: <lb/>lequali alquanto piu &longs;piegate, for&longs;e ba&longs;teranno, per i&longs;ciorre il <lb/>vo&longs;tro nodo: egli è ben vero, che cio richiede vn ragionamento <lb/>alquanto lunghetto, del qual for&longs;e voi non vi contenterete. </s></p><pb pagenum="51"/><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Perche non volete voi, che io mi contenti? </s> <s>&longs;e io non <lb/>me ne contentaßi, non vi haurei <expan abbr="addimãdato">addimandato</expan>: dite pure, che <expan abbr="quã">quam</expan> <lb/>to piu direte, tanto più volentieri vi a&longs;colterò: </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Io vi dißi dianzi, che le stelle del Cielo ra&longs;&longs;omiglia­<lb/>uano, i nodi delle tauole: lequali &longs;ono alcune parti del corpo ce­<lb/>leste piu den&longs;e, & piu lucenti: perche la luce nella materia den <lb/>&longs;a a&longs;&longs;ai piu riluce, che ella non fà nella materia rara: il che &longs;i ve <lb/>de nel deu&longs;o ferro affocato, il quale molto più riluce, che non <lb/>fa la rara stoppa ardendo: co&longs;i auiene alle stelle, che per e&longs;&longs;e­<lb/>re parti piu den&longs;e del Cielo, più rilucano, che non fanno <lb/>le altre parti rare del mede&longs;imo Cielo: A questo, che io dian <lb/>zi vi dißi, aggiungo, che &longs;e la materia den&longs;a &longs;ara o&longs;cura & te­<lb/>nebro&longs;a per &longs;ua natura, come è la terra, ella &longs;arà a&longs;&longs;ai più o&longs;cu­<lb/>ra, che non è la mede&longs;ima materia rara: & per contrario la ma <lb/>teria per &longs;ua natura atta, à riceuere la luce &longs;arà tanto piu lumi <lb/>no&longs;a, quanto, che ella &longs;arà piu den&longs;a, & perche tutta la celeste <lb/>materia, è atta à riceuere la luce, però quanto più conden&longs;ate <lb/>in&longs;iemi &longs;ono le parti &longs;ue, tanto piu ella riluce, & na&longs;ce questa <lb/>luce nel Cielo dallo Intelletto cele&longs;te, che il moue: & perche gli <lb/>intelletti &longs;uperiori &longs;ono molto piu perfetti, che non &longs;ono gli in­<lb/>feriori, però la luce, che na&longs;ce da gli intelletti celesti &longs;uperiori, <lb/>è a&longs;&longs;ai maggior che non è quella che na&longs;ce da gli inferiori, & <lb/>perche l'intelletto, ilquale muoue il Cielo della Luna è imper­<lb/>fettißimo, il lume, che è nella Luna è piccolißimo. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>Qui mi accade dire à ca&longs;o, che &longs;e il nostro intelletto fo&longs;&longs;e di <lb/>quella perfettione, di cui &longs;ono gli intelletti diuini che muouo­<lb/>no, i corpi celesti, & &longs;e il no&longs;tro corpo fo&longs;&longs;e per &longs;ua natura &longs;u­<lb/>bietto atto, & proportionato à riceuere la luce, la no&longs;tra fac­<lb/>cia, & le nostre membra ri&longs;plenderebbono, come i nostri theolo <lb/>gi dicono, che hoggi ri&longs;plende il glorio&longs;o corpo di Ie&longs;u christo in <lb/>Cielo, & come <expan abbr="rilucerãno">riluceranno</expan> i nostri dopo il giorno del giuditio, <lb/>quando gli animi no&longs;tri fatti perfetti, & quando i nostri corpi <lb/>&longs;carichi dal graue pe&longs;o della o&longs;cura, & tenebro&longs;a terra, riju­<lb/>&longs;citeranno glorificati: Hora, che l'intelletto nostro è imper­<lb/>fetto, & che il nostro corpo è o&longs;curo, & tenebro&longs;o per &longs;ua <pb pagenum="52"/>natura, in noi non &longs;i vede alcuna luce, ma in cambio della luce, <lb/>nella faccia no&longs;tra ri&longs;plende vno colore viuo, nato dallo intellet <lb/>to nostro, nel &longs;angue, me&longs;colato con gli &longs;piriti: La onde quelli, <lb/>il cui intelletto, è piu perfetto, & il cui &longs;angue, & &longs;piriti &longs;ono <lb/>più purgati hanno la faccia, & particularmente gliocchi piu ri <lb/>lucenti: i corpi morti, &longs;enza &longs;angue, &longs;enza &longs;piriti, & &longs;enza ani­<lb/>ma, &longs;ono anche &longs;enza colore: Hora tornando alla Lnna, dico, che <lb/>ella, è vna parte del &longs;uo Cielo piu den&longs;a, però in lei dal &longs;uo intel <lb/>letto na&longs;ce alquanto di luce; non gia quanta ne, è nel &longs;ole, & <lb/>nelle altre stelle &longs;uperiori: perche il &longs;uo intelletto, è meno per <lb/>fetto, che non &longs;ono gli altri intelletti &longs;uperiori: & perche la fac <lb/>cia della Luna, è meno den&longs;a, che non è quella del &longs;ole, & delle al <lb/>tre &longs;telle, però manco riluce: & nella iste&longs;&longs;a faccia della Luna <lb/>&longs;ono alcune parti piu rare, lequali fanno la macchia, che in e&longs;&longs;a <lb/>&longs;i vede: laquale non è ne l'ombra de monti; ne la reuerberatio­<lb/>ne del mare; ne altra &longs;omigliante co&longs;a: ma è &longs;olo vna parte me­<lb/>no den&longs;a, però meno rilucente: per cio io dico, che la Luna hà da <lb/>&longs;e ste&longs;&longs;a alquanto di luce, oltra quella, che ella riceue dal &longs;ole la <lb/>quale, è a&longs;&longs;ai maggiore, che non è la &longs;ua propria: Applicando al <lb/>no&longs;tro propo&longs;ito; dico, che ne primi quindici giorni, nequali il <lb/>lume del &longs;ole nella Luna cre&longs;ce, &longs;i fortifica la virtù &longs;ua nelle ac <lb/>que, & i flußi all'hora &longs;i fanno gagliardi, & l'onde marine in­<lb/>gro&longs;&longs;ano; Quando la Luna ne &longs;econdi quindici giorni in comin <lb/>cia, à perdere il lume del &longs;ole, ella perde la virtù, che ella hà nel <lb/>le acque, però l'acque colano, & fanno il reflu&longs;&longs;o in que mari, <lb/>che di quindici in quindici giorni hor calano, hor &longs;cemano: ne <lb/>gli altri mari &longs;i è o&longs;&longs;eruato, che i flußi ne primi quindici giorni <lb/>&longs;ono maggiori, che non &longs;ono, i reflußi, & ne <expan abbr="&longs;ecõdi">&longs;econdi</expan> quindici gior <lb/>ni i reflußi &longs;ono maggiori, & i flußi minori, il che daltronde <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <lb/>puo na&longs;cere, che dal Sole, ilquale illuminando la luna nelle pri­<lb/>me giornate più, che nelle &longs;econde, gli dà virtù, da potere alzar <lb/>l'acque ri&longs;caldandole, & glie la to glie, à poco à poco nelle &longs;econ <lb/>de giornate: Que mari, de quali voi dice&longs;te, che haueuano il flu&longs; <lb/>&longs;o loro per quindici giorni continui, & per altri & tanti il re­<lb/>flu&longs;&longs;o, bi&longs;ogna, che &longs;iano mari, veramente amari, non che &longs;alati, <pb pagenum="53"/>pieni d'acque großißime, & di &longs;piriti den&longs;i, & großi, iquali <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <lb/>poßino e&longs;&longs;ere alterati &longs;e non dal gran caldo, che è nella Luna ne <lb/>primi quindici giorni; ma non gia dal minore de gli altri quin­<lb/>dici giorni &longs;econdi: però all'hora, che la luna gagliardamente al <lb/>tera, questi mari gonfiando fanno il flu&longs;&longs;o; ilqual dura, quanto <lb/>durà la molta forza della Luna: quando la &longs;ua forza, & virtù <lb/>nelle acque manca, il flu&longs;&longs;o fini&longs;ce: & l'onde marine à poco, a po <lb/>co, sgonfiando, calano, & ritornano ba&longs;&longs;e come prima: Eccoui <lb/>(il mio M.Giu&longs;eppe) quello, che io mi credo douer ba&longs;tare per <lb/>vo&longs;tra chiarezza. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Cio certo mi ba&longs;ta circa que&longs;to: ma egli ci rimane <lb/>ancho vn'altra quistione, non molto minore della principale, et <lb/>di cui io non &longs;on molto hene ri&longs;oluto; percio da voi haurò caro <lb/>&longs;apere quello, che io me debba credere. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Dite pure quello che vi accade, che io mi ingegnerò <lb/>&longs;odisfarui, &longs;e non in tutto, almeno in qualche piccola particella </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Voi &longs;apete, che nella prouincia dello Egitto <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> pio <lb/>ue gia mai per <expan abbr="t&etilde;po">tempo</expan> niuno ne di state ne d'inuerno: & che il Ni <lb/>lo fiume großißimo ogni &longs;tate gonfiando e&longs;ce fuora del &longs;uo let­<lb/>to, & bagna tutta quella prouincia: que&longs;to &longs;uo moto ordinatis <lb/>&longs;imo, ogni anno circa il &longs;olstitio e&longs;tiuo cre&longs;cendo allaga tutto lo <lb/>Egitto & &longs;i alza &longs;opra terra molte & molte braccia, intanto, <lb/>che gli habitatori di que pae&longs;i, per viuer' &longs;icuri hanno fatto in <lb/>quelle larghe, & aperte campagne alcuni monti di terra, & di <lb/>pietre, &longs;opra liquali <expan abbr="hãno">hanno</expan> edificato le loro cittadi, doue in quel <lb/>tempo &longs;aluano loro, li loro be&longs;tiami, & l'altro loro hauere: du­<lb/>ra il cre&longs;cere del fiume circa venti giorni; & poi, à poco à poco <lb/>&longs;cema, per i&longs;patio d'altri & tanti giorni: infino, che egli ritorni <lb/>alla &longs;ua propria natura; ne &longs;i vede, che questo &longs;uo modo di mo­<lb/>uer&longs;i gia mai &longs;i muti: il gonfiare del Nilo &longs;i potrà chiamare <lb/>flu&longs;&longs;o, & il calare &longs;i potrà addimandare reflu&longs;&longs;o: ilquale non &longs;e­<lb/>guitando l'ordine del mare, dourà hauere altre cagioni, & mol <lb/>to diuer&longs;e dalle gia dette: lequali io de&longs;idero intendere da voi, <lb/>perche, quelle, che io da altri antichi et moderni Filo&longs;ofi hò vdi <lb/>to & letto, non mi paiono punto ragioneuoli: anzi molto piu <pb pagenum="54"/>lontane del vero, & dal veri&longs;imile, che non è la luce dalle tene <lb/>bre: & for&longs;e da o&longs;curare molto più la quistione, per &longs;ua natu­<lb/>ra o&longs;cura, che da dichiararla in ne&longs;&longs;uno modo: però &longs;e cio non vi <lb/>è graue, &longs;iate contento dirmene quello che ne &longs;apete. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Non &longs;o &longs;e io di cio potrò ragionare hoggi con voi <lb/>all'improui&longs;o; e&longs;&longs;endo strettißimo il nodo della vostra diffici­<lb/>lißima qui&longs;tione: ilquale non &longs;i può &longs;ciorre &longs;enza diligente & <lb/>matura con&longs;ideratione, & &longs;enza grandißimo ingegno, & arte: <lb/>à che io per hora non mi truouo molto atto, ma&longs;e pur voi vole <lb/>te vdirne il parere mio, raccontatemi prima voi quello, che ne <lb/>hauete letto: perche nel ragionare stuzzicherete il mio addor <lb/>mentato ingegno, & mi &longs;coprirete qualche co&longs;a; di cui for&longs;e vi <lb/>contenterete. </s> <s>Questa faticha ci &longs;arebbe hoggi tolta, &longs;e noi ha­<lb/>ueßimo quello, che di cio &longs;cri&longs;&longs;ero eudoro, & Aristone Filo&longs;ofi <lb/>Peripatetici, ma perche gli &longs;critti loro &longs;i &longs;ono perduti, ò vero <lb/>non ci &longs;ono capitati alle mani, ci bi&longs;ogna <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> faticha cercar quel <lb/>lo, che da loro &longs;enza molta noia hauremmo inte&longs;o à bastanza, <lb/>egli è ben vero, che inanzi, che voi diciate nulla, io vi voglio <lb/>sgannare di quello, che à me pare, che voi habbiate voluto, che <lb/>io creda per vero, cioè che in tutto Egitto &longs;uperiore, quando il <lb/>Sole &longs;i auicina al &longs;ol&longs;titio estiuo, &longs;i fanno come grandißimi di­<lb/>luuii di pioggie, lequali durano circa quaranta giorni, il qual <lb/>tempo è chiamato verno da gli etiopi, & dura mentre che il <lb/>&longs;ole pa&longs;&longs;a tutto il Cancro, & buona parte del Lione, egli è ben <lb/>vero, che nello Egitto inferiore non &longs;i fanno queste grandißi­<lb/>me pioggie chiamate inuerno, ma &longs;i bene nel &longs;uperiore, il che ho <lb/>voluto dirui per is gannarui, et perche io pen&longs;o &longs;eruirmi di que <lb/>sto inuerno, à certe mie bi&longs;ogne, come voi vdirete: Dite adun­<lb/>que (M. Giu&longs;eppe) ma intanto tenete questo per fermo. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Io &longs;on contento, non gia come Filo&longs;ofo, di&longs;correre <lb/>con voi quello, che io intendo d'intorno alla no&longs;tra quistione, <lb/>perche io per me non ho pen&longs;ato à nulla, che mi sodisfaccia, ma <lb/>come hi&longs;torico fidelmente ui racconterò l'altrui openioni, il giu <lb/>ditio delle quali la&longs;cerò interamente à voi. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Incominciate adunque; & à voi anche &longs;erbate la vo <lb/>&longs;tra parte del giudicare de gli altrui detti, il che molto bene fa-<pb pagenum="55"/>re potrete, e&longs;&longs;endo voi cotanto e&longs;ercitato nella lettione de buo­<lb/>ni autori, da cui &longs;i guadagna il giuditio, & &longs;i fa perfetto. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>La&longs;cerò pure questo carico hoggi à voi, & io &longs;em­<lb/>plicemente attenderò à oßeruarui la mia prome&longs;&longs;a. </s> <s>Dico adun <lb/>que, che Talete Mile&longs;io, vno de &longs;ette &longs;auii di Grecia, & Eude­<lb/>mone attribuirono il gonfiar' del Nilo alle Ete&longs;ie di ponente, <lb/>lequali (come voi &longs;apete) &longs;ono venti, che ogni anno &longs;offiano cir <lb/>ca il Solstitio e&longs;tiuo, i quali venti fanno gonfiare il mare medi­<lb/>terraneo; doue sboccha il Nilo, et il fanno re&longs;i&longs;tere al cor&longs;o del <lb/>fiume, &longs;i che egli alla libera, & &longs;enza impedimento non vi puo <lb/>entrare dentro, anzi ribattuto dalle onde marine è sforzato à <lb/>tornar&longs;ene indietro, & ad allargar&longs;i v&longs;cendo fuora del &longs;uo pro <lb/>prio letto, & à coprire tutto lo Egitto, annegando gli animali, <lb/>da quelli infuorati che &longs;i &longs;aluano ne luoghi alti, per cio fabri­<lb/>cati da l'arte; da che la natura, in quelle larghe, & aperte cam <lb/>pagne, non ne ha fatti ne&longs;&longs;uni. </s> <s>Alle Ete&longs;ie fù attribuito que­<lb/>&longs;to effetto anche da Democrito Abderite; ben che in vno altro <lb/>modo: Questi diceua, che ne luoghi di mezzo giorno, non &longs;ono <lb/>neui, ma &longs;otto l'Aquilone le neui &longs;ono altißime, doue elle &longs;i <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> <lb/>&longs;eruano lungo tempo ghiacciate, lequali al tempo del &longs;ol&longs;titio <lb/>e&longs;tiuo &longs;i di&longs;truggano, & generano molte & gro&longs;&longs;e nuuole ne <lb/>luoghi piu alti dello Aquilone; Que&longs;te nuuole &longs;ono &longs;pinte dal <lb/>le ete&longs;ie inuer&longs;o, i piu alti monti del mondo, iquali &longs;ono nello <lb/>Egitto &longs;uperiore, & nella Etiopia, alle prime fontane del Ni­<lb/>lo. </s> <s>Dacostoro poco &longs;i di&longs;co&longs;to Ale&longs;&longs;andro A frodi&longs;eo, ilquale vol <lb/>&longs;e, che come nelle no&longs;tre prouincie tal volta auiene, che vna nu­<lb/>uola, d'altronde portata, quiui fa la pioggia, doue ella, è condot <lb/>ta, &longs;enza e&longs;&longs;erui generata, co&longs;i nello egitto &longs;uperiore, & nella <lb/>Etiopia dalle Ete&longs;ie &longs;ono portate le nuuole, che altroue &longs;ono ge <lb/>nerati, in diuer&longs;e parti del <expan abbr="mõdo">mondo</expan>, dalle quali na&longs;cono tante piog <lb/>gie, che bastano, à far la grande inundatione del Nilo, per tut­<lb/>to lo Egitto, que&longs;to mede&longs;imo accade al fiume Nigir, ilquale col <lb/>Nilo cre&longs;ce, & col Nilo &longs;cema, molte altre ragioni, da molti al <lb/>tri Filo&longs;ofi credute per vere, vi potrei <expan abbr="raccõtare">raccontare</expan>, ma per non vi <lb/>infa&longs;tidire, le la&longs;cio, & di que&longs;te mi <expan abbr="cõtento">contento</expan>, lequai &longs;e non &longs;ono <lb/>vere, pare, che habbino alquanto del veri&longs;imile. </s></p><pb pagenum="56"/><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Si ma non gia tanto, che basti; perche le Ete&longs;ie non <lb/>&longs;offiano &longs;olamente dalla quarta del Ponente, come credette Ta <lb/>lete & Eudemone: ma anche da quella dello Aquilone: lequali <lb/>però non fanno gonfiare, i fiumi, che sbocchano ne mari Aqui­<lb/>lonari: & quelle Ete&longs;ie, che &longs;offiano dalla quarta del Ponente, <lb/>non ribattono tutti gli altri fiumi, che quindi entrano ne mari <lb/>anzi la&longs;ciano loro l'entrata libera & aperta: laquale doureb­<lb/>bono impedire; &longs;e questa fo&longs;&longs;e la cagione del gonfiare del Nilo: <lb/>Di poi: &longs;e le ete&longs;ie etiandio gonfiano dalla quarta del Ponente, <lb/>le nuuole <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> &longs;ono &longs;pinte &longs;olo dallo Aquilone, come credette De <lb/>mocrito Abderite: In oltre le Ete&longs;ie non incominciano à &longs;offia <lb/>re col cre&longs;cimento del Nilo, ma qua&longs;i alla fine: & &longs;i fermano <lb/>molto prima, che non &longs;i ferma il Nilo: Adunque il cre&longs;cere & <lb/>lo &longs;cemare del Nilo inanzi, che le Ete&longs;ie &longs;i &longs;entino, & dopo, che <lb/>elle &longs;ono finite, non na&longs;ce da loro, ma d'altronde: per che quella <lb/>cagione, laquale anche non è, ò vero, è gia destrutta, non puo <lb/>partorire ne&longs;&longs;uno effetto. </s> <s>Apre&longs;&longs;o, &longs;e cio na&longs;ce&longs;&longs;e, perche le ac <lb/>que foßino ritenute, dal gonfiare e&longs;traordinario dell'onde mari <lb/>ne, il Nilo incomincerebbe, à cre&longs;cere dalla parte di &longs;otto, vici <lb/>na al mare, & le acque tornando addietro manife&longs;tamente &longs;ive <lb/>drebbono correre allo in sù: il che <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> &longs;i vede: anzi &longs;i &longs;corge tut <lb/>to il contrario, à punto: cioè incomincia l'augumento del Nilo <lb/>dalla Etiopia, & quindi &longs;cendono, à poco à poco arriua alle par <lb/>ti piu alte dello Egitto &longs;uperiore: poi &longs;e ne viene alle piu ba&longs;&longs;e <lb/>dello Egitto inferiore, infino al Cairo: dopo ilquale il fiume in­<lb/>gro&longs;&longs;ato entrà nel mare: & non &longs;arebbe la cagione di questo ef­<lb/>fetto na&longs;costa, come ella è: anzi ella &longs;arebbe manife&longs;ta, à tutti <lb/>gli habitatori di que pae&longs;i, iquali co proprii occhi la vedrebbo­<lb/>no, & co&longs;i fo&longs;&longs;e: come na&longs;co&longs;ta non è &longs;tata, à tempi nostri la ca­<lb/>gione della inondatione del Teuere, à Roma: laquale nacque, <lb/>perche i venti, che &longs;offiano dalla quarta di mezzo gior­<lb/>no, fecono gonfiare il mare: dalle onde delquale furono ri­<lb/>battute addietro l'acque del Teuere, quiui doue egli sbocca: la <lb/>onde elle ritornaro allo in sù, & allagaro tutta Roma: laquale <lb/>e&longs;&longs;endo per &longs;ua natura &longs;ecca terra, all'hora diuenne tutta naui <pb pagenum="57"/>gabile: & è il viaggio del Teuere tanto corto, che &longs;i sà di certo, <lb/>che nelle parti di &longs;opra <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> era piouuto <expan abbr="tãta">tanta</expan> acqua <expan abbr="ĩ">im</expan> ne&longs;&longs;uno luo <lb/>go, che pote&longs;&longs;e e&longs;&longs;ere cagione di tanta rouina: Si &longs;aprebbe <expan abbr="etiã">etiam</expan> <lb/>dio la cagione di que&longs;to effetto &longs;e vero fo&longs;&longs;e quello, che per vero <lb/>afferma Democrito, & Ale&longs;&longs;andro: perche le co&longs;e dette da lo­<lb/>ro non &longs;ono tanto na&longs;coste à gli occhi nostri, che elle non &longs;i po­<lb/>teßino vedere. </s> <s>Ma per che il Nilo (come &longs;i è detto) incomincia <lb/>à cre&longs;cere dalle parti &longs;uperiori, & non dalle inferiori, ne &longs;i co <lb/>no&longs;ce, come in quel tempo apunto, piu di tutti gli altri tempi <lb/>caldo, quiui, in que luoghi, per loro natura caldißimi, po&longs;&longs;a pio <lb/>uere vna gran quantita d'Aqua, che allaghi tutte le larghe et <lb/>lunghe campagne dello Egitto, à ragione &longs;i dubita, donde na&longs;ce <lb/>que&longs;to merauiglio&longs;o effetto, del quale non &longs;i dubiterebbe, &longs;e la <lb/>co&longs;a ste&longs;&longs;e, come parue à Talete, & à Eudemone, à Democrito, <lb/>et ad Ale&longs;&longs;andro: però altroue, ci bi&longs;ogna riccorrere, che à que <lb/>&longs;ti Filo&longs;ofi, per la cagione del flu&longs;&longs;o, & reflu&longs;&longs;o del Nilo, & de <lb/>glialtri fiumi, che &longs;eco cre&longs;cano et &longs;eco &longs;cemano, come è il Ni­</s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Et doue? (gir: </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>A piu na&longs;co&longs;ti &longs;egreti di natura: laquale pare, che <lb/>à posta habbia voluto coprire le co&longs;e &longs;ue per darci cagione d'af <lb/>faticare i no&longs;tri ingegni, & bene &longs;pe&longs;&longs;o indarno: qua&longs;i, che &longs;e el <lb/>la fo&longs;&longs;e donna, &longs;i fo&longs;&longs;e per pigliar' piacere di vederci cercare <lb/>lungo tempo quello, che noi non trouiamo gia mai, & fo&longs;&longs;e <lb/>per rider&longs;i de fatti nostri, come &longs;pe&longs;&longs;o ci ridiamo noi de fan­<lb/>ciullini, quando cercano per alcuna di quelle co&longs;e, che eßi han­<lb/>no dinanzi à gli occhi, et non la trouano, per che non la cono&longs;ca <lb/>no, co&longs;i noi cerchiamo, & tal'hora ci appreßiamo al vero nelle <lb/>o&longs;curißime tenebre del no&longs;tro poco &longs;apere dalla natura na&longs;co­<lb/>sto, & perche nol' cono&longs;ciamo, il la&longs;ciamo, come &longs;e noi gli foßi­<lb/>mo di&longs;co&longs;to mille miglia, ò piu. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Egli mi pare, che voi vogliate entrare nella qui&longs;tio <lb/>ne di Mennone, il quale volendo prouare, che noi non &longs;apeuamo <lb/>nulla di nuouo; ma che'l &longs;apere nostro era vno ramentar&longs;i delle <lb/>co&longs;e per lo addietro da noi &longs;apute, & dimenticate, &longs;i &longs;eruiua <lb/>d'un &longs;imile argumento. </s></p><pb pagenum="58"/><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Viromperò la parola in boccha (M. Giu&longs;eppe) hab <lb/>biate patienza, io non ci voglio entrare; perche de&longs;idero veni­<lb/>re vna volta, à capo de nostri raggionamenti. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. <expan abbr="Altrettãto">Altrettanto</expan> il de&longs;idero io, però piacciaui dirmi quel <lb/>lo, che hauete ritratto da &longs;egreti di natura, circa il gonfiare, <lb/>& circa lo sgonfiare del Nilo. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Io attribui&longs;co vn tale effetto à tutte le cagioni, qua <lb/>li voi vdirete: Alle pioggie grandißime, che nella Etepia, & <lb/>nello egitto &longs;uperiore &longs;ono in que tempi: Alle neui, che all'ho­<lb/>ra &longs;i distruggono ne monti di Bet, doue &longs;ono le fontane del Ni­<lb/>lo, & alle acque, che in quella stagione e&longs;cono di &longs;otterra: in <lb/>tanto, che non vna&longs;ola, è la cau&longs;a di questo effetto, ma mol­<lb/>te. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Et in che modo? </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Voi l'udirete hor'hora. </s> <s>La pioggia ha le &longs;ue cagioni, co <lb/>me tutti gli altri effetti naturali, le quali &longs;ono la materia, & <lb/>l'e fficiente: Quiui vi è la materia copio&longs;ißima, per che vi è <expan abbr="buõ">buom</expan> <lb/>numero di großißimi fiumi, oltra il Nilo, & il mare Arabico, <lb/>& l'Oceano: vi &longs;ono lunghißime, & inuilup patißime catene <lb/>d'altißimi monti, vi &longs;ono in fra que monti profundißime valli, <lb/>da tutti questi luoghi & da altri &longs;imili, po&longs;&longs;ono &longs;alire vapori, <lb/>& in effetto &longs;algono; perche nelle alte parti di que monti &longs;i ve <lb/>de, apertamente raccorre vna folta nebbia, laquale pian piano <lb/>&longs;i conuerte in nuuola: & di nuuola hora in neue, et hora in piog <lb/>gia, &longs;econdo, che il freddo, è ò maggiore, ò minore: Vi è l'efficien <lb/>te; per che vi è il caldo del Sole grandißimo, ilquale puo tir are <lb/>& tira grandißima copia di vapori, & in que monti, e in quel <lb/>le valli vi &longs;ono grandißimi freddi, da poter' conden&longs;are, i vapo­<lb/>ri tanto che diuentino nuuole, & di nuuole hor' pioggia hora <lb/>neue: Tira il Sole maggior' copia di vapori, quando egli piu <expan abbr="lũ-go">lun­<lb/>go</expan> tempo corre &longs;opra lo Egitto, però entrando nel primo grado <lb/>dello Ariete, i giorni quiui incominciano, à cre&longs;cere, & con lo <lb/><expan abbr="augum&etilde;to">augumento</expan> della maggiore lunghezza de giorni, il Sole per mag <lb/>giore &longs;patio di tempo &longs;i ferma &longs;opra quella prouincia, & ogni <pb pagenum="59"/>giorno guadagna maggior forza, da tirar' maggior copia di va­<lb/>pori; tanto, che ne viene il Solstitio Estiuo, nel qual tempo il <lb/>Sole lungamente fermando&longs;i &longs;opra que pae&longs;i, ne tira grandißi­<lb/>ma quantità di vapori, per cio le piogge vi &longs;ono all'hora gran­<lb/>dißime, & continue &longs;i fanno dopo il Solstitio; perche il Sole piu <lb/>giorni, & piu hore delle ventiquattro &longs;i ferma &longs;opra la terra, <lb/>& con impeto & violentia grandißima tira in&longs;ino dalle pro­<lb/>fonde parti della terra, & l'uno giorno aiuta l'altro, come. </s> <s>Ari <lb/>stotile dice, che quanto egli piu pioue, tanto più &longs;i allungano le <lb/>pioggie: perche l'un giorno, che pioue aiuta l'altro, generando <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> <lb/>tinua materia di pioggie da e&longs;&longs;er'tirata dal &longs;ole, et <expan abbr="ĩ">im</expan> nuoua piog <lb/>gia <expan abbr="cõuettita">conuettita</expan>: co&longs;i quiui il &longs;ole tira nel principio della &longs;ua entra <lb/>nello Ariete, ma poco quel poco <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> dimeno fa vna piccola piog <lb/>gia, proportionata alla &longs;ua piccola cagione, la pioggia cadendo <lb/>in terra genera nuoua materia da e&longs;&longs;ere tirata dalla maggior' <lb/>forza, che il Sole piu lungo tempo fermando &longs;i, guadagna; tanto, <lb/>che dopo il Solstitio infino alla fine de gemini le pioggie &longs;i fan­<lb/>no continue. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Come puo egli e&longs;&longs;ere, che dopo il &longs;ol&longs;titio le pioggie <lb/>&longs;iano tanto grandi &longs;e elle na&longs;cono dalla maggior' virtù di tira­<lb/>re, che il Sole guadagna &longs;tando piu hore del giorno &longs;opra la ter <lb/>ra? </s> <s>&longs;e dopo il &longs;olstitio egli incomincia d'immano in mano, à <lb/>&longs;tarui meno? </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Come apre&longs;&longs;o di noi pa&longs;&longs;ando il Sole per lo &longs;egno del Ge <lb/>mini, & del Cancro &longs;i ferma molto piu &longs;opra la te&longs;ta nostra, che <lb/>egli <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> ci &longs;i ferma di poi, <expan abbr="nõdimeno">nondimeno</expan> non &longs;entiamo il caldo <expan abbr="grãde">grande</expan>, <lb/>&longs;e non quando egli è nel Lione: quando egli sta manco &longs;opra la <lb/>no&longs;tra testa, che egli non vi &longs;taua prima, tutto auiene, perche i <lb/>giorni dinanzi hanno fortificato la virtù al Sole di ri&longs;caldare <lb/>ne giorni di poi, & banno apparecchiato la terra, à riceuere il <lb/>caldo piu <expan abbr="efficacem&etilde;te">efficacemente</expan>, co&longs;i nello Egitto, i giorni primi fortifica <lb/>no, la virtù di tirare nel Sole, & multiplicano la materia, & la <lb/>dispongono ad e&longs;&longs;er' tirata con minore faticha ne giorni &longs;eguen <lb/>ti. </s> <s>In que tempi mede&longs;imi que&longs;te pioggie grandißime mollifi-<pb pagenum="60"/>cano le neui ne gli alti monti di Bet: doue &longs;ono le prime fontane <lb/>del Nilo, & le di&longs;truggono, accre&longs;cendo in questo modo la ca­<lb/>gione del gon&longs;iare del Nilo. </s> <s>Ne mede&longs;imi tempi la terra inhu­<lb/>midita dalle <expan abbr="cõtinue">continue</expan> pioggie nel &longs;uo proprio &longs;eno raccoglie mol <lb/>ta copia di vapori, iquali ne luoghi à cio proportionati, ingro&longs;­<lb/>&longs;ati dal freddo quiui &longs;cacciato dal &longs;uo contrario, che è il caldo &longs;i <lb/><expan abbr="cõuertono">conuertono</expan> in acqua; laquale e&longs;ce fuora delle cauerne et delle ve <lb/>ne della terra, et aiuta, à gonfiare il Nilo. </s> <s>A che parue, che vo <lb/>le&longs;&longs;e <expan abbr="acc&etilde;nare">accennare</expan> Platone nel &longs;uo Timeo: A questo <expan abbr="aggiũgo">aggiungo</expan> che &longs;e <lb/>bene le Ete&longs;ie <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> po&longs;&longs;ono far' gonfiare il Nilo (come di &longs;opra &longs;i è <lb/>detto) perche quando il Nilo gonfia questi venti non &longs;offiano, <lb/>&longs;empre ci &longs;ono nondimeno degli altri venti, iquali incomincia­<lb/>no, à muouer&longs;i inanzi alle Ete&longs;ie, et inanzi, che il Nilo incomin <lb/>ci, à gonfiare, iquali venti noi potremo chiamare prodromi, que <lb/>sti venti for&longs;e anche e&longs;si aiutano il flu&longs;&longs;o del Nilo, <expan abbr="&longs;pign&etilde;do">&longs;pignendo</expan> nel <lb/>la etiopia, & nello Egitto &longs;uperiore le nuuole altroue genera­<lb/>te, lequali quiui conuertite in piogge aiutano il gonfiare del <lb/>Nilo: &longs;egno manifestißimo, che co&longs;i &longs;ia è che il Nilo incomin­<lb/>cia à gonfiare nella Etiopia alquanti giorni prima, che al Cairo <lb/>di Babillonia: per che il Cairo, è piu lontano da monti di Bet, do <lb/>ue &longs;i generano que&longs;te pioggie, &longs;i di&longs;truggono le neui &longs;ono &longs;pinte <lb/>le nuuole, & e&longs;cono fuora le acque dalle vene della terra, tal­<lb/>che non vna &longs;ola, è la cagione di que&longs;to qua&longs;i miraculo&longs;o effet­<lb/>to: ma tutte in&longs;iemi: pa&longs;&longs;ato il tempo di&longs;opra posto delli venti <lb/>giorni, le piogge &longs;cemano, le neui &longs;i &longs;ono di&longs;trutte, i venti inco­<lb/>minciano à fermar&longs;i, la terra non manda fuora piu acqua, & il <lb/>Nilo, à poco à poco &longs;i &longs;eccha tornando piccolo come prima. </s> <s>Al <lb/>tro non ho che dire per hora all'improui&longs;o; altra volta piu dili­<lb/>gentemente ne parleremo, però finiamo. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Hauete molto ben ragione, à voler finire homai, et io <lb/>vi il con&longs;entirò &longs;e prima mi haurete detto; &longs;e hauete notitia di <lb/>quella Fontana, che è nel pae&longs;e di Campiglia, laquale ogni tre, <lb/>ò quattro anni vna volta manda fuora tanta gran copia d'Ac <lb/>que, che &longs;e ne fà vn'gro&longs;&longs;o Canale, & è quello anno &longs;terile, gli al <lb/>tri anni ella &longs;i &longs;eccha, & &longs;ono tutti fertili. </s></p><pb pagenum="61"/><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Io ne ho vdito fauellare qualche volta, ma perche. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Per che à voi, per vostra corte&longs;ia, hoggi mentre du <lb/>ra il re&longs;to di que&longs;to caldo, tocca il dirmene la cagione, & in <lb/>modo; che io la po&longs;&longs;a &longs;criuere al Signor Marche&longs;e Illu&longs;trißimo, <lb/>ilquale à que&longs;ti giorni tornando da Firenze, di&longs;&longs;e, hauerne &longs;en­<lb/>tito ragionare allo Eccellentißimo Signor Duca no&longs;tro, & ha­<lb/>uere dalla propria bocca di S. Eccel. </s> <s>Illustr. </s> <s>ritratto, che volen <lb/>tieri egli ne vedrebbe qualche co&longs;a; di cui egli &longs;i appagaßi, co­<lb/>me io credo, che &longs;i appagherà di quello, che voi direte, & io fe­<lb/>delmente &longs;criuerò. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Come volete voi (M. Giu&longs;eppe) che io vi dica hoggi <lb/>all'improui&longs;o co&longs;a degna d'e&longs;&longs;er veduta, & letta da cotesti due <lb/>no&longs;tri Signori? </s> <s>in ogni vno de quali, è il giuditio tanto perfetto <lb/>che cono&longs;ce (come &longs;i &longs;uol dire nel mio pae&longs;e) infino il pelo nello <lb/>vouo? </s> <s>Bi&longs;ognerebbe, chi vole&longs;&longs;e dirui co&longs;a, laquale voi pote&longs;te <lb/>&longs;criuere in modo, che ammendui ne haueßimo honore, e&longs;&longs;ere pri <lb/>ma infra i Filo&longs;ofi tanto grandi, quanto grandi &longs;ono eßi infra <lb/>Prencipi di &longs;tato & di giuditio, in tal ca&longs;o, à noi &longs;i conuerreb­<lb/>bono, i primi luoghi, ne questo basterebbe, ma bi&longs;ognerebbe ri­<lb/>uolgere tutti questi libri, & maturamente con&longs;iderare quello, <lb/>che d'intorno alla generatione delle fontane è stato &longs;critto, & <lb/>à pena anche, che con tutta questa no&longs;tra diligenza noi pote&longs;­<lb/>&longs;imo appre&longs;&longs;arci, à quel &longs;egno, nel mezzo del quale bi&longs;ognereb­<lb/>be corre, à punto, per dire co&longs;a degna di &longs;i purgate Orecchie. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Voi dite il vero, lodando la grandezza, & il giudi­<lb/>tio loro, & in questo &longs;olo errate, che voi cio non fate à bastan­<lb/>za. </s> <s>Ma come ammendue questi Signori Eccellentißimi &longs;ono ri­<lb/>pieni d'ottimo giuditio, & di merauiglio&longs;a grandezza in tutte <lb/>le co&longs;e, co&longs;i hanno anche infinita di&longs;critione, & con&longs;iderando al <lb/>ba&longs;&longs;o grado del nostro piciol'&longs;apere, & alla corte&longs;ia del tempo, <lb/>che noi habbiamo, et particularmente voi che &longs;iate occupati&longs;si <lb/>mo, & nelle publiche lettioni, & nel render la &longs;anita, à questi <lb/>nostri malati Pi&longs;ani, & in molte altre vostre domestiche cu­<lb/>re, & nel metterui, à ordine per caualcare, come voi dianzi di­<lb/>ceste, &longs;i appagheranno corte&longs;emente di quel poco, che noi po-<pb pagenum="62"/>tremo, & almeno cono&longs;ceranno, che altra volta con piu como­<lb/>dita, potranno e&longs;&longs;ere &longs;eruiti da noi a&longs;&longs;ai meglio, che non &longs;aranno <lb/>&longs;eruiti hora &longs;enza ne&longs;&longs;una comodita, anzi con molti impedi­<lb/>menti. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Voi ben &longs;apete, quanto mi habbia sbattuto la mor­<lb/>te del mio fratello, & à ragione, per che egli era quello, &longs;opra <lb/>la cui prudenza, io ripo&longs;auo non &longs;olo il carico della ca&longs;a mia al <lb/>pae&longs;e, ma anche quello di tutte le altre mie faccende, in qual &longs;i <lb/>voglia luogo, del mondo, che io me ne haueßi: hora à me tocca <lb/>pen&longs;are, à me &longs;te&longs;&longs;o, & ad altri, che è pe&longs;o maggiore: percio io <lb/>mi &longs;ento tutto &longs;tordito, & non po&longs;&longs;o pen&longs;ar di dirui hoggi co&longs;a, <lb/>che egli meriti la &longs;pe&longs;a, à&longs;criuerla, &longs;e gia voi, che hauete l'in­<lb/>chio&longs;tro piu purgato, del mio & la penna meglio temprata, che <lb/>non è la mia, &longs;criuendo non arricchite, & non li&longs;ciate quello, <lb/>che io vi dirò rozzamente, <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> quelle i&longs;te&longs;&longs;e parole, lequali &longs;i v&longs;a <lb/>no nel pae&longs;e, doue io <expan abbr="sõ">som</expan> nato, et che à me furò in&longs;egnate dallaba <lb/>lia infino nella Culla &longs;enza artificio, et &longs;enza indu&longs;tria ne&longs;suna </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Questa vo&longs;tra Balia doueua e&longs;&longs;ere vna buona mae&longs;tra </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Si di co&longs;e fatte, ma non gia di quelle da far&longs;i. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Sia&longs;i come &longs;i voglia, in ogni modo, à voi toccha: &longs;e <lb/>non volete incominciare, à negarmi hoggi que&longs;to piacere, ilqua <lb/>le &longs;arà il primo, che mi habbiate negato, da poi, che io vi cono­<lb/>&longs;co: il che io non crederò gia mai. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Io non voglio, che la fede, quale dimostrate hauere <lb/>in me ui inganni; però io mi ingegnerò &longs;odisfarui, come &longs;i potrà <lb/>in questo piccolo &longs;patio di tempo all'improui&longs;o, & con tanti im <lb/>pacci, quanti &longs;ono i miei. </s> <s>Dico adunque, che chiunque sà il mo <lb/>do, col quale la natura genera le Fontane, puo ageuolmente com <lb/>prendere qual &longs;ia la cagione de gli effetti, ehe fa la fontana di <lb/>Campiglia. </s> <s>Le fontane hanno la materia, & lo efficiente, d'am <lb/>mendue queste cagioni ci bi&longs;ogna ragionare, &longs;e vogliamo veni <lb/>re, à qualche ristretto di quello, che &longs;i cerca, & poco anzi non <lb/>nulla ci cureremo della forma, & del fine. </s> <s>La materia, da cui <lb/>na&longs;cono tutti quelli effetti, de quali Ari&longs;totile fauella nelle <lb/>&longs;ue Meteore, e vno fumo, ouero vna e&longs;alatione calda & humi-<pb pagenum="63"/>da, ò uero calda, & &longs;eccha: da queste e&longs;alationi, come da mate­<lb/>ria loro, na&longs;cono tutti gli effetti, che à gli huomini vulgari pa <lb/>iono miraculo&longs;i, &longs;e bene &longs;ono naturali. </s> <s>La efficiente cagione, <lb/>è il moto, & il lume del corpo cele&longs;te, particularmente del Sole, <lb/>ilquale non è molto da noi lontano, come lontane &longs;ono l'altre <lb/>stelle &longs;uperiori, & con bastante velocità &longs;i muoue, il che non fa <lb/>la Luna, di cui poco fà &longs;i di&longs;&longs;e à pieno. </s> <s>Il moto & il lume ri­<lb/>&longs;calda la terra, & ri&longs;caldandola, in alto tira que fumi, che tal <lb/>hora &longs;i veggono &longs;alire per l'Aria, quelli che &longs;ono caldi, per <lb/>e&longs;&longs;ere leggieri, montano infino alla piu alta parte dell'Aria, <lb/>quiui dal caldo del luogo, da quello dello elemento del fuoco, <lb/>vicino, & del velocißimo moto del Cielo acce&longs;i, &longs;i conuertono <lb/>in Comete, in Stelle cadenti, in Capre &longs;altanti, & in tutte le <lb/>altre fiamme acce&longs;e, che tal'hora per l'Aria, &longs;i veggono &longs;e que <lb/>&longs;ti fummi non pa&longs;&longs;ano il mezo de l'Aria quiui della frigi­<lb/>dità contraria circondati, &longs;i ri&longs;tringono tanto, che non poten­<lb/>do piu con&longs;eruar&longs;i in quello stretto luogo, con impeto sforza­<lb/>no, & con violenza rompono la nuuola, con la quale eßi &longs;ono <lb/>inuiluppati, & rompendola, fanno i tuoni, & tal'hora accen­<lb/>dendo&longs;i, fanno i baleni, dà questa materia in que&longs;ta parte del <lb/>mezzo dell'Aria na&longs;cono le &longs;aette, & tutti gli altri effetti &longs;i­<lb/>mili. </s> <s>Se questi fumi non pa&longs;&longs;ano la piu ba&longs;&longs;a parte dell'Aria, <lb/>&longs;i conuertono in vento, il quale altro non è che que&longs;ta e&longs;alatio <lb/>ne fumo&longs;a, mo&longs;&longs;a d'intorno alla terra, hora in vna, et hora in vn <lb/>altra parte: Se &longs;i con&longs;eruano nelle cauerne della terra, fanno i <lb/>Terremoti: Que&longs;ti &longs;ono qua&longs;i tutti gli effetti, che <expan abbr="generalm&etilde;-te">generalmen­<lb/>te</expan> &longs;ogliono na&longs;cere da que&longs;ta vna calda e&longs;alatione, molti altri <lb/>ne la&longs;cio, à po&longs;ta iquali &longs;arebbono lunghi a raccontar&longs;i, & fuo­<lb/>ra del nostro propo&longs;ito. </s> <s>La &longs;econda materia fumo&longs;a, per non <lb/>e&longs;&longs;ere leggiera, come la prima, &longs;alendo tanto alto non arriua, <lb/>ma &longs;i ferma nella &longs;econda parte dell'Aria: doue dalla frigidi­<lb/>ta del luogo conden&longs;ata, &longs;i conuerte in nuuola, & di nuuola in <lb/>pioggia, & tal'hora in neue; &longs;e egli auiene, che il fumo &longs;ia ra­<lb/>ro, però ageuolmente po&longs;&longs;a e&longs;&longs;ere penetrato dal freddo, in tal' <lb/>ca&longs;o il fumo conuertito in nuuola &longs;i congela prima, che <pb pagenum="64"/>egli &longs;i conuerta in pioggia, & in terra cade informa di bioc­<lb/>coli di bianca lana, è di candida bambaggia: vulgarmen­<lb/>te chiamato neue: Se questa e&longs;alatione, &longs;i ferma poco &longs;opra la <lb/>terra, ella, alla, state infrigidata dal freddo della notte, &longs;i con­<lb/>den&longs;a, & diuien'graue, però cadendo, fà la guazza, la rugiada, <lb/>la manna, & l'altre co&longs;e &longs;imili: Allo inuerno questo raro fu­<lb/>mo, dalla molta frigidita dell'Aria penetrato, tal'hora &longs;i conge <lb/>la prima, che egli in Acqua &longs;i conuerta, & in terra cadendo, fa <lb/>la brina: Talche la guazza, è vna piccola pioggia, & la brina, è <lb/>vna piccola neue: Se que&longs;ta e&longs;alatione nelle na&longs;coste cauerne <lb/>della terra &longs;i con&longs;erua; d'e&longs;&longs;a &longs;i generano le fontane. </s> <s>La terra (co <lb/>mevoi &longs;apete) è tutta cauerno&longs;a, et &longs;pugno&longs;a, la molle &longs;pugnapre <lb/>mutaver&longs;a le acque, che ella prima haueua beuuto, co&longs;i la terra <lb/>d'acque pregna, qua&longs;i premuta, come &longs;e ella fo&longs;&longs;e vna &longs;pugna <lb/>molle, le <expan abbr="mãda">manda</expan> fuora generandone le fontane. </s> <s>NOZ. e come? </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Come nelle volte delle stufe, nelle piu alte parti de <lb/>le campane da stillare, & nelle copertoie delle pentole, che bol <lb/>lono, &longs;i vede generare l'Acqua; co&longs;i ella &longs;i genera &longs;otterra: Se <lb/>&longs;empre ci &longs;ono vapori; che &longs;empre &longs;i conuertino in Acqua; la <lb/>fonte non &longs;i &longs;eccha gia mai. </s> <s>Se i vapori mancano; la fonte &longs;i &longs;ec <lb/>ca, &longs;e i vapori &longs;ono molti; la fonte, è gro&longs;&longs;a. </s> <s>Se i vapori &longs;ono po­<lb/>chi; la fonte, è piccola; & getta poca quantità d'acqua. </s> <s>Se il <lb/>palco &longs;opra la cauerna, è tutto di terra i&longs;pugno&longs;a & rara, i va­<lb/>pori poco vi &longs;i attaccano, & perche in quelle partirare, & i&longs;pu <lb/>gno&longs;e è poca frigidita da <expan abbr="cõden&longs;are">conden&longs;are</expan> i detti vapori, & da <expan abbr="cõuer">conuer</expan> <lb/>tirgli in acqua, la fonte è piccola. </s> <s>Se la volta della cauerna, è di <lb/>pietre per loro natura piu den&longs;e, alle quali piu tenacemente &longs;i <lb/>poßino attaccare i vapori, & piu efficacemente poßino e&longs;&longs;ere <lb/>infrigidati dal maggiore freddo delle pietre; ilquale auanza di <lb/>gran lunga quello della terra; la fontana, è copio&longs;a d'acque, per <lb/>che i vapori più vi &longs;i attaccano, & piu &longs;i infrigidano, & molto <lb/>più in acqua &longs;i conuertono. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Se l'acqua, è corpo graue, bi&longs;ogna, che ella <expan abbr="&longs;c&etilde;da">&longs;cenda</expan> al ba&longs;so <lb/>che vuole egli dirè <expan abbr="adunq;">adunque</expan>, che l'acqua delle fontane, <expan abbr="v&longs;c&etilde;do">v&longs;cendo</expan> fuo <lb/>ra della terra, &longs;alta in alto come, &longs;e ella fu&longs;&longs;e un'corpo leggiero? </s></p><pb pagenum="81"/><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>La violenza (M. Giu&longs;eppe) è di cio cagione: concio <lb/>&longs;ia, che il luogo cauerno&longs;o, doue l'acqua della fontana &longs;i genera, <lb/>&longs;ia piccolo; però non po&longs;&longs;a tenere tutta l'acqua, che di <expan abbr="cõtinuo">continuo</expan> <lb/>vi &longs;i produce, bi&longs;ogna, che la parte dell'acqua, generata di nuo­<lb/>uo prema laltra parte prima nata; laquale premuta & per for <lb/>za violentemente i&longs;pinta, e&longs;ca fuora per le vene della terra, &longs;al <lb/>tando in alto più, & meno, &longs;econdo che l'impeto, & la violen­<lb/>za &longs;arà, ò maggiore, ò minore. </s> <s>Hora de&longs;cendendo piu al parti­<lb/>culare della nostra fontana di <expan abbr="Cãpigli">Campigli</expan> vi dico; che quando qui­<lb/>ui &longs;ono pochi vapori da infrigidar&longs;i, la fontana, di cui &longs;i ragiona <lb/>&longs;i &longs;eccha: quando ve ne &longs;ono a&longs;&longs;ai, a&longs;&longs;ai copia d'acqua &longs;i genera, <lb/>& molta della generata ne e&longs;ce fuora, & tanta, che &longs;e ne fanno <lb/>cauali großißimi, iquali caminando per quelle campagne aper <lb/>te entrano in mare: Quando &longs;otterra &longs;ono molti vapori; mol­<lb/>te &longs;ono l'acque della fonte, & il Sole molti ne tira in alto &longs;opra <lb/>terra, iquali arriuando alla mezza parte dell'Aria, &longs;i infrigida <lb/>no, & &longs;i conuertano in acqua: nella maniera, che di &longs;opra hab­<lb/>biamo detto: & fanno molte, grandi, & lunghe pioggie: quan­<lb/>do &longs;otterra &longs;ono pochi vapori, la fontanaresta &longs;eccha per man <lb/>camento di materia, di cui &longs;i po&longs;&longs;a generare l'acqua: & al­<lb/>l'hora il Sole non ne puo tirare molti &longs;opra la terra; però <lb/>gli anni &longs;i rimangono a&longs;ciutti: voi vi douete anchora ramenta <lb/>re, che il pae&longs;e di Campiglia, è molto molle, & padulo&longs;o, &longs;ottopo <lb/>&longs;to a'l patire grandißimo danno dalle acque, quando l'anno è <lb/>abundante di pioggie, quiui o tutte, o almeno buona parte delle <lb/>biade &longs;i &longs;ommergono: &longs;i multiplicano etiandio le herbe tri&longs;te, le <lb/>quali affogano il buon &longs;eme: però l'anno re&longs;ta &longs;terile: per con­<lb/>trario, quando l'anno è &longs;echo, l'herbe triste non na&longs;cono; & le <lb/>buone non &longs;ono affogate ne dal tri&longs;to &longs;eme, ne dalle pioggie: & <lb/>all'hora le ricolte &longs;ogliono e&longs;&longs;ere buone & gra&longs;&longs;e: Dico adunque <lb/>che non &longs;empre &longs;otterra quiui &longs;ono molti vapori: però la fonta­<lb/>na non &longs;empre getta: ma&longs;olamente quando, i vapori &longs;i multi­<lb/>plicano nelle cauerne terrene, & perche <expan abbr="quãdo">quando</expan> cio &longs;i fà, in quel <lb/>pae&longs;e &longs;empre pioue, & le pioggie tolgono le biade, & gli altri <lb/>frutti della terra in quella prouincia, però la fecondità della <pb pagenum="82"/>fonte dimo&longs;tra la sterilita del pae&longs;e, & la &longs;terilita &longs;ua dimo&longs;tra <lb/>la fecondità del pae&longs;e, che i quanto mi accade dirui per &longs;ciorre <lb/>il nodo propo&longs;tomi. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Basta (M. Al&longs;eforo) io mi appago di cio che haue <lb/>te detto: & credo, che anche il Signor Duca Eccellentißimo, & <lb/>il Signor Marche&longs;e Illustrißimo &longs;i appagheranno: quando leg­<lb/>geranno quello, che io per la prima occa&longs;ione &longs;criuerò hauere <lb/>vdito da voi. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Io vi priego quanto piu efficacemente io po&longs;&longs;o, che <lb/>voi indugiate, à &longs;criuere vnaltra volta, quando io haurò piu ma <lb/>turamente pen&longs;ato, à quello, che io hora vi ho racconto &longs;enza <lb/>pen&longs;arci punto: &longs;apete bene, che da queste co&longs;e <expan abbr="incõ&longs;iderate">incon&longs;iderate</expan> due <lb/>prencipi di tanto ingegno, & di tanto &longs;apere a&longs;&longs;uefatti à legge <lb/>re & a vdire co&longs;e perfette, &longs;ono per restare offe &longs;i anzi, che no? </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Io mi&longs;urò gli altrui fatti con la mi&longs;ura, che io addo <lb/>pero, à mi&longs;urare i miei: io per me di questa vltima quistione <lb/>re&longs;to tanto &longs;odisfatto, che mi basta, per chetarmi: il &longs;imile cre­<lb/>do de gli altri. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Se voi con la vostra mi&longs;ura mi&longs;urate gli altri pari <lb/>vostri, fate bene, & vi riu&longs;cirà il conto: ma&longs;e con e&longs;&longs;a volete <lb/>mi&longs;urare quelli, che di grandißima lunga vi &longs;ono &longs;uperiori, an­<lb/>zi al paragone de quali noi altri non &longs;iamo nulla i di&longs;egni non <lb/>vi riu&longs;ciranno, volete voi che due &longs;piriti eleuati: due animi di <lb/>uini, due ingegni rari, come &longs;ono quelli de no&longs;tri Eccellentißi­<lb/>mi &longs;ignori, poßino e&longs;&longs;er' mi&longs;urati con quella mi&longs;ura piccolißi­<lb/>ma, con cui &longs;i mi&longs;urano gli &longs;piriti nostri baßi, gli animi nostri <lb/>terreni, gli ingegni no&longs;tri, iquali non &longs;olamente hanno pari, ma <lb/>etiandio molti &longs;uperiori? </s> <s>Troppo grande &longs;arebbe il vo&longs;tro erro <lb/>re, &longs;e voi in que&longs;ta pazza openione vi con&longs;erua&longs;te. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>NOZ. </s> <s>Horsù io non mi fido in altro, &longs;e non nella &longs;omma <lb/>bonta loro, laquale farà, che ogniuno di loro re&longs;terà contento <lb/>di quanto &longs;i è di&longs;cor&longs;o per hora, infino, che à migliore comodita <lb/>&longs;i dirà meglio, voi anche for&longs;e vi &longs;iete stracco dicendo, & il cal <lb/>do del mezzo giorno è homai pa&longs;&longs;ato: però meglio &longs;arà, che ce <lb/>ne andiamo à &longs;pa&longs;&longs;o pigliando il fre&longs;co l'ungarno, vn'altra volta <pb pagenum="83"/>poi io vi dirò l'animo mio: ilquale de&longs;idera &longs;apere anche molte <lb/>altre co&longs;e d'intorno, à quel che &longs;i è di&longs;cor&longs;o tutto hoggi, intanto <lb/>à me pare, che per hoggi ci dobbiamo <expan abbr="cõt&etilde;tare">contentare</expan> di questo, <expan abbr="quãdo">quando</expan> <lb/>ci tornerà bene il ritrouarci in&longs;ieme, for&longs;e ci &longs;arà molto da con­<lb/>tradire: il che &longs;e &longs;arà, o bene, ò mal fatto, il giudicherete poi, <lb/>& per conchiuderla, io vi ringratio della molta corte&longs;ia, qua­<lb/>le hauete v&longs;ato comunicandomi questi vostri pen&longs;ieri, & ve <lb/>ne resto obligatißimo, perche &longs;e <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> in tutto almeno in qualche <lb/>parte egli mi è &longs;coperto occa&longs;ione di con&longs;iderare piu matura­<lb/>mente, à quello, che per lo addietro mi era na&longs;co&longs;to, e in compa­<lb/>gnia no&longs;tra non &longs;olo ho pa&longs;&longs;ato la mole&longs;tia del caldo, &longs;enza &longs;en­<lb/>tirla ma anche con grandißimo piacere, & con vtilità tale, qua <lb/>le io vorrei poter'hauere ogni giorno. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>TAL. </s> <s>Ringratiamo pure ammendue in&longs;ieme que Signori <lb/>Illustrißimi, & il Dotto & da ben Grillanda: da quali ci è &longs;tata <lb/>data materia da intrattenerci tutto questo giorno cotanto alle <lb/>gramente, & andianne doue piu vi piace: Tu Iacopo intanto <lb/>re&longs;tati à ca&longs;a à dare ordine, che la cena &longs;i apparecchi; <lb/>mentre, che il Nozzolino & io ce ne andremo, à <lb/>qualche fre&longs;co di porto. <lb/><figure id="fig1"></figure></s></p><pb/><figure></figure><p type="caption"> <s><emph type="italics"/>RAGIONAMENTO <lb/>DI TELIFILO <lb/>FILOGENIO<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><p type="caption"> <s>DELLA PERFETTIONE <lb/>DELLE DONNE.</s></p><p type="caption"> <s>Alla Illu&longs;tri&longs;sima Signora la Signora <lb/>Donna I&longs;abetta Cibo dalla <lb/>Rouere, Marche&longs;ana <lb/>di Ma&longs;&longs;a.</s></p><p type="caption"> <s><emph type="italics"/>In Lucca per il Bus­<lb/>dragho. </s> <s>MD LXI.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><pb/><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>ALLA ILLUSTRISSIMA, SI­<lb/>GNORA LA SIGNORA DONNA<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>I&longs;abetta Cibo dalla Rouere, Mar­<lb/>che&longs;ana di Ma&longs;&longs;a,<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>TELIFILO FILOGENIO. D. S.<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main"> <s><emph type="italics"/>SE IO foßi stato <lb/>punto accorto, <expan abbr="quã">quam</expan> <lb/>do voi Illustri&longs;si­<lb/>ma Signora, Mar <lb/>che&longs;a, mi comanda <lb/>ste, che io &longs;criueßi <lb/>tutto quello, che al­<lb/>lo improui&longs;o &longs;i di&longs;­<lb/>&longs;e della virtù, <expan abbr="egrã">egram</expan> <lb/>dezza delle Donne <lb/>&longs;otto il Cielo &longs;enza <lb/>pari, io haurei chie <lb/>sto vn giorno di tempo à farlo; dopo ilquale, ne ha­<lb/>urei addimandati due: e pa&longs;&longs;ati, due ne haureivolu <lb/>ti quattro, & &longs;empre haureiraddoppiato il tempo, <lb/>&longs;enza venirne a'l fine gia mai: &longs;e vostra Signoria <lb/>Illustri&longs;sima mi hauesse addimandato per che io, &longs;en <lb/>za dar'altro principio almio douuto officio, haueßi <lb/>cercato allungare la co&longs;a, haureiri posto, come ri­<lb/>spo&longs;e Simonide Filo&longs;ofo à Hierone Tiranno di Sira <lb/>cu&longs;a, perche quanto piu pen&longs;o alla grandezza di <lb/>questa materia, tanto piu ella mi par maggiore: et <lb/>tanto meno veggio il principio, donde incominciar­<lb/>mi, e la fine, d'onde io me ne pote&longs;si v&longs;cire, ca&longs;o pure<emph.end type="italics"/><pb/><emph type="italics"/>che io incomincia&longs;si: tanto grande e questo pelago: <lb/>ma per che io all'hora ad altro non pen&longs;ai, che allo <lb/>obedire à comandamenti di vo&longs;tra Sig. </s> <s>Illustri&longs;sima <lb/>de&longs;idero&longs;o di &longs;eruirla, mi imbarcai (come &longs;i &longs;uol di­<lb/>re) &longs;enza bi&longs;cotto; e mi trouai in alto mare, &longs;enza <lb/>&longs;aper quello, che di me &longs;i fo&longs;&longs;e per riu&longs;cire: Hora <lb/>(per lagratia d Iddio. </s> <s>& vostra) io &longs;on' giunto al <lb/>porto, & ho&longs;critto quello, che io ho &longs;aputo epotuto <lb/>per inalzare la merauiglio&longs;a grandezza delle Don­<lb/>ne. </s> <s>&longs;on certo, che io ho mancato al mio douere in mil­<lb/>le modi; per hauere &longs;critto all'improui&longs;o, come all'im <lb/>proui&longs;o parlai, però ne addimando perdono a U. <lb/>S. Illustri&longs;sima: da cui, &longs;e io l'impetrerrò, come <lb/>credo douerlo impetrare, pen&longs;erò hauerlo anche ot­<lb/>tenuto da tutte le altre: lequali, <expan abbr="quãdo">quando</expan> hauranno ve <lb/>duto, che ella mihaurà perdonato volentieri anchė <lb/>elle, non &longs;olo mi perdoneranno, ma mi &longs;cu&longs;eranno, <lb/>come huomo occupatißimo in tante facende publi­<lb/>che, e priuate, che à pena, io ho tempo diripo&longs;armi <lb/>vna&longs;ola hora del giorno, non che di &longs;criuere: & di­<lb/>ranno, che giusti&longs;sima cagione bi&longs;ogna, che &longs;ia quel­<lb/>la, che mi hafatto v&longs;ar tanta negligenza, da che ella <lb/>è coperta dalla virtù e grandezza di U. S. </s> <s>Illustri&longs; <lb/>&longs;ima, da cui in questa cau&longs;a, tanto ragioneuole le al­<lb/>tre Donne piglieranno e&longs;empio alperdonarmi; co­<lb/>me ognivna di loro il piglia in tutte le altre co&longs;e: et <lb/>à ragione: perche la bonta, la prudenza, la &longs;apien­<lb/>za, l'accortezza, le benigne, e dolci &longs;ue maniere &longs;ono <lb/>tali, che meritano d'e&longs;&longs;ere imitate con stupore d'o­<lb/>gni altra per&longs;ona: con che facendo fine humili&longs;si­<lb/>mamente le bacio la falda, reputandomi indegno, <lb/>d'arriuarle alla mano.<emph.end type="italics"/></s></p><pb pagenum="89"/><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/>RAGIONAMENTO DI <lb/>TELIFILO FILOGENIO <lb/><emph type="italics"/>SOPRA LA PERFETTIONE <lb/>DELLE DONNE;<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/>Alla Illu&longs;tri&longs;sima Signora la Signora Donna I&longs;abetta <lb/>Cibo dalla Rouere, Marche&longs;ana di Ma&longs;&longs;a: nel <lb/>quale ragionano le infra&longs;critte per&longs;one.<emph.end type="center"/><lb/><arrow.to.target n="table1"></arrow.to.target></s></p><table><table.target id="table1"></table.target><row><cell><emph type="italics"/>LIONORA<emph.end type="italics"/></cell><cell><emph type="italics"/>GIROLAMA<emph.end type="italics"/></cell></row><row><cell><emph type="italics"/>FILOGENIO<emph.end type="italics"/></cell><cell><emph type="italics"/>ISABELLINA<emph.end type="italics"/></cell></row><row><cell><emph type="italics"/>CLARICE<emph.end type="italics"/></cell><cell><emph type="italics"/>CASSANDRA<emph.end type="italics"/></cell></row><row><cell><emph type="italics"/>LIVIA<emph.end type="italics"/></cell><cell></cell></row></table><p type="main"> <s>LIONORA. </s> <s>Io non sò &longs;e buona ò rea &longs;i fo&longs; <lb/>&longs;e hieri à &longs;era la fortuna di Madonna Liuia & <lb/>mia, da che non ci trouammo al di&longs;cor&longs;o, qual <lb/>voi face&longs;te &longs;opra la perfettione delle Donne: <lb/>&longs;e voi (M.Telifilo) per qual &longs;i voglia cagio­<lb/>ne non volete trattenerui in compagnia no­<lb/>&longs;tra à pa&longs;&longs;are il caldo del mezzo giorno, la di&longs;gratia fù gran­<lb/>di&longs;sima: per che all'hora fummo, & hora &longs;aremo priuate di <lb/>quello, che voi dice&longs;te à fauor no&longs;tro: &longs;e voi vi volete trat­<lb/>tenere qui al fre&longs;co, & brieuemente replicarci, qualche par­<lb/>te di quello, di che voi à lungo ragiona&longs;te, il no&longs;tro acqui&longs;to <lb/>&longs;ara maggiore: concio&longs;ia, che hora quietamente, & &longs;enza al <lb/>tra contradittione vdiremo quello, che all'hora <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> haurem <lb/>mo potuto vdire, &longs;e non con l'impedimento di chiunque vi <lb/>contradiceua: hauremo etiandio con voi molta obligatione: <lb/>perche à &longs;odisfatione & contentezza no&longs;tra &longs;olamente dire <lb/>te parte di quello, che all'hora dice&longs;te per obedire alla Illu­<lb/>&longs;tri&longs;sima Signora Marche&longs;ana, & per &longs;odisfattione di tutti <lb/>gli altri, che erano quiui d'intorno. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. <expan abbr="Comũque">Comunque</expan> egli &longs;i &longs;ia (ò vaghe, e belle Donne) <pb pagenum="90"/>io vi prometto volermi re&longs;tare hoggi con voi: non &longs;olamen <lb/>te per obedirui (come io &longs;empre &longs;oglio) ma molto piu per <lb/>honore comodo, e vtil'mio: Dico honore: per obedire à <lb/>Donne, fuora d'ogni merauiglia honorate (come &longs;iete voi) <lb/>porta honore grandi&longs;simo, à chiunque obedi&longs;ce: come ho­<lb/>norati &longs;i tengono coloro che &longs;eruono à gli imperadori, & à <lb/>Pontefici: Dico comodo; perche oltra, che il pa&longs;&longs;are il cal­<lb/>do in qual &longs;i voglia modo, à me &longs;oglia e&longs;&longs;er &longs;empre comodo, <lb/>comodi&longs;simo mi &longs;arà egli hoggi il pa&longs;&longs;arlo in compagnia vo <lb/>&longs;tra, & in que&longs;ta belli&longs;sima villa, doue il mormorio delle chia <lb/>re & fre&longs;che acque diletta gli orecchi, i verdi prati, di varii <lb/>fiori ve&longs;titi dilettano gli occhi: & voi &longs;te&longs;&longs;e <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> la vo&longs;tra pre <lb/>&longs;enza ba&longs;tere&longs;te per dare hone&longs;to contento à qual &longs;i voglia <lb/>bello &longs;pirito, che in vo&longs;tra compagnia &longs;i rimane&longs;&longs;e: Dico vti <lb/>lità: perche oltre, à l'utile, che &longs;i haurà di fuggire il &longs;onno (il <lb/>che non fie poco) &longs;i ne haurò io vn'altro infinitamente mag <lb/>giore: ilquale &longs;arà, che voi con la bellezza delle vo&longs;tre per­<lb/>&longs;one, & con la bontà valore, &longs;apienza, & <expan abbr="prud&etilde;za">prudenza</expan> del vo&longs;tro <lb/>diuini&longs;simo animo, degnandoui di ragionare hoggi meco, <lb/>me ne comunicherete quella, ò piccola, ò gran parte, che vi <lb/>parrà, & di cui voi prima mi haurete fatto capace: ra&longs;&longs;omi­<lb/>gliando in que&longs;to il fuoco: ilquale volendo entrare nel fred <lb/>do ferro: da &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o, à cio lo apparec chia à poco cacciando <lb/>ne tutto il freddo, & à poco à poco ri&longs;caldandolo: cacciato, <lb/>che il caldo ha dal ferro ogni freddo, il fuoco &longs;enza ne&longs;&longs;uno <lb/>impedimento alla libera dentro vi entra: co&longs;i voi dal mal col <lb/>tiuato terreno del mio rozzo ingegno, caccierete <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> la mol­<lb/>ta virtù vo&longs;tra tutto il ruuido, che vi &longs;arà, poi dentro vi &longs;tam <lb/>perete quel tanto di &longs;apere, che egli vi piacerà di &longs;tamparui <lb/>& di che voi prima mi haurete fatto capace la onde io arric­<lb/>chito delle vo&longs;tre diuini&longs;sime ricchezze ragionando potrò <lb/>for&longs;e &longs;odisfare al de&longs;iderio vo&longs;tro, &longs;e <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> in tutto, in qualche <lb/>piccola particella almeno: però voi à me, da cui <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> haurete <lb/>riceuuto &longs;eruigio ne&longs;&longs;uno, non dourete re&longs;tare obligate, ma <lb/>io à tutte voi, da cui ogni mio ben na&longs;ce, ne re&longs;to & re&longs;terò <pb pagenum="91"/>obligati&longs;simo; & in &longs;egno di cio infino ad hora incomincio <lb/>à ringratiarui del fauore &longs;mi&longs;urato, qual mi fate, comandan­<lb/>domi, & accettandomi nella vo&longs;tra honorata compagnia: &longs;e <lb/>io hieri à &longs;era di&longs;si quel che io di&longs;s iper trattenimento della <lb/>Signora Marche&longs;ana Illu&longs;tri&longs;sima, & de gli altri, che quiui <lb/>erano d'intorno, feci quello, che io doueuo, à cio sforzato <lb/>dalla verità: come anche hoggi dirò quello che io debbo, <lb/>replicandone parte à &longs;odisfattion' vo&longs;tra per cui io à tutte <lb/>l'hore farò quello, che per me &longs;i potrà: con cio &longs;ia che io &longs;ia <lb/>&longs;tato &longs;empre &longs;chiauo voluntario à tutte le Donne, & hoggi <lb/>&longs;ia à voi tanto piu, che à molte altre per lo addietro &longs;tato <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <lb/>&longs;ono, quanto voi con la &longs;piritual bellezza de gli animi vo­<lb/>&longs;tri auanzate di grandi&longs;sima lunga quella rara, che ne vo&longs;tri <lb/>corpi &longs;i &longs;corge, laquale &longs;piritual bellezza lega l'animo mio <lb/>con vn nodo da non &longs;i &longs;cior' gia mai per qual &longs;i voglia cagio <lb/>ne, anzi da &longs;trigner&longs;i ogni giorno piu, il che &longs;e fie vero (come <lb/>io &longs;on certo, che egli &longs;arà) io mi terrò ogni di piu beato: Del <lb/>la perdita, qual voi dite, che &longs;are&longs;te, &longs;e io con le mie parole <lb/>hoggi non vi trattene&longs;i, non accade fauellare, perche ella &longs;a <lb/>rebbe tanto piccola, che voi non ne doure&longs;te tenere conto <lb/>niuno, come anche lo acqui&longs;to &longs;arà poco trattenendoui, con <lb/>cio&longs;ia, che io da me &longs;te&longs;&longs;o non vaglia nulla, & voi in voi &longs;te&longs;&longs;e <lb/>habbiate quanto è di buono in tutto il mondo: però &longs;e in voi <lb/>&longs;te&longs;&longs;e vi ritirerete contemplando le merauiglio&longs;e bellezze <lb/>de corpi, & de gli animi vo&longs;tri, vi cono&longs;cerete ripiene di tan <lb/>ta diuinità, che ba&longs;terà per far beate voi, & tutti gli altri, à <lb/>cui egli vi piacera compartirne: Aqui&longs;to adunque grande &longs;a <lb/>rà il mio ca&longs;o, che à me vi paia comunicarne quanto, che &longs;ia: <lb/>per che, vo&longs;tra merce, diuerrò beato, & tanto più, <expan abbr="quãto">quanto</expan> mag <lb/>giore &longs;arà la parte, qual mi farete de ricchi&longs;simi the&longs;ori de <lb/>gli animi vo&longs;tri veramente diuini. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>CLAR. </s> <s>Que&longs;te vo&longs;tre parole (M. Telifilo) mi paiono <lb/>d'huomo <expan abbr="ĩnamorato">innamorato</expan>, il che di voi, che &longs;iete &longs;tato tenuto &longs;em <lb/>pre pieno di religione, & che &longs;iete homai v&longs;cito fuora di fan <lb/>ciullo, io non haurei pen&longs;ato à patto ne&longs;&longs;uno. </s></p><pb pagenum="92"/><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Co&longs;i è (Madonna Clarice) ne vi douete per <lb/>cio merauigliare, s'auuenga che non &longs;olamente io hora &longs;ia in <lb/>namorato come voi dite, ma anche qual &longs;i voglia huomo da <lb/>bene, & in qualunche età. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>CLAR. </s> <s>Egli par pur'brutta co&longs;a il veder vno huomo <lb/>d'anni maturo tenuto religio&longs;o & &longs;aggio amar' giouane <lb/>donna. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Egli è vero fauellando di quel be&longs;tiale amo­<lb/>re, che tirannicamente &longs;ignoreggia ne gli animi giouani ma <lb/>egli non &longs;i di&longs;par punto, che vno huomo d'età matura, & di <lb/>vita hone&longs;ta ami, anzi &longs;e egli non ama&longs;&longs;e in verità egli <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> po­<lb/>trebbe viuere, come viuono gli huomini prudenti & &longs;aggi, <lb/>concio&longs;ia che lo amore vero &longs;ia vna cagione perfetta d'ogni <lb/>buona operatione. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>CLAR. </s> <s>Che intendete voi per vero amore? </s> <s>for&longs;e qual <lb/>che co&longs;a non più inte&longs;a da ingegno humano, à cui tanto ho­<lb/>nor' &longs;i attribui&longs;ca, quanto voi hoggi gli date? </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Intendo vno amore altra volta cono&longs;ciuto <lb/>da tutti i buoni, & nato non <expan abbr="&longs;olam&etilde;te">&longs;olamente</expan> dalla bellezza del cor­<lb/>po, ma molto piu da quella dell'animo: ilquale amore &longs;uol fa <lb/>re felici tutti i veri amanti. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LION. </s> <s>Qui fu l'altro giorno il Nozzolino; ilquale ne <lb/>ragionò, ma con tanta breuità, che io non ne re&longs;tai &longs;odisfat­<lb/>ta, &longs;e voi hoggi ce ne direte tanto, che ci ba&longs;ti, &longs;arete cagione <lb/>di bene: perche &longs;eguendo que&longs;to vo&longs;tro amore, diuentere­<lb/>mo felici, il che vi dourà piacere, poi che ci amate: ma con <lb/>patto, che voi cerchiate di &longs;pedirui di que&longs;to ragionamento <lb/>il piu to&longs;to, che potrete, accioche poi &longs;i torni alla materia no <lb/>&longs;tra principale: la qual piu ci dourà piacere; </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Il piu brieuemente, che io potrò cercherò <lb/>d'ordire, & di te&longs;&longs;ere que&longs;ta cotanto lunga, & fatico&longs;a tela, <lb/>la quale altro ingegno, & altra lingua richiederebbe, che la <lb/>mia, & &longs;e il Nozzolino, giouane innamorato, & dotto, non <lb/>di&longs;&longs;e co&longs;a, che vi appaga&longs;&longs;e à pieno, non la a&longs;pettate hoggi da <lb/>me, che in cio men vaglio di lui: ingegnerommi nondimeno <pb pagenum="93"/>d'accomodare quel poco, che io ne dirò di maniera, che egli <lb/>ci &longs;erua per buon principio al no&longs;tro primo ragionamento: <lb/>accioche egli non &longs;i paia, che noi fauelliamo à ca&longs;o. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LION. </s> <s>Eccoci delle no&longs;tre, di&longs;si bene io, che voi &longs;tare­<lb/>&longs;te poco ad abba&longs;&longs;arui per e&longs;&longs;ere inalzato. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Vi ingannate (Mad.Leonora) la co&longs;a i&longs;tà, co <lb/>me io la dico à punto: le spalle mie &longs;on deboli à tanto pe&longs;o: </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LION. </s> <s>Sian&longs;i <expan abbr="comunq;">comunque</expan> elle &longs;i voglino, à voi tocca per <lb/>hoggi il traten ere tutta que&longs;ta compagnia, mentre il caldo <lb/>dura. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Da che co&longs;i vi piace, douete &longs;apere, che l'amo <lb/>re altro non è che vn de&longs;iderio di po&longs;&longs;edere la bellezza ama <lb/>ta: & perche il de&longs;iderio &longs;i &longs;tà nella volunta, la quale <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> vuo <lb/>le &longs;e non quello, che e prima cono&longs;ciuto, egli non è po&longs;sibi­<lb/>le de&longs;iderare la bellezza, &longs;e ella prima non &longs;i cono&longs;ce: ci bi&longs;o <lb/>gna adunque inanzi che noi amiamo, &longs;apere quanto &longs;ono, & <lb/>quel che &longs;ono le bellezze. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LION. </s> <s>Diteloci adunque. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Le bellezze &longs;ono due: la prima &longs;i chiama bel <lb/>lezza per &longs;ua propria natura; & la &longs;econda per participatio­<lb/>ne: come di due maniere &longs;ono le co&longs;e calde, altre per loro <lb/>propria natura, & altre per participatione: il fuoco, è caldo <lb/>per &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o, & il ferro affocato, è caldo per participatione; <lb/>inquanto che il fuoco comparte al ferro <expan abbr="alquãto">alquanto</expan> del &longs;uo pro <lb/>prio & natural calore <expan abbr="ri&longs;caldãdolo">ri&longs;caldandolo</expan>: la prima chiamata bellez <lb/>za per &longs;ua propria natura, &longs;i &longs;tà tutta &longs;errata in Dio, ne fuora <lb/>e&longs;ce di lui: la <expan abbr="&longs;ecõda">&longs;econda</expan> bellezza, è nelle co&longs;e &longs;ottopo&longs;te à Dio, <lb/>come &longs;ono le anime cele&longs;ti, & i corpi loro, i quattro &longs;empli­<lb/>ci elementi, cio è il fuoco, l'aria, l'acqua, & la terra, le piante <lb/>gli animali, & tutte le altre co&longs;e compo&longs;te: lequali per loro <lb/>propria natura non &longs;ono belle: ma &longs;olamente in quanto, che <lb/>elle hanno parte della prima bellezza diuina: come il ferro <lb/>non è caldo per &longs;ua propria natura, ma <expan abbr="inquãto">inquanto</expan>, che egli piu <lb/>& meno, è ri&longs;caldato dal fuoco: Ammendue que&longs;te bellez­<lb/>ze &longs;ono vna mi&longs;urata proportione del tutto con le &longs;ue par-<pb pagenum="94"/>ti, & delle parti infra di loro, è col proprio tutto: come bel­<lb/>la &longs;i dice e&longs;&longs;ere quella Donna, che ha vna mi&longs;urata propor­<lb/>tione di tutti, i membri infra di loro, & con tutto il corpo: & <lb/>come altra é la propria & naturale bellezza, & altra, è la bel­<lb/>lezza participata, co&longs;i due &longs;ono le mi&longs;ure proportionate: al­<lb/>tra per &longs;ua propria natura, laquale mi&longs;ura la prima bellezza: <lb/>altra per participatione, la quale mi&longs;ura la &longs;econda bellezza: <lb/>due anche &longs;ono gli amori: l'uno è de&longs;iderio di bellezza per <lb/>&longs;ua propria natura, & altro è de&longs;iderio di bellezza participa <lb/>ta: Que&longs;to &longs;econdo amore, è di tre maniere: Altro na&longs;ce <lb/>dal piacere; Altro dalla vtilità; Altro dalla virtù: Il primo, <lb/>è be&longs;tiale; da cui chiunque è pre&longs;o, diuenta vna be&longs;tia: laqua <lb/>le ad altro non pen&longs;a, à cauar&longs;i le &longs;ue sfrenate voglie: poi &longs;u­<lb/>bito fini&longs;ce; ne ritorna, &longs;e non quando le voglie ritornano: <lb/>Il &longs;econdo Amore è &longs;eruile perche gli huomini d'animo vi­<lb/>li à &longs;erui &longs;ono quelli, che amano, &longs;perando trarre alcuna vti­<lb/>lità del loro Amore: come i &longs;erui &longs;perano riceuere alcun' <lb/>premio delle fatiche loro, mancando l'utile, & la &longs;peranza <lb/>del guadagno, que&longs;to Amor' mancha; & non ritorna gia <lb/>mai, &longs;e non con la ritornata della nuoua &longs;peranza. </s> <s>Il terzo <lb/>Amore, è <expan abbr="veram&etilde;te">veramente</expan> diuino, perche na&longs;ce dalla virtù, per &longs;ua <lb/>natura diuina: laquale non fini&longs;ce ne per tempo, ne per acci­<lb/>dente alcuno; anzi &longs;empre mai dura. </s> <s>Que&longs;to &longs;olo Amore, è <lb/>&longs;tabile, però chiunque co&longs;i ama, non &longs;i &longs;tracca d'amar gia mai <lb/>anzi nel &longs;uo amore cre&longs;ce ogni hora: & non de&longs;idera cauare <lb/>altro piacere, ò altra vtilità della per&longs;ona amata; che quello <lb/>i&longs;te&longs;&longs;o, ilquale l'amante &longs;ente amando & &longs;eruendo la Donna <lb/>amata: però, ardenti&longs;simamente amando, cerca tutte le oc­<lb/>ca&longs;ioni di farli; qualche rileuato &longs;eruigio & non &longs;e ne por­<lb/>gendo ne&longs;&longs;una, le và pigliando il meglio, che egli puo, con <lb/>ogni indu&longs;tria, in cio &longs;i compiace, & di cio &longs;i diletta. </s> <s>Io fui <lb/>&longs;empre in ogni mia età innamorato di Donne, dal di in qua, <lb/>che io fui capace d'amare, & hora &longs;ono innamorato piu che <lb/>mai; & è tanto piu <expan abbr="cãdido">candido</expan>, & piu &longs;incero il mio Amore, <expan abbr="quã">quam</expan> <lb/>to que&longs;ta età matura non comporta ne&longs;&longs;una di quelle imper <pb pagenum="95"/>fettioni, lequali per lo addietro, &longs;e non fo&longs;&longs;ero &longs;tate lodate, <lb/>&longs;arebbono almeno &longs;tate tollerate ne miei primi anni, &longs;e io a­<lb/>ma&longs;si con qualche &longs;peranza, ò di piacere ò di premio, non <lb/>amerei l'altrui per&longs;ona & l'altrui animo; ma &longs;i bene amerei <lb/>il piacere & l'util mio: Ma perche io amo &longs;enza ne&longs;&longs;una &longs;pe <lb/>ranza, <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> de&longs;iderio &longs;olo di &longs;eruire <expan abbr="chiunq;">chiunque</expan> io amo, è l'Amor' <lb/>mio predico, & ca&longs;to, come pudica, & ca&longs;ta è quella, che io <lb/>amo, laquale io non amerei, &longs;e ella non fu&longs;&longs;e, come io ve la di <lb/>pingo ne la potrei amare, ne molto ne poco; ma perche ella <lb/>è quale io hora vi dico, la amo, ne po&longs;&longs;o fare che io non la <lb/>ami: Que&longs;ta vltima &longs;orte d'Amore è &longs;enza bia&longs;imo della per <lb/>&longs;ona amata; anzi con honore grandi&longs;simo; perche egli è vn' <lb/>te&longs;timonio veri&longs;simo delle virtu raccolte nella donna ama­<lb/>ta, lequali la rendono degna d'e&longs;&longs;ere &longs;eruita, & honorata. <lb/></s> <s>Que&longs;to &longs;olo amore rende felice l'amante; doue i due primi <lb/>recano bia&longs;imo grandi&longs;simo à chiunque ama, & à chiunque <lb/>è amato, & pungono &longs;empre l'amante con nuoui & continui <lb/>&longs;timuli, iquali il fanno morire viuendo & viuere morendo <lb/>ben mille volte il giorno. </s> <s>Chiunque co&longs;i ama non è anche <lb/>venuto al &longs;egno perfetto del vero amore, & <expan abbr="quãtunque">quantunque</expan>, que <lb/>&longs;to Amore nato dalla virtù &longs;ia virtuo&longs;o, & grande, & ce ne <lb/>ha egli <expan abbr="nõdimeno">nondimeno</expan> vn'altro a&longs;&longs;ai maggiore & a&longs;&longs;ai piu virtuo­<lb/>&longs;o, ilquale è l'i&longs;te&longs;&longs;a grandezza, l'i&longs;te&longs;&longs;a virtù, e l'i&longs;te&longs;&longs;a beati­<lb/>tudine dello Amante, di cui dianzi parlando, il chiama de&longs;i­<lb/>derio di bellezza per &longs;ua propria natura, & non per &longs;ola par <lb/>ticipatione; que&longs;to honore, è &longs;olamente nella infinita bontà <lb/>diuina; laquale, è vna proportione, & mi&longs;ura di tutte le di­<lb/>uine virtù; doue &longs;i arriua con l'intelletto ben' purgato dalla <lb/>ignoranza, & con la voluntà ben netta da ogni vitio. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LIONO. voi ci hauete ben di&longs;tinto il numero di que­<lb/>&longs;ti amori, & in qualche parte ci hauete detto quello, che e &longs;i <lb/>&longs;iano; ci hauete etiandio almeno di&longs;egnato la bellezza; re­<lb/>&longs;ta, che la dipigniate co &longs;uoi proprii colori; accioche &longs;e mai <lb/>ci accadera vederla, la ricogno&longs;ciamo, & la amiamo, per di­<lb/>uentar beate; come beati hauete detto e&longs;&longs;er' tutti à veri <lb/>Amanti. </s></p><pb pagenum="96"/><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>La bellezza diuina, è &longs;olamente inte&longs;a dallo <lb/>intelletto diuino; & è &longs;olamente amata dalla voluntà d'Id­<lb/>dio; ilquale per e&longs;&longs;ere infinito puo comprendere que&longs;te co <lb/>&longs;e infinite; Noi, che &longs;iamo di capacità & di potere finito, <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <lb/>arriuiamo tanto alto; ma con certi mezzi quiui ci acco&longs;tia­<lb/>mo in qualche parte. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LION. </s> <s>Quali &longs;ono que&longs;ti mezzi? </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>La bellezza del corpo d'una Donna, ci tira <lb/>alla cognitione di quella dell'animo, & ammendue ci &longs;eruo­<lb/>no per &longs;cala da &longs;alire al cielo, & quiui contemplare la diui­<lb/>na bellezza, &longs;econdo la capacità no&longs;tra. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LION. </s> <s>In che co&longs;a con&longs;i&longs;te que&longs;ta bellezza del corpo <lb/>della donna. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Que&longs;to il douere&longs;te &longs;aper' voi meglio di me, <lb/>che &longs;iete Donna, & bella; pure io il vi dirò; come dianzi vi <lb/>di&longs;si, ella con&longs;i&longs;te nella mi&longs;ura proportionata; & que&longs;to é il <lb/>dito gro&longs;&longs;o della mano della Donna; il quale mi&longs;ura tutto <lb/>il corpo &longs;uo; incominciandoci dalla faccia: dico, che ella <lb/>vuole e&longs;&longs;er' lunga, quanto lungo, è tre volte il dito gro&longs;&longs;o. <lb/></s> <s>La prima lunghezza, è della fronte, la &longs;econda del Na&longs;o, la <lb/>terza di tutta quella parte, che e infra la punta del Na&longs;o infi­<lb/>no à l'ultima parte del mento: La minore giontura del dito <lb/>gro&longs;&longs;o, mi&longs;ura la punta del na&longs;o infino alla e&longs;tremità del lab­<lb/>bro di &longs;opra; L'altra maggiore giontura del mede&longs;imo dito <lb/>mi&longs;ura tutto lo &longs;patio, che è infra il labbro di &longs;opra, & l'e­<lb/>&longs;tremità del mento. </s> <s>La lunghezza del mede&longs;imo dito, <lb/>è la lunghezza dell'arco delle ciglia, delle orecchie, & <lb/>della bocha; La faccia d'una Bella Donna richiede que­<lb/>&longs;ta mi&longs;ura almeno; dico almeno, perche &longs;e vno di que&longs;ti <lb/>membri fu&longs;&longs;e minore, la faccia riu&longs;cirebbe brutta; &longs;e vno, <lb/>ò piu fu&longs;&longs;ero maggiori, &longs;e gli accre&longs;cerebbe bellezza & <lb/>gratia; tutta la lunghezza della Donna bella; &longs;arà no­<lb/>ue faccie almeno, & &longs;e ella &longs;arà alquanto piu lunga, &longs;a­<lb/>ra piu vaga, & piu gratio&longs;a, pur' che ella non pa&longs;si dieci fac­<lb/>cic, che &longs;e ella le pa&longs;&longs;a&longs;&longs;e, diuerrebbe brutti&longs;simo mo&longs;tro; co <pb pagenum="97"/>me anche ella brutti&longs;sima &longs;arebbe, &longs;e ella fu&longs;&longs;e meno di no­<lb/>ue. </s> <s>La &longs;econda faccia è della piu alta parte del petto infino <lb/>alla fontanella dello &longs;tomaco. </s> <s>La terza è dalla boccha del­<lb/>lo &longs;tomaco infino all'umbilico; La quarta dell'umbilico in­<lb/>fino à piedi del corpo. </s> <s>La Natura mae&longs;tra perfetta di tutte <lb/>le co&longs;e fabricate da lei, hauendo cono&longs;ciuto, che nel ventre <lb/>della Donna &longs;i doueuano &longs;errare noue me&longs;i i parti, lo ha fat <lb/>to alquanto maggiore d'una faccia, accioche la capacita del <lb/>luogo, e&longs;&longs;endo maggiore piu comodamente po&longs;&longs;a &longs;eruire al <lb/>la generatione de figliuoli. </s> <s>La quinta, & la &longs;e&longs;ta faccia, è la <lb/>lunghezza delle co&longs;ce, infino alle ginocchia. </s> <s>La &longs;ettima, & <lb/>l'ottaua, è la lunghezza de gli &longs;tinchi, infino alla noce del <lb/>piedi. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LION. </s> <s>Doue la&longs;ciate voi la nona? </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Sopra la &longs;ronte infino alla più alta parte del <lb/>Capo è vna lunghezza del dito gro&longs;&longs;o; l'altra nella gola; <lb/>La terza della noce del piedi, infino alla pianta del mede&longs;i­<lb/>mo piedi & la lunghezza del dito gro&longs;&longs;o tre volte replicata <lb/>&longs;a la lunghezza della nona faccia: Altra e tanta dourà e&longs;&longs;ere <lb/>la larghezza della Donna bella, quando ella di&longs;tenda le brac <lb/>cia vna gran croce di tutto il corpo facendo, &longs;e ad ogni vna <lb/>di que&longs;te noue faccie &longs;i aggiugne&longs;&longs;e di lunghezza, quanto <lb/>ba&longs;ta&longs;&longs;e à far' la decima faccia, &longs;i accre&longs;cerebbe gratia à que­<lb/>&longs;to corpo; pur che lo augumento non fu&longs;&longs;e di&longs;proportiona­<lb/>to ne doue maggiore, ne doue minore, ma proportionato <lb/>&longs;econdo il bi&longs;ogno proprio de membri: La gro&longs;&longs;ezza non <lb/>ha determinata mi&longs;ura; ma richiede vna certa mediocrità <lb/>di carne; con laquale l'o&longs;&longs;a mediocremente &longs;i ve&longs;tino; & di <lb/>maniera, che tutte le membra &longs;iano qua&longs;i ritonde; Se à que <lb/>&longs;ta proportionata mi&longs;ura ci &longs;i aggiugne vn bel colore incar <lb/>nato, vna viuacita mode&longs;ta ne gliocchi; vna piaceuolezza di <lb/>parole, vn &longs;uaue ri&longs;o; &longs;e ci &longs;i aggiungono dolci maniere nel <lb/>conuer&longs;are con tutti &longs;econdo la qualità delle diuer&longs;e, & va <lb/>rie per&longs;one. </s> <s>Que&longs;ta è vna donna belli&longs;sima degna d'e&longs;&longs;ere <lb/>amata da ogni gentile &longs;pirito, come è la donna mia, laquale <pb pagenum="98"/>io amo <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> ogni <expan abbr="reuer&etilde;za">reuerenza</expan>, & più, che me &longs;te&longs;&longs;o la tengo cara. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LIONO. </s> <s>Chi è ella que&longs;ta vo&longs;tra Donna cotanto bel­<lb/>la? </s> <s>mo&longs;tratecela di gratia; accioche noi veggiamo, &longs;e voi <lb/>hauete bene ornato il &longs;uo ritratto? </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Ella è tutta diuina, & il ritratto, che io ne ho <lb/>cauato, è humano; però non ci è proportione ne&longs;&longs;una: pure <lb/>&longs;eruiteuene, comunque egli &longs;i &longs;ia; & aprite ben'gliocchi, che <lb/>la vedrete, & ageuolmente la cono&longs;cerete, per che ella non <lb/>è tanto da voi lontana, che in poco tempo non &longs;iate per ve­<lb/>derla, & cono&longs;cerla, volendo; come altra volta la hauete ve <lb/>duta, & cono&longs;ciuta. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LIONO. </s> <s>Hor sù voi non la ci volete mo&longs;trare, à quel <lb/>lo, che io veggio, però attendete à &longs;eguitare il vo&longs;tro ragio­<lb/>namento. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>In vn belli&longs;simo corpo, come è quello della <lb/>diuini&longs;sima donna mia, non puo habitare anima la&longs;ciua vitio <lb/>&longs;a, & brutta. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LIONO. </s> <s>Si vede pur tal volta vna rea femina e&longs;&longs;er' <lb/>b ella. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Quella non è vera bellezza, ma è vna dipin­<lb/>tura; che inganna gli occhi de mi&longs;eri giouani innamorati, & <lb/>&longs;e pur tal volta egli auiene, che vna veramente bella di cor­<lb/>po, &longs;ia vitio&longs;a; di cio &longs;e ne puo dare la colpa alla pocha cura <lb/>che di lei hanno tenuto coloro, che la hanno alleuata, & al­<lb/>la manco, che ella ha tenuto di &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;a, come i caualli belli, <lb/>&longs;e &longs;ono bene e&longs;ercitati, rie&longs;cono buoni, e &longs;e &longs;ono male e&longs;er­<lb/>citati, rie&longs;cono cattiui, i caualli brutti, quantunque bene e­<lb/>&longs;ercitati qua&longs;i &longs;empre fanno tri&longs;ta riu&longs;cita; co&longs;i le donne bel <lb/>le &longs;ono tutte virtuo&longs;e, &longs;e &longs;ono bene alleuate; & le brutte ge <lb/>neralmente rie&longs;cono vitio&longs;e. </s> <s>La mia donna ha l'animo tan­<lb/>to honorato di virtû, che la bellezza &longs;ua di gran lunga auan­<lb/>za quella del &longs;uo belli&longs;simo corpo. </s> <s>A que&longs;ta &longs;piritual' bel­<lb/>lezza poi che altri è penetrato con l'animo, incominciando <lb/>ad amarla, ama virtuo&longs;amente, ma vna bellezza participata, <lb/>donde però &longs;i &longs;aglie alla diuina bellezza, laquale è tale per &longs;e <pb pagenum="99"/>&longs;te&longs;&longs;a: & come nello animo della bella donna mia è la pudi­<lb/>citia, la prudenza, la mode&longs;tia, & vi &longs;ono tutte le altre gratie; <lb/>lequali fanno vna mi&longs;urata proportione belli&longs;sima da inten <lb/>der&longs;i, co&longs;i in Dio &longs;ono tutte le virtù, per loro propria natu­<lb/>ra infinitamente perfette, vi è l'ornamento di tutto il mon­<lb/>do, chiamato mondo intelligibile, ilquale altro <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> è che vna <lb/>ordinati&longs;sima moltitudine di tutte le Idee delle co&longs;e create; <lb/>nella maniera, che nella mente dello artefice, è vna Idea, ò <lb/>vero &longs;imilitudine di quello edificio, che egli vuole fabrica­<lb/>re, di cui altra volta &longs;i di&longs;&longs;e, à ba&longs;tanza. </s> <s>Que&longs;te Idee in Dio <lb/>fanno vna mi&longs;ura proportionati&longs;sima; laquale non è bella, <lb/>ma è la i&longs;te&longs;&longs;a bellezza; amata à pieno &longs;olamente da lui, & <lb/>da noi, quanto porta la debolezza delle no&longs;tre piccole for­<lb/>ze, quiui inalzate per lo mezzo di que&longs;te altre ba&longs;&longs;e bellez­<lb/>ze, & particolarmente, per lo mezo d'una belli&longs;sima don­<lb/>na. </s> <s>Que&longs;ta è l'i&longs;te&longs;&longs;a felicitâ, & chiunque amando tan­<lb/>to alto arriua è &longs;empre beato, &longs;enza ne&longs;&longs;una mi&longs;eria, & <lb/>è ben dritto, che co&longs;i &longs;ia, perche &longs;e le bellezze &longs;ole del <lb/>gratio&longs;o corpo della mia diuini&longs;sima donna da que&longs;ti no <lb/>&longs;tri occhi tenebro&longs;i vedute, lequali però altro non &longs;o­<lb/>no, che ombre di vera bellezza, &longs;e vn &longs;olo de &longs;uoi &longs;guardi, <lb/>&longs;e vn &longs;olo de &longs;uoi dolci&longs;simi accenti, con tanto diletto muo <lb/>ue chiunque la mira, & nell'animo di chiunque la contem­<lb/>pla tanto gran fuoco accende di &longs;uaue amore, & con tanto <lb/>piacere, che ogni altra con&longs;olatione, quantunque grande à <lb/>que&longs;ta vna paragonata non par nulla, che felice merauiglia? <lb/></s> <s>che beato &longs;tupore dobbiamo noi credere, che &longs;ia quello, che <lb/>occupa le anime, che penetrano alla bellezza dell'animo di <lb/>lei, che è &longs;opra tutte le altre co&longs;e belle bello? </s> <s>& quindi &longs;al­<lb/>gono alla bellezza diuina? </s> <s>che dolce fiamma amoro&longs;a, che <lb/>incendio &longs;uaue in tal ca&longs;o è quello, che na&longs;ce dalla fonte del <lb/>la &longs;uprema & vera bellezza diuina, eterno, e &longs;tabile princi­<lb/>pio mezzo & fine d'ogni altra bellezza? </s> <s>qui l'amante &longs;i di­<lb/>letta, & con &longs;tupore fuor d'ogni merauiglia di &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o v&longs;ci­<lb/>to, è dalla diuina bellezza tanto inalzato, che egli anche mor <pb pagenum="100"/>tale diuenta qua&longs;i diuino, & incomincia à gu&longs;tare quel netta <lb/>re & quella ambro&longs;ia, di cui gli &longs;piriti beati &longs;i nutri&longs;cono, & <lb/>con loro felice viue. </s> <s>Hora &longs;e di cotanto no&longs;tro bene voi al­<lb/>tre belle & vaghe donne &longs;iate à gli huomini vnica & perfet­<lb/>ta cagione, egli è nece&longs;&longs;ario confe&longs;&longs;are, che la perfettione vo <lb/>ftra &longs;ia a&longs;&longs;ai maggiore, che non è quella de gli huomini, da <lb/>cui tanta alta felicità non na&longs;ce. </s> <s>Il che in vn tempo mede&longs;i­<lb/>mo (&longs;e io non mi inganno) dourà ba&longs;tarui per renderui <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> <lb/>to del mondo, colquale io amo, & colquale amano tutti gli <lb/>huomini virtuo&longs;i, & per dimo&longs;trarui con que&longs;ta prima ra­<lb/>gione, qual voi hauete vdito, che la vo&longs;tra perfettione, è piu <lb/>che la no&longs;tra maggiore, il che (&longs;e io ben' mi rammento) vi <lb/>promi&longs;i nel principio di que&longs;to di&longs;cor&longs;o, & credo hauerui <lb/>o&longs;&longs;eruato. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LIONO. </s> <s>Si certo. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LIVIA Vdite digratia M.Telifilo quello, che il no&longs;tro <lb/>Colombo dice, egli ua &longs;eminando infra di noi altre Donne, <lb/>che voi per forza del vo&longs;tro bello ingegno veri&longs;imilmente <lb/>ci mo&longs;trate la perfettion no&longs;tra e&longs;&longs;er maggiore, che ella non <lb/>è a&longs;tutamente pen&longs;andoui douer' piacere ad alcuna di noi al <lb/>manco con que&longs;ta &longs;trada, à cui &longs;enza e&longs;&longs;a, non piacere&longs;te, per <lb/>e&longs;&longs;er voi &longs;uora di quel fiore homai di giouentû, ilquale dal­<lb/>le giouane donne &longs;uole e&longs;&longs;ere amato. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Il Colombo non &longs;i inganna, à fatto nel giudi <lb/>care della mia intentione: ma &longs;i inganna nel mezzo, il quale <lb/>mi conduca, à quel fine, che io de&longs;idero, vorrei (come egli <lb/>dice) piacere ad alcuna di voi altre donne: & à cio pen&longs;o <lb/>giorno & notte: & quando io, dopo lunghe fatiche le piace&longs; <lb/>&longs;i, me ne terrei di buono, perche &longs;arei venuto à quel fine, à <lb/>cui io de&longs;idero di venire, & quanto piu pre&longs;to io po&longs;lo, non <lb/>vorrei gia piacerle con la bugia, perche &longs;e io cio cerca&longs;si, fa­<lb/>rei, come fa, chiüque da que&longs;ta villa d'Agnano, doue noi ho <lb/>ra ci trouiamo, &longs;i parte per andar&longs;ene à Roma, & piglia la <lb/>&longs;trada inuer&longs;o Genoua. </s> <s>Que&longs;ti quanto piu corre per giugne <lb/>re al fine, tanto piu &longs;i di&longs;co&longs;ta dal fine, co&longs;i io, che ardenti&longs;si-<pb pagenum="101"/>mamente de&longs;idero e&longs;&longs;ere amato da quella, che io amo molto <lb/>piu, che me &longs;te&longs;&longs;o, & molto piu, che qual &longs;i voglia altra co&longs;a <lb/>creata, &longs;e cerca&longs;si entrarle in gratia con la bugia, in cambio <lb/>del &longs;uo amore mi guadagnerei il &longs;uo odio, perche quella, la <lb/>cui gran bellezza hone&longs;tamente piace à gli occhi miei, quan <lb/>to io vorrei piacere, à lei è aueduta, accorta, & &longs;aggia, & co <lb/>no&longs;ce (come &longs;i &longs;uol dire) infino il pelo nell'uouo, ella è ami <lb/>ca della verità, & è mortal nemica della bugia, per cio odia, <lb/>e fugge tutti i bugiardi, &longs;e io adunque cerca&longs;si guadagnarla­<lb/>mi con que&longs;ta brutta &longs;trada della bugia, in cambio di guada­<lb/>gnarmi la gratia &longs;ua, mi guadagnerei la &longs;ua disgratia, il che <lb/>quando fu&longs;&longs;e, io viuerei in&longs;elicemente morendo ben mille <lb/>volte l'hora, come per lo piu &longs;anno, i giouani innamorati, la <lb/>vita dequali, non è altro che vna infelice prigione, piena d'o <lb/>g ni <expan abbr="torm&etilde;to">tormento</expan>. </s> <s>Noi altri d'eta matura, & d'anni piu graui, dob <lb/>biamo cercar' di piacere alle donne no&longs;tre con lo amarle ca <lb/>&longs;tamente, col proporre le voglie loro alle voglie no&longs;tre, col <lb/>&longs;eruirle, con lo honorarle, col celebrare quanto &longs;i puo la vir <lb/>tû loro, & col non de&longs;iderare co&longs;a da loro, che non &longs;i po&longs;&longs;a, <lb/>& non &longs;i debba concedere, come dourebbono amare, i gio­<lb/>uani, &longs;e haue&longs;sino il giuditio libero dalle pa&longs;sioni ma perche <lb/>gli animi giouani &longs;ono ingombrati da mille affetti carnali, <lb/>pero ogni vno di loro carnalmente amando, &longs;i di&longs;co&longs;ta dal <lb/>dritto camino: Io che cio cono&longs;co ca&longs;tamente amo la don­<lb/>na mia, prepongo le &longs;ue alle mie voglie, la &longs;eruo di buon' co <lb/>re, la honoro, anzi per dir' meglio, adoro la diuinità del &longs;uo <lb/>nome in terra, come &longs;i adora quella del nome d'Iddio in cie <lb/>lo, inalzo la rara virtù &longs;ua; & da lei quelle &longs;ole co&longs;e de&longs;ide­<lb/>ro, che concedute le porteranno honore, & gloria non nul­<lb/>la curandomi delle altre. </s> <s>Que&longs;te &longs;ono le vie, da me tenute <lb/>per guadagnarmi la buona gratia della &longs;ignora mia, & non <lb/>quelle, che il colombo &longs;i crede, ilquale re&longs;terà &longs;pennacchia­<lb/>to dal molto valor' vo&longs;tro, inanzi, che egli &longs;i venga alla fine <lb/>di que&longs;ti no&longs;tri di&longs;cor&longs;i, guardi pur' bene le &longs;ue pene, & hab <lb/>bia particular cura delle mae&longs;tre, che io vi prometto, che <pb pagenum="102"/>voi gliele cauerete tutte. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>GIROL. </s> <s>A me pare che que&longs;to &longs;ia vn'di&longs;uiar&longs;i dal no­<lb/>&longs;tro ragionamento: però io vi priego (M.Telifilo) che voi <lb/>torniate à ca&longs;a, & la&longs;ciate il colombo ne &longs;uoi errori, perche <lb/>egli è piu o&longs;tinato, che mai, ne puo ne vuole la&longs;ciar&longs;i vince­<lb/>re da ne&longs;&longs;una ragione, che &longs;e gli dica. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LIVIA Anche à me par quello, che pare à Ma. </s> <s>Girola <lb/>ma, anzi lo ho io pur'hoggi &longs;entito parlar' con tanto impeto <lb/>in disfauor no&longs;tro, che à me non parue vdir' gia mai il mag­<lb/>giore. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>CLAR. </s> <s>Hauete voi con&longs;iderato il &longs;uo modo di proce <lb/>dere? </s> <s>egli dice, che la perfettione no&longs;tra non è ne &longs;uperio­<lb/>re, ne inferiore à quella dell'huomo, anzi vguale, & poi pro <lb/>uandolo, v&longs;a argumenti, che ci farebbono di grandi&longs;sima <expan abbr="lũ">lum</expan> <lb/>ga inferiore, &longs;e è fu&longs;sino buoni da nulla: qua&longs;i, che noi &longs;iamo <lb/>tutte cieche, & priue d'ogni ingegno, & d'ogni &longs;apere; & <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <lb/>veggiamo, non cogno&longs;ciamo, & non intendiamo il &longs;uo &longs;imu <lb/>lato inganno. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Voi non cono&longs;cete bene il colombo, egli è <lb/>piu a&longs;tuto, che voi non vi credete, & io hor'hora vi voglio <lb/>&longs;coprire l'a&longs;tutia &longs;ua, &longs;ono alcuni in ogni <expan abbr="&longs;ci&etilde;tia">&longs;cientia</expan>, in ogni ar­<lb/>te, & in ogni e&longs;ercitio, che alla &longs;coperta lodano quella, che <lb/>più lor piace, la inalzano, & la celebrano in modo, che ogni <lb/>altro &longs;e ne accorge, come fò io fauellando di voi. </s> <s>Altri per <lb/>mo&longs;trar' più ingegno di na&longs;co&longs;to lodano quello, che è loro <lb/>più caro, fingendo di de&longs;truggerla, que&longs;te per&longs;one <expan abbr="tãto">tanto</expan> fred <lb/>damente, che in cambio di gettar per terra la co&longs;a bia&longs;imata <lb/>la confermano: come fa il colombo, ilquale ha vn bello in­<lb/>gegno, & è pieno di molta dottrina, però cono&longs;ce i meriti <lb/>della perfettion' vo&longs;tra, la loda, ma con arte; bia&longs;imandola, <lb/>tanto debolmente, che la conferma, nol cono&longs;cete voi al mo <lb/>do del &longs;uo bia&longs;imarui continuamente ridendo? </s> <s>qua&longs;i, che <lb/>egli voglia dire, io non credo quel che io dico, anzi credo <lb/>apunto tutto il contrario, il che &longs;ogliono far' coloro, che vo <lb/>gliono dimo&longs;trare quanto vaglia il loro ingegno, come ho-<pb pagenum="103"/>ra fa il colombo, ilquale à patto ne&longs;&longs;uno non giurerebbe di <lb/>credere quello, che egli vi dice, &longs;e in que&longs;ta compagnia, <lb/>è ne&longs;&longs;una di voi, che &longs;i pen&longs;i di poterlo muouere, à dir' <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> <lb/>la boccha quello, che egli ha nell'animo, faccine proua, & ve <lb/>drà, che egli non &longs;ente di voi, & della virtù vo&longs;tra, &longs;e non <lb/>quello, che ne credo io. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LION. </s> <s>Sian&longs;i le ragioni del colombo, come elle e&longs;&longs;er' <lb/>&longs;i voglino, che io per me, non &longs;ono amica di contentioni, an <lb/>zi, quando noi incominciammo à ragionare, vi di&longs;si; che l'u­<lb/>dirui &longs;enza chi vi contradice&longs;&longs;e, à me, e à tutta la compagnia <lb/>&longs;arebbe hoggi molto piu piaciuto, che egli hieri à &longs;era non <lb/>piacque, con tante contentioni, però (M.Telifilo) non vi cu <lb/>rate de fatti &longs;uoi anzi la&longs;ciandolo, ritornate quiui, donde vi <lb/>parti&longs;te. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Da che voi il mi comandate (M.Lionora) io <lb/>mi apparecchio, a obedirui. </s> <s>La &longs;econda ragione; laquale mi <lb/>sforza à credere, che la perfettione delle Donne &longs;ia maggio <lb/>re di quella de glihuomini, &longs;i piglia dal primo principio del­<lb/>la loro creatione, concio&longs;ia, che l'huomo fu&longs;&longs;e da Dio crea­<lb/>to di feccio&longs;a terra; & per cio &longs;i chiama&longs;&longs;e huomo: che tan­<lb/>to vuol dire, quanto co&longs;a di terra, & la donna fu&longs;&longs;e creata da <lb/>Dio d'una co&longs;tola d'huomo. </s> <s>Le co&longs;tole &longs;ono &longs;tate piantate <lb/>da Dio e dalla natura nel petto, nel mezzo del quale ghiace <lb/>il core, ilquale e la prima fonte della vita, il primo principio <lb/>del &longs;entire, del cono&longs;cere, dell'intendere, & del &longs;apere, dalla <lb/>vita del core &longs;i comunica la vita à tutti gli altri membri, per <lb/>lo mezzo delle vene, & delle Arterie, lequali portando gli <lb/>&longs;piriti a tutto il corpo, con e&longs;si vi portano la vita, mancando <lb/>la vita al core, ella manca, à tutto il rimanente del corpo, & <lb/>con e&longs;&longs;a manchano i &longs;entimenti, <expan abbr="mãcha">mancha</expan> il cono&longs;cere, l'inten <lb/>dere, & il &longs;apere, qua&longs;i che Iddio hauendo creato l'huomo, <lb/>&longs;imile à &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o, con le perfettioni racconte, cauandogli dal <lb/>petto vna co&longs;ta, glielo apri&longs;&longs;e per trarre dal core humano, ò <lb/>tutta, o buona parte della molta perfettione, che quiui era <lb/>raccolta, & per fabricarne con e&longs;&longs;a la donna, accioche ella <pb pagenum="104"/>formata della perfettione maggiore, po&longs;ta da Dio nel cor'de <lb/>l'huomo fo&longs;&longs;e perfetta & l'huomo priuo di <expan abbr="grãdi&longs;sima">grandi&longs;sima</expan> parte <lb/>di &ptail;fettione, &ptail; lo addietro riceuuta da Dio nella &longs;ua creatio <lb/>ne, re&longs;ta&longs;si a&longs;&longs;ai men &ptail;fetto della <expan abbr="dõna">donna</expan>, laquale <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> à ca&longs;o, ma <lb/>per <expan abbr="cõ&longs;iglio">con&longs;iglio</expan> diuino, &longs;i chiamo <expan abbr="dõna">donna</expan>: che tanto vuol dire, <expan abbr="quã">quam</expan> <lb/>to &longs;ignora, perche ella doueua col &longs;uo giu&longs;ti&longs;simo, è ragione <lb/>uoli&longs;simo imperio della &longs;mi&longs;urata perfettione &longs;ua &longs;ignoreg­<lb/>giare à l'huomo, come le co&longs;e piu &ptail;fette &longs;ogliono &longs;ignoreg <lb/>giare alle meno perfette. </s> <s>La tirannica pode&longs;tà dell'huomo, <lb/>non contenta di &longs;tare &longs;ottopo&longs;ta al reggimento giu&longs;to della <lb/>donna, à torto la &longs;i &longs;ottomi&longs;e, & per forza tirannica, contro <lb/>ad ogni douere di giu&longs;titia, &longs;e le fece &longs;ignore, di &longs;eruo, che <lb/>egli le doueua e&longs;&longs;ere; Que&longs;ta tirannide fu da Dio confirma <lb/>ta, anzi per dir meglio, <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> confirmata, ma tollerata, per men <lb/>male: come &longs;i vede, che tal' volta vn giu&longs;ti&longs;simo principe tol <lb/>lera l'ingiu&longs;titia d'un &longs;uo mini&longs;tro, perche vede, che il voler <lb/>la ga&longs;tigare, porterebbe troppa alteratione nel &longs;uo &longs;tato. <lb/></s> <s>Co&longs;i Iddio, hauendo veduto la molta in&longs;olenza dell'huomo <lb/>inuer&longs;o della donna, & hauendo cono&longs;ciuto, che à que&longs;to <lb/>sfrenato cauallo non &longs;i poteua mettere il freno &longs;enza qual­<lb/>che nuouo male, ne &longs;i poteua di poi con&longs;eruar' l'huomo nel <lb/>lo &longs;tato &longs;uo &longs;oggetto, &longs;enza vna continua faticha, per ritener <lb/>lo in que&longs;to douuto officio; giudicò e&longs;&longs;ere minor' male, tol­<lb/>lerar' l'in&longs;olenza v&longs;ata da l'huomo &longs;opra la Donna, vol&longs;e <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <lb/>dimeno, che que&longs;ta &longs;ua pazzia, con tri&longs;titia me&longs;colata, gli co <lb/>&longs;ta&longs;&longs;e, però il maledi&longs;&longs;e, & &longs;eco maledi&longs;&longs;e tutte le &longs;ue fatiche, <lb/>& perche la Donna &longs;i era la&longs;ciata benignamente, è con ani­<lb/>mo amico, e grato al &longs;uo marito, &longs;ignoreggiar' da lui, & &longs;en­<lb/>za re&longs;i&longs;tenza ne&longs;&longs;una, &longs;i era &longs;ottopo&longs;ta alle voglie del &longs;uo <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> <lb/>&longs;orte, anche ella fu maledetta da Dio, & per men' male gli <lb/>fu comandato, che ella obedi&longs;&longs;e al &longs;uo &longs;po&longs;o, &longs;tando&longs;i in quel <lb/>la &longs;eruito, in cui ella &longs;te&longs;&longs;a &longs;i era la&longs;ciata condurre &longs;enza re&longs;i <lb/>&longs;tenza ne&longs;&longs;una. </s> <s>Adunque lo &longs;tato della Donna, è <expan abbr="naruralm&etilde;">naruralmen</expan> <lb/>te libero, fatto &longs;eruo per fraude, & per forza <expan abbr="tirãnica">tirannica</expan>, & era <lb/>lo &longs;tato dell'huomo &longs;eruo, hora diuenuto tiranno per vio-<pb pagenum="105"/>lenza, & per inganno. </s> <s>In che nondimeno &longs;i &longs;corge la perfet­<lb/>tione della Donna maggiore di quella dell'huomo: concio­<lb/>&longs;ia che molto meglio è riceuere l'ingiuria, che egli non è il <lb/>farla, perche chiunque riceue l'ingiuria, <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> pati&longs;ce nella &longs;ua <lb/>virtù, & non la offende, anzi il piu delle volte ha occa&longs;ione <lb/>di e&longs;ercitare la fortezza & l'altre virtu, e&longs;&longs;endo offe&longs;o, & di <lb/>augumentarle, ma colui che fa ingiuria offende il giu&longs;to, l'ho <lb/>ne&longs;to, la virtû il pro&longs;simo, & tutto &longs;te&longs;&longs;o. </s> <s>La man&longs;ueta beni­<lb/>gna, & dolce Donna e&longs;&longs;endo offe&longs;a da l'huomo alle &longs;ue sfre­<lb/>nate voglie piaceuolmente &longs;i &longs;ottopo&longs;e: dimo&longs;trando in cio <lb/>volere re&longs;tare &longs;uperiore à l'huomo nella virtù, & nella per­<lb/>fettione, da che l'huomo voleua rimanere &longs;uperiore nell'im <lb/>perio, in que&longs;to modo la&longs;ciando à l'huomo la parte peggio­<lb/>re del dominio, & à &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;a &longs;erbando la migliore della vir­<lb/>tu. </s> <s>Ha voluto nondimeno Iddio che nel mondo &longs;i <expan abbr="cõ&longs;eruino">con&longs;eruino</expan> <lb/>alcuni &longs;egni delle ragioni, che ha la Donna in que&longs;to impe­<lb/>rio: però &longs;i è contentato, che ella &longs;i re&longs;ti col nome di Donna: <lb/>cio è di &longs;ignora, & ha voluto, che <expan abbr="quãdo">quando</expan> noi fauelliamo d'Id <lb/>dio, lo honoriamo <expan abbr="cõforme">conforme</expan>, & modi di parlare douuti, à <expan abbr="Dõ">Dom</expan> <lb/>na; dicendo: la e&longs;&longs;enza, & la Mae&longs;tà diuina, quando anche noi <lb/>parliamo con huomini di &longs;tato, egli vogliamo honorare, dia <lb/>mo loro nomi di Donna; v&longs;iamo dar della Signoria à Signo­<lb/>ri, della Eccellenza, à Duchi, della Mae&longs;ta, a gli Imperadori, <lb/>della &longs;antita à papi honorandogli; Qua&longs;i, che que&longs;ti titoli di <lb/>Donna &longs;iano &longs;egni manife&longs;ti&longs;simi delle buone & gagliarde <lb/>ragioni, che ha la Donna &longs;opra l'huomo. </s> <s>Vol&longs;e anche Iddio, <lb/>che in Roma da que &longs;aui, che diedono le leggi al mondo, &longs;i <lb/>ordina&longs;&longs;e che &longs;otto graui&longs;sime pene, i primi luoghi nelle fe­<lb/>&longs;te, ne giuochi ne conuiti, e ne publici &longs;agrificii, &longs;i de&longs;sino al­<lb/>le Donne, & i &longs;econdi à gli huomini: & benche hoggi di que <lb/>&longs;ta legge non habbia luogo, la con&longs;uetudine nondimeno <expan abbr="cõ-uertita">con­<lb/>uertita</expan> in natura è che i primi honori &longs;i diano alle Donne: <lb/>Alcune di loro infino à giorni no&longs;tri hanno comandato, & <lb/><expan abbr="cõmand">command</expan><gap/>no, à gli huomini, e ne fatti d'Amore chiaramente <lb/>&longs;i manife&longs;ta il valore delle donne, ilquale, come giu&longs;to &longs;igno <pb pagenum="106"/>re, <expan abbr="&longs;prezzãdo">&longs;prezzando</expan> la <expan abbr="tirãnide">tirannide</expan> v&longs;ata da gli huomini &longs;opra <expan abbr="l'innoc&etilde;">l'innocem</expan> <lb/>za della man&longs;ueta <expan abbr="Dõna">Donna</expan> che à noi vi fa &longs;uggette, ne vo&longs;tri be <lb/>gli occhi <expan abbr="habitãdo">habitando</expan> quando di na&longs;co&longs;to, quando alla &longs;coperta <lb/>vi fà &longs;ignore de no&longs;tri cuori, in tal modo &longs;i &longs;ono <expan abbr="s&etilde;pre">sempre</expan> <expan abbr="cõ&longs;er">con&longs;er</expan> <lb/>uati, & &longs;i <expan abbr="cõ&longs;eruerãno">con&longs;erueranno</expan> i &longs;egni delle vo&longs;tre ragioni: dequali vn <lb/>giorno (come io &longs;pero) voi ui varrete; di nuouo <expan abbr="guadagnãdo">guadagnando</expan> <lb/>ui quel vo&longs;tro legittimo <expan abbr="ĩperio">imperio</expan>, delquale gia vi cacciò l'altrui <lb/>fraudulente è tirrannico inganno. </s> <s>Io per me (<expan abbr="Dõne">Donne</expan> mie à me <lb/>più, che i proprii occhi care) cono&longs;co me á voi &longs;oggetto, & <lb/>hoggi per <expan abbr="s&etilde;pre">sempre</expan>, <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> le parole vi <expan abbr="r&etilde;do">rendo</expan> quelle ragioni, che voi <lb/>hauete &longs;empre hauto &longs;opra la per&longs;ona mia, & che io <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> l'ani <lb/>mo vi ho <expan abbr="s&etilde;pre">sempre</expan> la&longs;ciato: & vi fò offerta di tutte le mie forze: <lb/>accioche <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> e&longs;&longs;e po&longs;siate ridurre &longs;otto il vo&longs;tro giu&longs;ti&longs;simo <lb/>imperio ogni altro huomo: Hoime, che ho io detto? </s> <s>pen­<lb/>&longs;omi io però, che non vaglio nulla, doue voi &longs;iete, che il <lb/>tutto valete, poter'aggiugnere luce al Sole, acqua al mare, <lb/>forze ad Hercole, virtù valore, e &longs;enno alle Donne, lequa­<lb/>li <expan abbr="hãno">hanno</expan> in loro &longs;te&longs;&longs;o il colmo d'ogni bene? </s> <s>certo, che io mi in <lb/>gänauo, co&longs;i parlando: ma il de&longs;iderio smi&longs;urato, che io ho di <lb/>farui cono&longs;cere, <expan abbr="quãto">quanto</expan> io vi &longs;ia &longs;eruo mi tra&longs;portò con la lin, <lb/>gua piu in la, che io <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> mi doueuo la&longs;ciar tra&longs;portar, voi che <lb/>il tutto cono&longs;cete, infino al &longs;egreto de gli altrui cuori, & che <lb/>&longs;iete ripiene d'ogni bonta, co no&longs;cendo, che l'amor grande <lb/>quale io vi porto, mi ha accecato; &longs;i che. </s> <s>io non veggio quel <lb/>che io dourei vedere, mi haurete per i&longs;cu&longs;ato, &longs;e io tal'hora <lb/>fauellando, tra&longs;corro piu, che è non bi&longs;ognerebbe: voi adun <lb/>que valoro&longs;e <expan abbr="Dõne">Donne</expan>, che da voi &longs;te&longs;&longs;e, tante forze hauete, che <lb/>vi ba&longs;tano à que&longs;ta e ad ogni altra maggior' impre&longs;a: ri&longs;o<gap/>u<gap/>­<lb/>teui, come ri&longs;oluer'vi douete a guadagnar' quello &longs;tato, <gap/>è <lb/>ragioneuolmente vo&longs;tro, & che à voi d<gap/> po que&longs;to acqui&longs;<gap/><lb/>portera quelli honori, che alla infinita grandezza, & al &longs;om <lb/>mo vo&longs;tro valore &longs;ono ragioneuolmente douuti. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>ISABEL. </s> <s>Voi (M.Telifilo) che pure huomo &longs;iete, nel <lb/>proporre le Donne à gli Huomini, fede fate, à chi vi|a&longs;colta <lb/>parimente dello ingegno, & della corte&longs;ia dell'animovo&longs;tro <lb/>& dite co&longs;e, per auentura non vere, ma per lo intere&longs;&longs;e no-<pb pagenum="107"/>&longs;tro, à noi care molto d'udire. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Con voi (M. I&longs;abellina) io <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> vorrei ragionar' <lb/>d'altro, che della vo&longs;tra Signora, nel cui animo veramente di <lb/>uino, Iddio &longs;tampò con la &longs;ua propria mano vna Idea di <expan abbr="quã">quam</expan> <lb/>to il mondo ha di buono & di bello: accioche <expan abbr="chiunq;">chiunque</expan> in lei <lb/>&longs;ola mira&longs;&longs;e, quiui &longs;colpito troua&longs;&longs;e ogni &longs;piritual the&longs;oro, & <lb/>quindi piglia&longs;&longs;e il modello di tutti gli altri beni. </s> <s>Quando nel <lb/>mondo in altra <expan abbr="Dõna">Donna</expan> altro di bene <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> fo&longs;&longs;e &longs;e <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> quello, che <lb/>in lei &longs;i &longs;erba, non ba&longs;terebbe egli, per far' cono&longs;cer' à tutti, <lb/>che la &longs;mi&longs;urata perfertion' delle <expan abbr="Dõne">Donne</expan> merita d'e&longs;&longs;ere hau­<lb/>ta &ptail; maggiore di quella de gli huomini? </s> <s>& che io <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> vi piac­<lb/>cio per dir co&longs;e à voi care per lo intere&longs;&longs;e vo&longs;tro, ma perche <lb/>dalla boccha mia, amica della verita, e&longs;ce &longs;olo il vero? </s> <s>Doue <lb/>hauete voi veduto gia mai huomo, in cui &longs;ia tanto &longs;enno, & <lb/>tanta bonta, quanta ne è <expan abbr="&longs;olam&etilde;te">&longs;olamente</expan> in lei? </s> <s>Donde credete voi, <lb/>che na&longs;cha l'amore vniuer&longs;ale, che parimente le portano co <lb/>loro, che la cono&longs;cono, & coloro, che <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> la cono&longs;cono? </s> <s>Cer <lb/>to egli <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> na&longs;ce d'altronde che dal colmo di tutte le gratie, <lb/>quali in lei &longs;errando&longs;i fanno merauigliare <expan abbr="chiũque">chiunque</expan> la cono­<lb/>&longs;ce, & fanno &longs;tupire <expan abbr="chiunq;">chiunque</expan> non la cono&longs;ce di pre&longs;enza, ma <lb/>per &longs;ola fama. </s> <s>Che direte voi della Illu&longs;tr. </s> <s>S. </s> <s>Donna Giulia <lb/>&longs;ua Sorella? </s> <s>Doue la&longs;cerete voi la felice memoria di Mada­<lb/>ma Eccell Madre loro? </s> <s>Ditemi voi, che le hauete cono&longs;ciute <lb/>tutte & tre, & le hauete &longs;eruite dome&longs;ticamente, parui egli <lb/>hauer' trouato in molti altri huomini gia mai, tanto di buo­<lb/>no quanto ogni vna di que&longs;te in &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;a raccoglie? </s></p><p type="main"> <s>ISABEL. </s> <s>Voi mi sforzate con que&longs;ti tre rari e&longs;empi ad <lb/>acco&longs;tarmi alla vo&longs;tra opinione: ma voi <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> ne trouerrete gia <lb/>molte delle altri di pari virtu. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Il bene & il buo<gap/> fu &longs;empre rado, pero io vi <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> <lb/>fe&longs;&longs;o ingenuamente, che que&longs;te tre &longs;ono come tre paragoni <lb/>di tut<gap/> tre nondimeno io non voglio però che noi ci <lb/>diamo<gap/> intendere, che la natura non habbia potuto fare, & <lb/><expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> habbia fatto delle altre &longs;imili à loro, il mondo ne ha &longs;em­<lb/>pre hauuto in ogni eta, & in ogni prouincia alcune, che &longs;o­<lb/>no &longs;tate &longs;pecchio di virtù, ne ha hoggi di, & ne haurà <pb pagenum="108"/>infino, che egli durera: & nella molta perfettione di quelle <lb/>poche &longs;i è cono&longs;ciuto, &longs;i cono&longs;ce, & &longs;i cono&longs;cerà, che le don <lb/>ne meritano d'e&longs;&longs;ere &longs;timate a&longs;&longs;ai più, che gli huomini. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>ISABEL. </s> <s>La cau&longs;a no&longs;tra (Madonne) non haueua bi <lb/>&longs;ogno di minor defen&longs;ore: l'ingegno di M. </s> <s>Telifilo ci fa a gli <lb/>huomini &longs;uperiori, & non la virtu no&longs;tra. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. Credo, che mi burliate (Mad. </s> <s>I&longs;abellina) men <lb/>tre mi lodate per huomo di grande ingegno, in que&longs;ta cau&longs;a, <lb/>laquale da &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;a è tanto vera, che ogni rozzo ingegno la <lb/>potrebbe difendere: pur' che e non vi paia, che io la difenda <lb/>troppo freddamente: il che quando &longs;ia la colpa, é di voi, che <lb/>à me non compartite tante delle vo&longs;tre gratie, che ba&longs;tino à <lb/>&longs;coprire i vo&longs;tri grandi&longs;simi meriti: auenga, che io &longs;enza il <lb/>vo&longs;tro diuino &longs;plendore, &longs;ia qual tenebro&longs;a notte, & qual' <lb/>&longs;ecco fonte &longs;enza il vo&longs;tro cele&longs;te liquore: & co'l diuino <expan abbr="&longs;pl&etilde;">&longs;plem</expan> <lb/>dor' vo&longs;tro, & co'l cele&longs;te liquor' vo&longs;tro tanto vaglia, quan­<lb/>to egli vi piace donarmene, na&longs;cendo da voi ogni mio bene. <lb/></s> <s>Adunque doleteui di voi &longs;te&longs;&longs;e, & non di me, che fò quello, <lb/>che io po&longs;&longs;o, & dico co&longs;e veri&longs;sime, però vi piacciono; per <lb/>che à gli animi candidi amici della verità, come &longs;ono i vo&longs;tri <lb/>non puo piacere ne&longs;&longs;una Buggia, la onde egli &longs;i puo raccor­<lb/>re, che veri&longs;sime &longs;iano le ragioni, che &longs;i dicono à vo&longs;tro ho­<lb/>nore, poi che elle tanto piacciono, à voi, piene di perfetto <lb/>giuditio. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>ISABEL. </s> <s>Voi (M. Telifilo) non meritate e&longs;&longs;er' burla­<lb/>to ma &longs;i ben meritate d'e&longs;&longs;er lodato da noi, da che lodandoci <lb/>vi rendete degno di lode: però infra di noi <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> è chi vi voglia <lb/>burlare punto: anzi tutte vi vogliamo lodare, io nondimeno <lb/>sforzata dallo amor' che io vi porto, vi auuerti&longs;co, che <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> vi <lb/>mettiate in qualche &longs;tato troppo mi&longs;ero, mentre inalzando­<lb/>ci vi abba&longs;&longs;ate. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Io bramo piu to&longs;to &longs;eruirui nello e&longs;&longs;er' burla <lb/>to da voi, ca&longs;o che io d'altro &longs;eruir non vi po&longs;&longs;a, che di non <lb/>vi &longs;eruire in ne&longs;&longs;un modo. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>Corte&longs;emente poi mi auertite, che io troppo <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> mi abba&longs;&longs;i <pb pagenum="109"/>mentre &longs;opra il Cielo inalzo la, non gia maì à ba&longs;tanza loda­<lb/>ta, conditione delle Donne, & fo il &longs;e&longs;&longs;o feminile &longs;uperiore, <lb/>à gli huomini, hauendo voi (come io &longs;timo) openione, che è <lb/>&longs;ia mi&longs;eria l'e&longs;&longs;er &longs;eruo d'altrui: il che io non credo: anzi &longs;on <lb/>per&longs;ua&longs;o; che &longs;eruir' &longs;ignore degne d'e&longs;&longs;er' &longs;eruite, &longs;imili à <lb/>voi rechi honor grandi&longs;simo, à chiunque &longs;erue, il che &longs;i &longs;cor <lb/>ge e&longs;&longs;er vero infra gli huomini, iquali per grandi che &longs;iano, <lb/>&longs;i reputano honorati &longs;eruendo i Re, gli imperadori, & i papi </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LION. </s> <s>Poi che à me toccha &longs;empre à intramettermi in <lb/>fra le vo&longs;tre cirimonie, & al rammentarui, che vi ricordiate <lb/>di tornare, à ca&longs;a, &longs;iete contento di farlo homai, accioche il <lb/>tempo non &longs;i con&longs;umi in darno. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOGEN. </s> <s>Eccomi pre&longs;to, à obedirui. </s> <s>La terza ra­<lb/>gione &longs;i piglia dalla qualita del corpo della Donna. </s> <s>Auen­<lb/>ga, che in tutto il mondo (come hanno creduto i Filo&longs;o­<lb/>&longs;i) alcuni huomini &longs;iano naturalmente &longs;erui & alcuni al­<lb/>tri naturalmente liberi. </s> <s>Quelli, che &longs;ono mu&longs;colo&longs;i, ru­<lb/>uidi, & pilo&longs;i, di &longs;tatura grande, & di forze gagliardi, na­<lb/>&longs;cono naturalmente &longs;erui: infra quali Ari&longs;totile racconta i <lb/>barbari, perche <expan abbr="&longs;eru&etilde;do">&longs;eruendo</expan> il corpo à l'animo, come vno in&longs;tru <lb/>mento &longs;erue allo Artefice, & e&longs;&longs;endo il corpo barbaro atto, <lb/>à portare i pe&longs;i a tollerar' le fatiche della guerra, della agri­<lb/>coltura, & delle altre opere &longs;eruili, bi&longs;ogna, che in quel cor­<lb/>po vi habiti vno animo proportionato, però &longs;eruile. </s> <s>Que <lb/>corpi, per contrario iquali non &longs;ono ne mu&longs;culo&longs;i, ne ruuidi <lb/>ne pilo&longs;i, ne di &longs;tatura grandi, ne di &longs;tatura grandi, ne di forze <lb/>gagliardi, ma molli, delicati, politi, morbidi, &longs;enza peli, &longs;enza <lb/>cre&longs;pe, di mediocre grandezza, & di mediocri &longs;orze, &longs;ono <lb/>naturalmente liberi, & de gli altri padroni, infra quali Ari­<lb/>&longs;totile annouera i Greci, per che que&longs;ta &longs;econda comple&longs;sio <lb/>ne, &longs;eruendo à l'animo, come in&longs;trumento, il rende male at­<lb/>to à portare i pe&longs;i, & alle altre fatiche di &longs;opra racconte, ma <lb/>il fà inclinato alla prndenza, allo imparare gni &longs;orte di virtù, <lb/>al contemplare, & al comandare, come libero, però il mede­<lb/>mo Ari&longs;totile altroue di&longs;&longs;e, che &longs;e l'huomo vecchio haue&longs;&longs;e <pb pagenum="110"/>l'occhio del giouine huomo, egli vedrebbe tanto bene, <expan abbr="quã-to">quan­<lb/>to</expan> vede il giouine, ma perche il vecchio ha di&longs;ecchato quel­<lb/>lo humore che nell'occhio rende il vedere perfetto, il vec­<lb/>chio perfettamente <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> vede, come il giouine. </s> <s>Chi anche &longs;cri <lb/>ue con vna penna ben temperata, bene &longs;criue: & chi &longs;criuen­<lb/>do &longs;i &longs;erue d'una penna male acconcia, non puo &longs;criuer' co­<lb/>&longs;a, che bene &longs;tia: perche l'in&longs;trumento della penna male atto <lb/>nol &longs;erue & nol puo &longs;eruire, in modo che ben vadia, è adun <lb/>que proprietà dello artefice il far' bene le &longs;ue faccende pro­<lb/>priè co boni in&longs;trumenti, & il farle male co tri&longs;ti: & perche <lb/>i corpi robu&longs;ti, e gagliardi non &longs;ono in&longs;trumenti, de quali l'a <lb/>nimo no&longs;tro &longs;i po&longs;&longs;a &longs;eruire alle operationi libere del <expan abbr="cõtem">contem</expan> <lb/>plare, & del comandare à gli altri, que&longs;ti tali na&longs;cono natural <lb/>mente &longs;erui, & perche i corpi di delicata comple&longs;sione &longs;ono <lb/>in&longs;trumenti atti a &longs;eruire, à l'animo nelle contemplationi, & <lb/>nel gouerno gli altri que&longs;ti na&longs;cono naturalmente liberi, & <lb/>de gli altri Signori. </s> <s><expan abbr="Quantũque">Quantunque</expan> à Iurecon&longs;ulti paia, che ne&longs;­<lb/>&longs;una &longs;eruitù &longs;ia naturale, & che tutti gli huomini na&longs;ce&longs;sino <lb/>liberi nel primo loro principio, & che ogni &longs;eruitù &longs;ia &longs;ta­<lb/>ta introdotta nel mondo dalle leggi: e&longs;si nientedimeno &longs;i <lb/>ingannano: perche na&longs;cono altri huomini &longs;erui, & altri libe <lb/>ri, per le ragioni, quali hauete vdito. </s> <s>Hora al propo&longs;ito no­<lb/>&longs;tro applicando tutto que&longs;to di&longs;cor&longs;o, dico, che &longs;e noi faccia <lb/>mo paragone infra il corpo della <expan abbr="Dõna">Donna</expan>, & quel dell'huomo, <lb/>troueremmo, che il corpo dell'huomo ha le conditioni, che <lb/>hanno i corpi &longs;erui: & il corpo della Donna ha quelle della <lb/>per&longs;ona libera. </s> <s>Gli huomini hanno i corpi mu&longs;culo&longs;i, ruuidi <lb/>pilo&longs;i, rugo&longs;i, cre&longs;pi, di &longs;tatura grandi, & di forze gagliardi, <lb/>atti à re&longs;i&longs;tere al graue po&longs;o delle molte fatiche, per contra­<lb/>rio le Donne hanno il corpo molle, morbido, polito, delica­<lb/>to, &longs;enza mu&longs;culi, &longs;enza cre&longs;pe, &longs;enza peli, non molto gagliar <lb/>do, <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> molto atto alle fatiche: però &longs;aranno le per&longs;one loro <lb/>naturalmente &longs;ignore, & quelle de gli huomini naturalmen <lb/>te &longs;erue: à che hebbe l'occhio Ari&longs;totile, <expan abbr="quãdo">quando</expan> di&longs;&longs;e, chi ha <lb/>la carne molle, è atto alla mente, & chi la ha dura, non vi è <pb pagenum="111"/>atto: &longs;arà adunque la Donna tanto piu perfetta dell'huomo, <lb/>quanto lo &longs;tato de &longs;ignori, è piu perfetto, che non è lo &longs;tato <lb/>de &longs;erui. </s> <s>A que&longs;to mir ò Platone quando volendo bene or <lb/>dinare vna perfetti&longs;sima republica, vi introdu&longs;le le Donne, <lb/>& vol&longs;e, che à loro tocca&longs;&longs;e la conueniente parte del gouer <lb/>no ne magi<gap/>trati: anzi à quello, che &longs;i puo raccorre dalla gia <lb/>detta ragione, la maggior parte de gouerni &longs;i appartiene, à lo <lb/>ro; da che con la virtù dello ingegno vagliono a&longs;&longs;ai piu, che <lb/>non vagliono gli huomini. </s> <s>Vol&longs;e etiandio Platone dare alle <lb/>Donne la lor parte nella guerra, & le mi&longs;se armate infra i &longs;ol <lb/>dati con la lancia in &longs;u la co&longs;cia: con cui io generalmente <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <lb/>mi accordo, &longs;e non inquanto, che e&longs;&longs;endo le Donne di mol­<lb/>to miglior con&longs;iglio, & di minor forze de gli huomini, à lo­<lb/>ro piu &longs;i conuiene il gouernar'gli e&longs;erciti comandando <gap/> &longs;ol <lb/>dati, la quale è proprieta del capitano, che è non &longs;i conuiene <lb/>il <expan abbr="cõbattere">combattere</expan>, il che è proprio de gli huomini, come meno atti <lb/>al comandare & piu atti allo obedire, & al tolerare le fatiche <lb/>della guerra, e al combattere contro à loro nemici, quantun <lb/>que molte donne &longs;iano, che molti huomini auanzano nelle <lb/>forze del corpo, come nel con&longs;iglio alle quali &longs;i conuereb­<lb/>be il gouernare gli e&longs;erciti col &longs;apere, & il <expan abbr="cõbattere">combattere</expan> con le <lb/>forze. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>GIROL. </s> <s>E &longs;arebbe pure vna brutta co&longs;a veder Donne à <lb/>cauallo armate correr' la lancia all'incontro con huomi­<lb/>ni? </s> <s>con faticha anche mi acconcio, à credere, che à Donna <lb/>ba&longs;tas&longs;e gia mai l'animo d'in&longs;anguinar&longs;i nell'altrui &longs;an­<lb/>gue. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Che dire&longs;te voi, &longs;e voi vede&longs;te vna belli&longs;sima <lb/>giouane Donna ingnuda giucar' con l'huomo alle braccia in <lb/>vna publica fe&longs;ta, il che Platone voleua, che le &longs;ue Donne fa <lb/>ce&longs;&longs;ero, per e&longs;ercitar&longs;i, & render&longs;i alla arte della guerra? </s></p><p type="main"> <s>GIROL. </s> <s>Tanto piu ne re&longs;terei offe&longs;a, e mi volterei in <lb/>la, per non la vedere, e &longs;e io pur fo&longs;&longs;e sforzata mirarla, mi ver <lb/>gognerei della vergogna, che à me parrebbe, che ella doue<gap/><lb/>&longs;e hauere in &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;a. </s></p><pb pagenum="112"/><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Di que&longs;ta vo&longs;tra vergogna ne &longs;arebbe cagio­<lb/>ne il non e&longs;&longs;er' voi a&longs;&longs;uefatta, à que&longs;ti &longs;pettaculi, come anche <lb/>alle Donne di que tempi doueua accadere, quando que&longs;te <lb/>leggi furono me&longs;&longs;e in v&longs;o, & come brutta co&longs;a doueua loro <lb/>parere il veder giouani huomini ignudi publicamente ne tea <lb/>tri giucare alle braccia innanzi, che gliocchi &longs;i a&longs;&longs;ueface&longs;&longs;e­<lb/>ro: quando poi gli occhi furono a&longs;&longs;uefatti, & hebbero impa­<lb/>rato, à vedere le Donne, è gli huomini ignudi giucando, <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <lb/>&longs;i vergognaro più, co&longs;i voi (Madonna Girolama) per la pri <lb/>ma, ò per la &longs;econda volta vi vergognere&longs;te, ma quando mol <lb/>te volte vi fo&longs;te trouata, à que&longs;ti a&longs;&longs;alti<gap/> gliocchi vo&longs;tri &longs;i &longs;a­<lb/>rebbono a&longs;&longs;uefatti, ne voi, per cio, piu vi vergognere&longs;te. </s> <s>A <lb/>quello che voi dite, che non vi &longs;apre&longs;te per&longs;uadere, che à <expan abbr="Dõ">Dom</expan> <lb/>na ba&longs;ta&longs;si l'animo d'in&longs;anguinar&longs;i nell'altrui &longs;angue, vi <expan abbr="ri&longs;põ">ri&longs;pom</expan> <lb/>do, che alle Donne alleuate delicatamente (come hoggi di &longs;i <lb/>v&longs;a) non ba&longs;terebbe l'animo d'in&longs;anguinar&longs;i nel &longs;angue huma <lb/>no, come anche è <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> ba&longs;terebbe l'animo, à gli huomini, &longs;e fo&longs; <lb/>&longs;ero alleuati nelle delicatezze delle Donne, &longs;e le Donne <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <lb/>&longs;i alleua&longs;sino infra gli aghi da cucire, ma infra le &longs;pade da fe­<lb/>rire, non &longs;i nutri&longs;sono infra le rocche da filare, ma infra le <expan abbr="lã">lam</expan> <lb/>ce da gio&longs;trare: &longs;e le Donne fo&longs;&longs;ero condotte à veder' com­<lb/>battere gli huomini co Lioni, & à veder lacerare le humane <lb/>membra da denti loro, & à &longs;corger' la terra bagnata & tinta <lb/>di &longs;angue humano, come gia &longs;i v&longs;aua, le Donne riu&longs;cirebbe­<lb/>ro animo&longs;e come gli huomini, & tanto più, quanto noi hab­<lb/>biamo prouato, che le donne hanno maggiore inclinatione <lb/>naturale alle virtù, infra lequali la fortezza dell'animo ha il <lb/>&longs;uo luogo. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>GIRO. </s> <s>Secondo la vo&longs;tra openione l'huomo &longs;arà alme <lb/>no piu perfetto, che non è la Donna nelle for&longs;e del corpo, <lb/>come piu robu&longs;to, piu agile, piu leggiero, & piu atto à tole­<lb/>rar le fatiche, il che non &longs;ara poco al parer mio. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Ne molto (Mado. </s> <s>Girolama) perche tra gli <lb/>animali, il cauallo, il Lione, & molti altri &longs;ono piu robu&longs;ti de <lb/>l'huomo, nondimeno non &longs;i trouerrà chi ardi&longs;ca proporgli <pb pagenum="113"/>à l'huomo percio: e tra gli huomini mede&longs;imi quelli, che han <lb/>no que&longs;te qualita più, che gli altri, non &longs;ono per quelle piu <lb/>&longs;timati. </s> <s>Anzi nelle guerre, doue la forza del corpo vale piu <lb/>che altroue, i piu gagliardi non &longs;ono più pregati: ma à quelli <lb/>&longs;i danno i primi honori: il cui giuditio, ingegno ragione, e <lb/>con&longs;iglio, auanza quello de gli altri: il che noi habbiamo di­<lb/>mo&longs;trato e&longs;&longs;er'proprio delle Donne, lequali però, &longs;i re&longs;tano <lb/>ne primi luoghi naturalmente &longs;uperiori, à gli huomini, egli <lb/>è vero, che infra di voi ce ne ha di quelle, che &longs;ono natural­<lb/>mente alle altre &longs;ignore: come è la diuini&longs;sima Donna mia, la <lb/>quale molte altre auanza, quanto il lume del Sole quello del <lb/>l'altre &longs;telle: Haccene etiandio vn'altra poco lontana da que <lb/>&longs;ta honorata compagnia, laquale è tanto riccha de doni infi­<lb/>niti, da Dio, & dalla natura, à lei liberali&longs;simamente donati, <lb/>che ella merita di <expan abbr="comãdare">comandare</expan> non &longs;olo à quelli huomini, à qua <lb/>li ella comanda, ma anche à tutto il re&longs;to del mondo in&longs;iemi: <lb/>quello che à lei, à tolto la fortuna, &longs;empre nemica della vir­<lb/>tù, gli ha dato la fama: laquale tutto'l giorno porta à gli orec­<lb/>chi d'ogni vno, che ella ne è degna. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>ISABEL. </s> <s>Chi è ella que&longs;ta Donna cotanto degna? </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. Quella, che voi &longs;eruite: à cui a ragione &longs;i con <lb/>uengono que&longs;ti honori, come noi pur'dianzi dicemmo. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LION. Iovorrei, &longs;e po&longs;sibil fo&longs;&longs;e, che voi &longs;eguita&longs;te le <lb/>ragioni, che &longs;eruono alla no&longs;tra prima qui&longs;tione, & addietro <lb/>la&longs;cia&longs;te gli altri ragionamenti, per hora; perche &longs;e noi ci an <lb/>dremo tratenendo in que&longs;ti di&longs;cor&longs;i dal primo no&longs;tro princi <lb/>pio a&longs;&longs;ai lontani, pa&longs;&longs;era il caldo, & ne verrà l'hora della cena <lb/>&longs;enza, che habbiamo finito il no&longs;tro ragionamento. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Hor sù eccomi pronto ad obedirui. </s> <s>La quar <lb/>ta ragione, con laquale &longs;i dimo&longs;tra, che l'huomo è piu perfet <lb/>to, che non é la donna &longs;i piglia dalla anima della Donna, la­<lb/>quale, è tanto Eccellente, & grande, che à me non ba&longs;ta la vi <lb/>&longs;ta di fauellarne, &longs;e io non &longs;on aiutato dalla vo&longs;tra diuinita, <lb/>da cui in que&longs;ta parte io &longs;pero, & a&longs;petto aiuto: col quale l'oc <lb/>chio della mente mia illuminato, non mi <expan abbr="cõduca">conduca</expan> al buio per <pb pagenum="114"/>le tenebre della o&longs;curi&longs;sima notte, ma per la chiara luce del <lb/>mezzo giorno, priegoui etiandio à &longs;cu&longs;armi, &longs;e io à que&longs;ta <lb/>quarta ragione darò for&longs;e troppo alto & troppo <expan abbr="lõtano">lontano</expan> prin <lb/>cipio: & perche io for&longs;e non merito ottener' da voi cotanto <lb/>fauore, mi voglio voler' della autorita, che ha apre&longs;&longs;o di voi <lb/>la no&longs;tra Madonna Ca&longs;&longs;andra, laquale &longs;i degnerà (per &longs;ua <lb/>corte&longs;ia & gratia) e&longs;&longs;er' mia auocata. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>CASSAN. </s> <s>Ne io (M Telifilo) con que&longs;te Donne po&longs; <lb/>&longs;o piu di voi, ne voi tanto poco potete con loro, che habbia <lb/>te bi&longs;ogno d'altro mezzo, che del vo&longs;tro, ne il vo&longs;tro molto <lb/>&longs;apere ha bi&longs;ogno dello altrui &longs;occor&longs;o, ma&longs;sime nel ragio­<lb/>nar' d'una cau&longs;a facili&longs;sima à difender&longs;i, come voi pur' dianzi <lb/>dice&longs;te: <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> dimeno tutte que&longs;te corte&longs;i&longs;sime Donne, de&longs;idero <lb/>&longs;e d'udire quello, che loro piu piace, vi fanno la gratia, che <lb/>voi chiedete, & io prometto per ogni vna di loro in tutto. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Con vo&longs;tra buona gratia adunque io dico, <lb/>che allo Dio d'Amore in tutte le leggi, tutti gli altri Idii &longs;o­<lb/>no &longs;tati &longs;ottopo&longs;ti: ne &longs;e ne truoua pur' vno, che &longs;ia potuto <lb/>gia mai v&longs;cir' fuora del &longs;uo grandi&longs;simo Imperio. </s> <s>Cio &longs;i ve­<lb/>de nella Antichi&longs;sima Legge Hebraica, & nella no&longs;tra Chri <lb/>&longs;tiana, nelle quali &longs;i legge che Iddio il Padre, mo&longs;&longs;o da quel­<lb/>lo i&longs;te&longs;&longs;o Amore, che lo haueua &longs;pinto à creare di non nulla <lb/>il tutto, mandò il &longs;uo vnico & amato figliuolo in terra à pa­<lb/>tire in carne humana per noi, & il figliuolo dal mede&longs;imo <lb/>ancor' mo&longs;&longs;o, volentieri &longs;i mi&longs;se à que&longs;ta impre&longs;a. </s> <s>Venendo <lb/>poi alla legge de gentili, ne Saturno, ne Gioue, ne Marte, ne <lb/>ne&longs;&longs;uno de gli altri Dei, &longs;i trouò che non ama&longs;&longs;e, & che ad <lb/>Amore che <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> obedi&longs;&longs;e, &longs;otto varie, & diuer&longs;e forme, & hor <lb/>que&longs;ta, & hor quella &longs;emplice giouine Donna, ingannando, <lb/>godeuano de loro amori. </s> <s>Ne <expan abbr="&longs;olam&etilde;te">&longs;olamente</expan> cio &longs;i vede e&longs;&longs;er'vero <lb/>nelle leggi, ma anche nella naturale Filo&longs;ofia laquale ci in&longs;e <lb/>gna, che quello grande, è immortale Iddio, ilquale veloci&longs;si <lb/>mamente muoue il primo cielo dal Leuante al Ponente, & <lb/>dal Ponente al &longs;uo Leuante, in vno &longs;patio piccolo di venti­<lb/>quattro hore, & &longs;eco tira tutti gli altri Cieli, inferiori, à co&longs;i <pb pagenum="115"/>fatico&longs;a & continua impre&longs;a da altro non è &longs;pinto, che <lb/>dallo Amore, & è il Corpo Cele&longs;te da Dio mo&longs;&longs;o di figu­<lb/>r<gap/>itonda, per che ritondo & circulare è il diuino Amo­<lb/>re. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>CASSAN. </s> <s>Io non credeuo, che l'Amore fo&longs;&longs;e ne ri­<lb/>tondo, ne lungo, ne quadrato, ne circulare, ne di qual &longs;i vo­<lb/>glia altra figura auenga, che egli &longs;ia Iddio, tutto &longs;pirituale, à <lb/>cui que&longs;te figure di corpo <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> &longs;i <expan abbr="cõuengono">conuengono</expan>, & pen&longs;auo, che <lb/>lo hauerlo dipinto informa di vn'bel fanciullino ignudo, & <lb/>cieco fo&longs;&longs;e &longs;tata opera di huomini &longs;aui, iquali lo haueuano <lb/>co&longs;i voluto dipignere da &longs;uoi effetti, credeuo adunque, che <lb/>lo haue&longs;sino dipinto fanciullo, perche i veri amanti &longs;ono <lb/>&longs;emplici, puri, & candidi, come i fanciulli, mi pen&longs;auo, che <lb/>lo haue&longs;sino dipinto cieco, perche l'amante non vede ne&longs;&longs;u­<lb/>na imperfettione nella co&longs;a amata, & &longs;e pur'ne&longs;&longs;una ve nè e <lb/>l'amante la cuopre, & dice che ella aggiugne gratia: ma che <lb/>in vero lo Amore non fo&longs;&longs;e ne ma&longs;chio ne femina, ne riton­<lb/>do, ne lungo, ne largo, ne quadrato, ne di qual altra figura &longs;i <lb/>voglia, e&longs;&longs;endo egli Iddio, voi hora, che dite l'amor' Diuino <lb/>e&longs;&longs;er'ritondo, mi mettete &longs;i il ceruello à partito, che io non <lb/>&longs;o, che mi pen&longs;are, &longs;e egli adunque non vi par graue, diteci, <lb/>come voi l'intendete. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Egli &longs;i par bene, che voi (Madon. </s> <s>Ca&longs;&longs;andra) <lb/>dalla vo&longs;tra Signora, mentre la hauete &longs;entita ragionare, hab <lb/>biate imparato qualche parte, & non piccola, di quelle co&longs;e <lb/>grandi, che ella dice con merauiglia è &longs;tupore di chiunque <lb/>la a&longs;colta, da che cotanto ragioneuolmente dubitate, è ben' <lb/>vero, che voi, toccate vn ta&longs;to tanto duro, che altro dito, che <lb/>il mio ci vorrebbe per muouerlo, pure io confido nella di­<lb/>uina virtù vo&longs;tra, da cui &longs;pero tanto d'aiuto, che mi ba&longs;ti à <lb/>&longs;ciorre il vo&longs;tro &longs;tretto nodo: Dicoui adunque, che voi ben <lb/>fate (M. Ca&longs;&longs;andra) à pen&longs;are, che l'Amore, per e&longs;&longs;ere Iddio <lb/>&longs;pirituale, non habbia altra figura, che quella, che à lui han­<lb/>no attribuito gli huomini &longs;aui da &longs;uoi effetti per amae&longs;tra­<lb/>mento di chi non intende piu in la, che tanto, perche <pb pagenum="116"/>que&longs;ta è l'i&longs;te&longs;&longs;a verità: ne io, ho voluto dargli la ritonda figu <lb/>ra, come volgarmente &longs;i intende, ma ho fauellato d'una figu­<lb/>ra circulare &longs;pirituale. </s> <s>Dicoui adunque, che il diuino amore <lb/>è ritondo & circulare inquanto, che egli ra&longs;&longs;omiglia vn cir­<lb/>culo, ilquale non ha ne pricicipio ne fine, anzi ogni punto, è <lb/>principio, e &longs;uo proprio fine, co&longs;i è il diuino amore, perche <lb/>l'amante, l'amato, & l'atto dello amare in Dio &longs;ono vna me­<lb/>de&longs;ima co&longs;a. </s> <s>Ama Iddio &longs;olamente &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o, & amando fer­<lb/>ma il primo punto del circulo, & amando &longs;olo &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o, ritor <lb/>na al mede&longs;imo primo punto, ìn tanto, che doue, è il princi­<lb/>pio del diuino amore, quiui è il &longs;uo vltimo fine, & doue è il <lb/>fine, quiui è il principio, cio è l'amante, è l'amato, & l'amato, <lb/>è l'amato, come il punto qual noi habbiamo po&longs;to nel circu <lb/>lo è il &longs;uo principio, & il &longs;uo fine: l'atto poi dello amare il <lb/>quale altro non è che Iddio ra&longs;&longs;omiglia la linea dello arco: <lb/>laquale na&longs;cendo dal primo punto, nel mede&longs;imo primo, <expan abbr="pũ-to">pun­<lb/>to</expan> ritorna, & quiui fini&longs;ce; donde ne na&longs;ce vno &longs;piritual cir­<lb/>culo, ilquale è cagione del circular moto del corpo cele&longs;te. <lb/></s> <s>Eccoui come il diuino amore, è ritondo & circulare: Que­<lb/>&longs;to ritondo amore mo&longs;&longs;e Iddio, à volgere il primo cielo in <lb/>giro, & à tirar'&longs;eco tutti gli altri corpi cele&longs;ti inferiori, <expan abbr="inquã">inquam</expan> <lb/>to, che Iddio intendendo & amando &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o il tutto muoue <lb/>in virtu &longs;ola del &longs;uo atto dello intendere, & dello amare: <lb/><expan abbr="Adunq;">Adunque</expan> &longs;econdo que&longs;ta Filo&longs;ofia Iddio obedi&longs;ce all o amo­<lb/>re: la onde &longs;i comprende, che l'Amore è quel grande Iddio <lb/>che <gap/> Iddio di tutti gli altri Dei; dal cui legittimo & ragione <lb/>uole imperio niun'altro Iddio ha potuto ribellar&longs;i gia mai. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>Al no&longs;tro propo&longs;ito ritornando, &longs;e faremo paragone infra <lb/>l'anima della Donna & dell'huomo, troueremo; che l'anima <lb/>dell'huomo è piu tarda allo innamorar&longs;i, di quella della don <lb/>na, come la i&longs;perienza dimo&longs;tra & quando ammendue in&longs;ie­<lb/>mi &longs;i &longs;ono innamorati; l'amore della Donna, è piu fermo, piu <lb/>&longs;tabile, & piu <expan abbr="cõ&longs;tante">con&longs;tante</expan>, che non è quello dell'huomo, & è ben <lb/>dritto, che co&longs;i &longs;ia, da che la Donna, è di <expan abbr="cõple&longs;sione">comple&longs;sione</expan> piu fri­<lb/>gida, che l'huomo, & la frigidità delle comple&longs;sioni e cagio-<pb pagenum="117"/>ne di fermezza: doue la calidità delle comple&longs;sioni partori­<lb/>&longs;ce leggerezza in&longs;tabile: Amando adunque la Donna piu ago <lb/>uolmente e piu con&longs;tantemente, che non ama l'huomo ella, <lb/>naturalmente piu congionta con l'anima &longs;ua allo amore, che <lb/>non è l'huomo: percio la perfettione, la grandezza, & l'eceel <lb/>lenza natural' della Donna re&longs;ta maggiore, che non è quella <lb/>dell'huomo: con cio &longs;ia, che lo e&longs;&longs;ere congionto &longs;trettamen­<lb/>te con l'animo, à quel grande Iddio, à cui obedi&longs;cono tutti <lb/>gli altri Dei, nella per&longs;ona, à lui piu <expan abbr="cõgiõta">congionta</expan> comunichi mag <lb/>gior' perfettione, che non ne comunica à l'altre meno con <lb/>lui congiunte. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>CLAR. </s> <s>Si truouano pur'delle Donne tarde allo inna­<lb/>morar&longs;i, & facili à la&longs;ciare, i gia pre&longs;i amori: come adunque <lb/>volete voi generalmente intendere quello, che generalmen <lb/>te non è vero? </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Co&longs;i non &longs;e ne troua&longs;&longs;ero delle crudeli infra <lb/>di voi, come &longs;e ne truouano, lequali non amano, &longs;e ben &longs;o­<lb/>no amate: anzi &longs;pe&longs;&longs;o à torto odiano iloro amanti: & in­<lb/>cambio di rendergli felici amandogli, gli fanno morire infe­<lb/>lici odiandogli: Il che non auiene alle Donne per loro pro­<lb/>pria natura (à dir'il vero) ma ò per mala educatione, ò persde <lb/>gno giu&longs;to, ò ingiu&longs;to, che egli tal volta &longs;i &longs;ia, ò per e&longs;&longs;er&longs;i do <lb/>nata ad altro amante, o per alcuno altro accidente particu­<lb/>lare: de quali hora non è po&longs;sibile hauere piena notitia: <lb/>ba&longs;taui, che la Donna per &longs;ua natura non é crudele: anzi man <lb/>&longs;ueta, benigna, amoreuole, amabile, e piena di tutte le gratie: <lb/>però &longs;e ella; o non ama, ò odia, il fa, per qualche e&longs;trin&longs;eca ca­<lb/>gione, che la rende degna di qualche &longs;cu&longs;a a lmeno, &longs;e <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> d'o <lb/>gni lode, &longs;e ella anche &longs;i muta, amando; cio non gli auiene, &longs;e <lb/>non quando ella è sforzata, à farlo: auenga, che la comple&longs;sio <lb/>ne della Donna &longs;ia frigida, paragonata alla comple&longs;sione del <lb/>l'huomo: ilquale è di comple&longs;sione calda, come dianzi &longs;i di&longs;­<lb/>&longs;e: & la frigidità parto ri&longs;ce &longs;tabilità, & fermezza, non &longs;olo ne <lb/>gli amori, ma anche in ogni altra operatione: per contrario <lb/>la calidità delle comple&longs;sioni renda gli animi in&longs;tabili, varii, <pb pagenum="118"/>& leggieri, come in&longs;tabile, vario, e leggiero è il fuoco, però <lb/>la <expan abbr="Dõna">Donna</expan> per &longs;ua propria natura, ne &longs;uol amori, è a&longs;&longs;ai piu fer­<lb/>ma è &longs;tabile dell'huomo. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>Delle donne brutte, & male alleuate hoggi non &longs;i ragiona: <lb/>perche que&longs;te di rado &longs;i innamorano, & &longs;e pure amano, non <lb/>amano ca&longs;tamente, ma con la&longs;c<gap/>uia, e &longs;onza giuditio ne&longs;&longs;u­<lb/>no &longs;i danno, il p<gap/> delle volte in preda ad huomo, che non <lb/>merita d'e&longs;&longs;ere amato, ma odiato: come anche elle meritano. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>Hora voi ca&longs;te, pudiche, è belle donne, quanto piu <expan abbr="ca&longs;tam&etilde;">ca&longs;tamen</expan> <lb/>te amate, tanto più, à que&longs;to merauiglio&longs;o Iddio vi acco&longs;tate <lb/>dalla cui Diuina pre&longs;enza prendete, amando, la diuinità vo­<lb/>&longs;tra, gran'parte di cui perdere&longs;te; &longs;e voi non ama&longs;te, & non <lb/>amando, vi rende&longs;te indegne d'e&longs;&longs;ere amate: e&longs;&longs;endo que&longs;ta <lb/>vna la propria natura dello amato bene, il comunicar&longs;i: Co­<lb/>municate adunque, ne vo&longs;tri amori<gap/> quella perfettione, che <lb/>prende&longs;te da que&longs;to perfecti&longs;simo Iddio: accioche comuni­<lb/>candola, rendiate felici <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> voi, i vo&longs;tri amanti, e in&longs;iemi fatte <lb/>beate <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> loro, anche <expan abbr="viu&etilde;do">viuendo</expan> in terra, incominciate à viuere <lb/>quella vita felice, che da veri <expan abbr="amãti">amanti</expan> felici&longs;sima &longs;i viue <expan abbr="ĩ">im</expan> cielo. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LION. </s> <s>Se voi (M.Telifilo) hauete ad a&longs;pottar' &longs;empre <lb/>d'e&longs;&longs;er' richiamato inanzi, che vi volgi<gap/>e alle nuoue ragio­<lb/>ni, io credo, che prima finirà il giorno, che non finiranno, i <lb/>no&longs;tri di&longs;cor&longs;i: porò i<gap/>crederei, che meglio fo&longs;&longs;e, che voi <lb/>finita, che hauete l'una ragione, attacca&longs;te l'altra, perche co&longs;i <lb/>piu to&longs;to ci &longs;pediremmo. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Io (Madon.Lionora) che &longs;on nato per &longs;eruir <lb/>gratio&longs;e, & belle Donne, e&longs;&longs;endo addimandato da alcuna di <lb/>voi, che con la bellezza hauete congionto tanto di gratia, <lb/>che fate vno eterno Aprile, doue voi &longs;iete, mancherei à que <lb/>&longs;to mio douuto officio, &longs;e io non <expan abbr="ri&longs;põde&longs;&longs;e">ri&longs;ponde&longs;&longs;e</expan>, re&longs;terebbon&longs;i an <lb/>che le vo&longs;tre ragioni molto pouere, &longs;e elle non fu&longs;sino arric <lb/>chitte da gli infiniti te&longs;ori de vo&longs;tri ingegni, però non vi ram <lb/>maricate, ma con la &longs;olita vo&longs;tra attentione a&longs;coltate. <lb/></s> <s>La quinta ragione na&longs;ce dal diuino <expan abbr="&longs;pl&etilde;dore">&longs;plendore</expan>, che e&longs;ce fuora <lb/>de vo&longs;tri occhi &longs;ereni: e dal viuo calore, che ci &longs;corge nel vo <pb pagenum="119"/>&longs;tro bel vi&longs;o, il che cono&longs;cerete, quando hauerete prima &longs;a­<lb/>puto, che la luce altro non è che vno effetto dell'anima, nel­<lb/>la materia di cio capace. </s> <s>Dico nella materia di cio capace; <lb/>perche, fe l'anime de corpi cele&longs;ti fo&longs;&longs;ero &longs;errate, ò in vn le­<lb/>gno, o in vna pietra, elle non potrebbero illuminarlo, per­<lb/>che &longs;arebbero in vna materia non capace di luce, ma per che <lb/>la materia del cielo ne è capace, l'anima &longs;ua la produce nel <lb/>Cielo, &longs;e quiui etiandio fo&longs;&longs;e vna forma materiale, come &longs;o­<lb/>no le forme de gli elementi, & di tutte le altre co&longs;e compo­<lb/>&longs;te, quiui non &longs;i vedrebbe &longs;egno di luce, perche &longs;e bene vi &longs;a <lb/>rebbe la materia d'e&longs;&longs;a capace, non vi &longs;arebbe però la forma, <lb/>che la pote&longs;&longs;e produrre: ma perche nel Cielo è la forma atta <lb/>à far que&longs;to effetto, & ui è la materia atta à riceuerlo, la luce <lb/>nel Cielo giorno & notte &longs;i vede, na&longs;cendo la luce dalla for <lb/>ma cele&longs;te, nella cele&longs;te materia. </s> <s>Nelle co&longs;e, che &longs;ono &longs;otto il <lb/>cielo, quella anima maggior luce partorirà, che &longs;arà piu per­<lb/>&longs;etta; e quella minore, che &longs;arà men perfetta, & perche l'ani­<lb/>ma, che muoue il cielo della Luna, e infra tutte le altre ani­<lb/>ma cele&longs;ti imperfetti&longs;sima, la faccia della Luna meno riluce, <lb/>che <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> rilucono l'altre &longs;telle &longs;uperiori, & perche &longs;otto il cie <lb/>lo ci ha l'anima delle <expan abbr="Dõne">Donne</expan>, laquale, &longs;e bene è diuina, & atta <lb/>à generar la luce, è però congionto à vn corpo terreno, non <lb/>capace di luce, ma &longs;olamente atto, à riceuer'qualche ombra <lb/>di luce, la diuina anima delle <expan abbr="Dõne">Donne</expan> nel belli&longs;simo corpo lo­<lb/>ro, fa quello, che ella puo, e <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> potendo piu, che mandar'fuo <lb/>ra de gli occhi loro vno &longs;plendore diuino, il manda con me­<lb/>rauiglio&longs;o &longs;tupore, ne hauendo altra forza, che di colorire il <lb/>belli&longs;simo volto loro <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> vno incarnato colore, ombra di lu­<lb/>ce <expan abbr="dolcem&etilde;te">dolcemente</expan> il colori&longs;ce. </s> <s>Douete <expan abbr="etiãdio">etiandio</expan> &longs;apere, che la luce <lb/>nella materia atta, à riceuerla, <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> ri&longs;plende, &longs;e ella <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> è bene <lb/>&longs;tretta, è ben &longs;errata, e ben con'den&longs;ata in&longs;iemi, il che &longs;i cono <lb/>&longs;ce nel mede&longs;imo Cielo, ilquale e&longs;&longs;endo corpo tutto atto, <lb/>à rilucere; non riluce, &longs;e non nella parte &longs;tellata, laquale è <lb/>a&longs;&longs;ai piu den&longs;a, che non è il re&longs;to del Cielo, & nel corpo <lb/>cele&longs;te ra&longs;&longs;omiglia, i nodi, che &longs;ono le parti piu den&longs;e, <pb pagenum="120"/>delle tauole loro, cio &longs;i vede nel ferro rouente, 'ilquale <expan abbr="ard&etilde;">ardem</expan> <lb/>do riluce piu, che non fa la &longs;toppa, perche la luce del fuoeo <lb/>nella materia del ferro, è a&longs;&longs;ai piu ri&longs;tretta, è calcata in&longs;iemi, <lb/>che ella non è nella materia rara della &longs;topa: il ferro non piu <lb/>rouente, non piu riluce, adunque la luce nel ferro na&longs;ceua <lb/>dal fuoco: Il corpo etiandio d'una Donna morta, è &longs;colori­<lb/>to, & mancha di quello incarnato, che vi era mentre la Don­<lb/>na viueua, ne fuora de gli occhi &longs;uoi e&longs;cono que raggi amo­<lb/>ro&longs;i, che prima ne v&longs;ciuano, que&longs;ti adunque &longs;ono tutti effet­<lb/>ti dell'anima: Hora al no&longs;tro propo&longs;ito ritornando, dico, che <lb/>il cuore della Donna è compo&longs;to d'una materia den&longs;a, di car <lb/>tilagine, di nerui, di vene, d'arterie, & d'una carne molto &longs;o­<lb/>da, & den&longs;a; pero molto atta, à riceuere la luce generata dal <lb/>la anima della Donna: e da rilucere mandando fuora i&longs;plendi <lb/>di&longs;simi raggi: e quali non trooando altro che gli occbi, don­<lb/>de v&longs;cire, per gli occhi e&longs;cono, <expan abbr="m&etilde;tre">mentre</expan> la Donna arde di quel' <lb/>Diuino amore, che l'anima le produce nel cuore. </s> <s>Que&longs;ti rag <lb/>gi pa&longs;&longs;ando per gli occhi della Donna arriuano à gli occhi <lb/>dell'huomo, & quindi penetrano al core: doue penetrati ac­<lb/>cendono vn dolci&longs;simo fuoco, di &longs;uaui&longs;simo amore, ilquale <lb/>felici&longs;simamente ardendo, &longs;a diuentar l'huomo beato. <lb/></s> <s>Da que&longs;to di&longs;cor&longs;o noi, al no&longs;tro propo&longs;ito ritornando, po­<lb/>tremo intender la verita, paragonando il viuo colore della <lb/>Donna, col colore dell'huomo, & lo splendore che e&longs;ce da <lb/>gliocchi dell'uno & dell'altro, in que&longs;to paragone noi tro­<lb/>uerremo, che come la grandi&longs;sima luce del Sole con la pre­<lb/>&longs;enza &longs;ua il giorno cuopre quella delle altre Stelle, co&longs;i il <lb/>diuino &longs;plendor delle Donne, & il viuo lor' colore, tanto di <lb/>gran lunga auanza quel dell'huomo, che l'huomo, doue la <lb/>Donna &longs;i truoua, re&longs;ta tutto &longs;colorito, e &longs;morto: Hora <expan abbr="na&longs;c&etilde;">na&longs;cem</expan> <lb/>do il maggiore &longs;plendore, & piu viuo colore dalla anima piu <lb/>perfetta, & il minore dalla men perfetta: is forzati dalla ragio <lb/>ne &longs;iamo à credere, che la perfettione delle Donne di gran­<lb/>di&longs;sima lunga auanzi quella de gli huomini. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>ISABEL. </s> <s>Io ho pur veduto i&longs;pe&longs;&longs;o alcuni huomini di <pb pagenum="121"/>quel colore incarnato che me&longs;colato col <expan abbr="biãco">bianco</expan>, & col ro&longs;&longs;o, <lb/><expan abbr="t&etilde;peratamente">temperatamente</expan>, <expan abbr="auãza">auanza</expan> il bel colore delle <expan abbr="Dõne">Donne</expan>, & mi <expan abbr="ram&etilde;to">ramento</expan> <lb/>anche hauer'veduto ne gliochi di molti huomini giouini tan <lb/>ta vaghezza è tanto &longs;plendore, che egli è par&longs;o, che Cupido <lb/>& venere &longs;e gli habbino eletti à po&longs;ta per accenderui le fiac­<lb/>cole, che ammendue addoperano per arderei cori innamora <lb/>ti: &longs;e vero è quello, che voi di &longs;opra dice&longs;te, vero anche &longs;arà, <lb/>l'anima di co&longs;i fatti huomini &longs;ia perfetti&longs;sima, & con la &longs;ua <lb/>molta perfettione meriti d'e&longs;&longs;ere propo&longs;ta à quella delle <expan abbr="Dõ">Dom</expan> <lb/>ne, il che quando fie vero, noi ci rimarremo &longs;otto gli huo­<lb/>mini. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Come accomodatamente (M.I&longs;abellina) voi <lb/>hauete ritrouato via da confirmare le vo&longs;tre buone ragioni? <lb/></s> <s>di que&longs;to e&longs;empio, &longs;i puo raccorre à <expan abbr="pũto">punto</expan> il roue&longs;cio di quel <lb/>lo, che voi raccolto ne hauete: concio&longs;ia che que&longs;ti giouini, <lb/>de quali voi hauete ragionato, ra&longs;&longs;omiglino le belle Donne, <lb/>nel colore, ne gli occhi, ne ge&longs;ti, nella per&longs;ona, nelle maniere <lb/>nel fauellare, nel ridere, nel mirare, & in tutte le altre co&longs;e, <lb/>& ra&longs;&longs;omigliandole, per cio &longs;on belli, belli non &longs;arebbono, &longs;e <lb/>non le ra&longs;&longs;omiglia&longs;sino, qua&longs;i che la natura nel principio di <lb/>que&longs;ta opera vole&longs;&longs;e fabbricar' vna Donna, poi ò per errore, <lb/>ò per altro accidente, gli veni&longs;&longs;e fabbricato l'huomo, & vo­<lb/>letelo voi vedere, che que&longs;ta &longs;ia bellezza di Donne, & non <lb/>d'huomini? </s> <s>la bellezza in que&longs;ti giouini, tanto &longs;i <expan abbr="cõ&longs;erua">con&longs;erua</expan>, <expan abbr="quã">quam</expan> <lb/>to in loro &longs;i con&longs;erua il vi&longs;o &longs;imile alla faccia della Donna, <lb/>&longs;enza peli, è &longs;enza cre&longs;pe quando poi la barba ne viene con <lb/>le ruuide cre&longs;pe, dalla facciadi que&longs;ti tali &longs;i parte ogni bellez <lb/>za, puo&longs;si anche corfirmare que&longs;ta verita dalle inclinationi <lb/>naturali di que&longs;ti belli giouini: e&longs;si &longs;ono inclinati allo inamo <lb/>rar&longs;i facilmente, al continuar gli amori, alle delicatezze, alla <lb/>facilità, alla piaceuolezza, alla dolcezza, & à tutte le opera­<lb/>tioni degne di lode, allequali &longs;ono inclinate le Donne: adun <lb/>que in loro, è animo, & perfettione di Donna, da che quiui, <lb/>è bellezza di Donna: eccoui, che l'huomo non è ne bello ne <lb/>buono per &longs;ua propria natura, ma &longs;olamente, in quanto, che <pb pagenum="122"/>la bonta, e la bellezza, è à lui comunicata dalla Donna, <expan abbr="dõde">donde</expan> <lb/>ne na&longs;ce, che la bonta, la bellezza, l'Eccellenza, & la perfet­<lb/>tione, &longs;ia maggior nella Donna, doue ella non depende dal­<lb/>l'huomo, che ella non è nell'huomo, doue ella depende dal­<lb/>la Donna. </s> <s>Voi adunque (ò belle & gratio&longs;e Donne, i cui <lb/>occhi & il cui core &longs;empre ardendo di <expan abbr="cõtinua">continua</expan>, e &longs;uaue fiam <lb/>ma amoro&longs;a, &longs;ono la fucina, e gli incudi, dequali cupido &longs;i <lb/>&longs;erue per fabricar le freccie, e gli archi, da ferir gli amanti, <lb/>tempratele di maniera, che elle penetrando per gli occhi al <lb/>cuore di chiunque vi ama, &longs;iano buona cagione di &longs;tampar­<lb/>ui dentro la bella imagine delle vo&longs;tre anime diuine, da cui <lb/>lo &longs;plendor' de vo&longs;tri occhi &longs;ereni, & il viuo colore del vo­<lb/>&longs;tro bel vi&longs;o, &longs;empre na&longs;cendo, ci dimo&longs;tri à pieno, che la vo <lb/>&longs;tra alta virtù &longs;otto il Cielo, è &longs;enza pari. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>CASSAN. </s> <s>Adunque le Donne brutte, da cui occhi <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <lb/>e&longs;cono que&longs;ti diuini &longs;plendori, & il color' di cui tal volta è <lb/>brutto, &longs;i re&longs;teranno inferiori, à gli huomini? </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>La natura, e ordinati&longs;sima, & non da à l'huo­<lb/>mo faccia di bella Donna, &longs;enza dargli anima, e perfettione <lb/>di Donna, ne da alla Donna bruttezza d'huomo, &longs;enza dar­<lb/>gli imperfettione d'huomo, però que&longs;ta Donna, di cui hora <lb/>&longs;i fauella, &longs;i re&longs;tera nella &longs;ua imperfettione, laqual &longs;ara tanto <lb/>maggiore, quanto maggiori &longs;aranno le &longs;ue bruttezze, re&longs;tin­<lb/>&longs;i adunque le Donne brutte nella loro imperfettione. </s> <s>Gli <lb/>huomini etiandio piu brutti, che gli altri huomini, &longs;ono piu <lb/>imperfetti: & i piu belli piu perfetti, perche piu &longs;i acco&longs;tano <lb/>alla prima lor'perfettione, che è la <expan abbr="Dõna">Donna</expan>, come le acque che <lb/>piu &longs;i acco&longs;tano alla prima fonte loro, &longs;ono piu chiare, & piu <lb/>purgate. <lb/></s> <s>Per non dar da dire à Madonna Lionora, &longs;enza altro &longs;uo in <lb/>uito me ne vengo alla &longs;e&longs;ta, & vltima ragione. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LION. </s> <s>Voi hauete &longs;atto buona ri&longs;olutione, perche ogni <lb/>poco più, che voi indugiaui, mi &longs;arei introme&longs;&longs;a ne vo&longs;tri di­<lb/>&longs;cor&longs;i, accioche ritirato da me, ve ne fo&longs;te ritornato à ca&longs;a, &longs;e <pb pagenum="123"/>pur da voi non ve ne fo&longs;te rammentato. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. Io, che me ne accor&longs;i, veggendoui &longs;torcere, mi <lb/>leuai (come &longs;i &longs;uol dire) dinanzi alla grandine: Dicoui adun­<lb/>que, che la &longs;e&longs;ta, e vltima ragione, &longs;i piglia dal fine, la cui pro­<lb/>pria natura, é di far perfetto cioche vi &longs;i conduce, e di <expan abbr="cõ&longs;er">con&longs;er</expan> <lb/>uare nella propria perfettione, quello, che la ha guadagnata, <lb/>cio &longs;i vede in tutte le co&longs;e dalla natura prodotte: e prima ne <lb/>gli elementi, iquali fuora del loro proprio fine &longs;ono imper­<lb/>fetti, e nel proprio fin'loro &longs;ono perfetti, &longs;iaci per e&longs;empio il <lb/>fuoco; il cui vltimo fine è nel proprio luogo &longs;otto il cielo <lb/>della Luna, & à cui in due &longs;oli modi accade e&longs;&longs;erne fuora: <lb/>prima &longs;e egli è quindi per forza tirato dalla altrui violenza, <lb/>&longs;econdariamente, &longs;e egli fuora del &longs;uo proprio luogo è gene <lb/>rato d'altra materia: &longs;e nel primo modo il fuoco &longs;i truona <lb/>fuora del &longs;uo vltimo fine, ci bi&longs;ogna, ò per Amore, ò per for <lb/>za dargli qualche imperfettione, concio &longs;ia, che ogni violen <lb/>za, alteri, e tiri fuora della &longs;ua natura la co&longs;a sforzata, e la <lb/>renda imperfetta come gli animali per forza tirati al macel­<lb/>lo, e gli huomini à tormenti, &longs;ono alterati, e nella alteratio­<lb/>ne perdono &longs;e non tutta la lor'perfettione, buona parte d'e&longs; <lb/>&longs;a almeno: co&longs;i lo elemento del fuoco, sforzato ad v&longs;cir' <lb/>fuora del proprio luogo, o vero tutto &longs;i conuerte in vn'al­<lb/>tro elemento, o uero re&longs;ta con qualche imperfettione. </s> <s>Se il <lb/>fuoco è generato fuora del &longs;uo luogo naturale, e proprio <lb/>bi&longs;ogna, che à que&longs;ta genaritione ci &longs;iano concor&longs;e alcu­<lb/>ne parti materiali, di natura diuer&longs;e dalla materia del fuoco, <lb/>dalle quali il fuoco pigli <expan abbr="grãde">grande</expan> imperfettione, come &longs;e il fuo <lb/>co &longs;i accende&longs;&longs;e nelle legna, e &longs;arebbe imperfetto, perche le <lb/>legna &longs;ono materia terrena, frigida, e graue: però &longs;ono cagio <lb/>ne, che il fuoco <expan abbr="d&etilde;troui">dentroui</expan> acce&longs;o, diuenuto graue, di leggiero, <lb/>che egli era, <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> le legna &longs;cenda al ba&longs;&longs;o luogo del mondo, <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> <lb/>tro alla &longs;ua naturale inclinatione, laquale, e di &longs;alire in alto, <lb/>doue naturalmente &longs;algono tutte le co&longs;e leggiere, <expan abbr="adunq;">adunque</expan> il <lb/>fuoco nelle legna generato, è imperfetto, da che gli <expan abbr="mãca">manca</expan> la <pb pagenum="124"/>leggerezza, laquale è vna proprieta tanto congionta alla na­<lb/>tura del fuoco perfetto che &longs;enza e&longs;&longs;a, e diuenta imperfetto. <lb/></s> <s>Que&longs;ta imperfettione &longs;i con&longs;erua infino, che il fuoco &longs;i re&longs;ta <lb/>fuora del &longs;uo proprio luogo, &longs;e il fuoco, o ver fuora del &longs;uo <lb/>naturale luogo generato, ouer quiui per forza tirato, inco­<lb/>mincia, à &longs;alire in alto, egli è &longs;egno, che nel fuoco &longs;i &longs;ono ri­<lb/>guadagnate alcune nuoue parti della gia perduta leggierez­<lb/>za, & che egli ha la&longs;ciato molte parte della grauita, contra­<lb/>ria alla &longs;ua natura, quale il fuoco ha &longs;empre nel &longs;uo luogo na <lb/>turale, nel montare in alto, quanto egli piu &longs;ale, tanto re&longs;ta <lb/>men graue, & diuenta piu leggiero: finalmente, <expan abbr="quãdo">quando</expan> il fuo <lb/>co &longs;ara giunto &longs;otto il Cielo della Luna, nel &longs;uo luogo na­<lb/>turale, il fuoco haura &longs;co&longs;&longs;o ogni pe&longs;o, e &longs;arà diuenuto leggie <lb/>ri&longs;simo, quiui fatto perfetto nella perfettione acqui&longs;tata dal <lb/>fine, &longs;i con&longs;eruerà in e&longs;&longs;a ripo&longs;ando&longs;i. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>CLAR. </s> <s>Io non intendo co&longs;a, che vi diciate (M. Telifi­<lb/>lo) però non vi paia faticha il ri&longs;pondermi, à quello, che io vi <lb/>addimanderò. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Pur che Madonna Lionora e l'altre non &longs;e ne <lb/>addirino, io farò quello, che voi vorrete, ca&longs;o poi, che ella &longs;e <lb/>ne addira&longs;&longs;ero, à voi (che di cio &longs;are&longs;te &longs;tata cagione) la&longs;cerei <lb/>il carico di placarle, parmi grandi&longs;sima pazzia di colui, che <lb/>e&longs;&longs;endo&longs;i obligato &longs;eruir molti &longs;ignori, come hoggi &longs;ono io <lb/>obligato, à &longs;eruir'tutte voi per piacere ad vno, à gli altri di­<lb/>&longs;piace, però accordateui con M.Lionora, & con il re&longs;to del­<lb/>la compagnia, e comandatemi, che io &longs;on pre&longs;to a obedirui. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>CLARI. </s> <s>Che ne dite (M.Lionora) & voi altre Signo­<lb/>re? </s> <s>contentateui, che io rompa il filo di que&longs;ta te&longs;situra? </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LION. </s> <s>Io &longs;ola <expan abbr="cõfidata">confidata</expan> nella molta corte&longs;ia d'ogni vna <lb/>di que&longs;te altre &longs;ignore, ri&longs;ponderò per tutte. </s> <s>Noi non ci con <lb/>tentiamo che voi rompiate il filo, perche voi lo hauete di gia <lb/>rotto, ci contentiamo bene, che voi lo habbiate rotto, con <lb/>patto però, che è &longs;i rattacchi, quando ci parra, di rattaccar­<lb/>lo. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>CLARI. </s> <s>Co&longs;i &longs;i faccia, voi dice&longs;te dianzi, che &longs;otto il <pb pagenum="125"/>cielo della Luna era il proprio luogo naturale dello elemen <lb/>to del fuoco il che à me non par punto vero; concio&longs;ia, che <lb/>&longs;e co&longs;i fo&longs;&longs;e, il &longs;uo lume coprirebbe quello delle &longs;telle, lequa <lb/>li da noi per cio non potrebbero e&longs;&longs;er vedute. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Se quiui il fuoco riluce&longs;&longs;e, come egli quaggiu <lb/>riluce: voi haure&longs;te ragione: ma perche il fuoco nella &longs;ua na­<lb/>tural' materia non riluce, egli non puo impedir la vi&longs;ta no­<lb/>&longs;tra &longs;i che ella non penetri infino alle &longs;telle. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>CLAR. </s> <s>Perche non riluce egli nella &longs;ua materia? </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Per che ella é rara, & la luce nella rara mate­<lb/>ria non riluce, & <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> &longs;i scorge, come pur dianzi vi di&longs;si, e vel <lb/>dìmo&longs;trai con l'e&longs;empio del fuoco no&longs;tro, ilquale nel den&longs;o <lb/>ferro affocato riluce; & non nella rara &longs;toppa ardendo: e&longs;&longs;en <lb/>do adunque il fuoco nel &longs;uo proprio luogo in vna materia <lb/>rari&longs;sima piu d'ogni altra, che &longs;i truoui &longs;otto il cielo, <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> è da <lb/>merauigliar&longs;i, &longs;e il fuoco quiui non riluce, e non impedi&longs;ce <lb/>gli occhi no&longs;tri, che è non po&longs;sino vedere le &longs;telle. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>CLAR. </s> <s>Tutto i&longs;ta bene; ma perche hauete voi hora <lb/>detto, che il fuoco &longs;i ripo&longs;a nella &longs;ua perfettione &longs;otto il cie­<lb/>lo della Luna, hauendo voi altre volte detto; che il cie­<lb/>lo &longs;tellato in ventiquattro hore mouendo&longs;i dal Leuante al <lb/>Ponente, e dal Ponente al Leuante ritornando, &longs;eco tira tut <lb/>ti, i corpi cele&longs;ti inferiori, è con e&longs;si tutto lo <expan abbr="elem&etilde;to">elemento</expan> del fuo <lb/>co, e buona parte dell'aria. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Madonna Clarice voi dubitate molto dotta­<lb/>mente, di che io non mi merauiglio, e&longs;&longs;endoui voi alleuata <lb/>ne &longs;eruigi della vo&longs;tra Illu&longs;tri&longs;sima Signora, e&longs;empio raro <lb/>d'ogni virtù, da cui voi hauete potuto imparare e que&longs;ta, & <lb/>ogni altra co&longs;a buona: Hora ri&longs;pondendoui dico; che i moti <lb/>&longs;ono di tre maniere, altri &longs;ono naturali, altri violenti, altri &longs;i <lb/>&longs;tanno nel mezzo infra i due e&longs;tremi, i quali non hanno no­<lb/>me proprio, e &longs;i chiamano col negar loro l'uno, e l'altro no­<lb/>me e&longs;tremo, cio è non &longs;ono ne naturali, ne violenti, il fuoco <lb/>naturalmente &longs;i muoue in alto, violentemente &longs;i muoue in­<lb/>uer&longs;o il centro di tutto il mondo, con vn moto ilquale non è <pb pagenum="126"/>ne naturale ne violento, è &longs;i la&longs;cia mouere dal Cielo in giro, <lb/>alquale egli obedi&longs;ce &longs;enza ne&longs;&longs;una re&longs;i&longs;tenza: &longs;i ripo&longs;a adun <lb/>que il fuoco &longs;otto la Luna: inquanto, che egli non &longs;i muoue <lb/>col &longs;uo natural moto, in alto: ne al ba&longs;&longs;o, col moto violento, <lb/>&longs;i ripo&longs;a in vna quiete, à que&longs;ti due moti <expan abbr="cõtraria">contraria</expan>, &longs;e bene egli <lb/>con &longs;omma obedienza, &longs;enza re&longs;i&longs;tenza ne&longs;&longs;una &longs;i la&longs;cia tirar' <lb/>dal Cielo in giro. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LION. </s> <s>No no non piu con que&longs;te &longs;ottigliezze; accio­<lb/>che la no&longs;tra non &longs;ia la predica del piouano Arlotto, rattaca <lb/>te rattaccate il filo, che gia rompe&longs;te, che noi non vi intendia <lb/>mo, à dirloui in poche parole. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. Rattacchi&longs;si, &longs;e co&longs;i vi piace. </s> <s>A le anime de <lb/>corpi cele&longs;ti da gli elementi &longs;agliendo, dico, che il primo mo <lb/>tore (il quale è lo Iddio de Filo&longs;ofi) prima muoue il Cielo <lb/>&longs;tellato, come fine amato, e de&longs;iderato da &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o, poi muo­<lb/>ue le anime de gli altri corpi cele&longs;ti inferiori, come fine ama <lb/>to, e de&longs;iderato da loro: ne puo il primo motore amare altro <lb/>che &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o, perche e&longs;&longs;endo in lui l'amato, e <expan abbr="l'amãte">l'amante</expan> vna me­<lb/>de&longs;ima co&longs;a, &longs;e egli ama&longs;&longs;e co&longs;a, à &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o inferiore, diuerreb <lb/>be l'e&longs;&longs;enza &longs;ua à &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;a inferiore, e mancherebbe da l'e&longs;&longs;e­<lb/>re diuino, il che <expan abbr="dir'nõ">dir'non</expan> &longs;i debbe in ne&longs;&longs;un modo: è que&longs;to pri­<lb/>mo motore amato dalle anime cele&longs;ti inferiori, non in virtù <lb/>della propria natura loro, ma in virtù della natura del mede­<lb/>&longs;imo primo motore, perche &longs;e le anime inferiori ama&longs;&longs;ero il <lb/>primo motore in virtu della loro propria natura, l'e&longs;&longs;enza lo <lb/>ro non dependerebbe dalla prima e&longs;&longs;enza diuina, ma &longs;i re&longs;te­<lb/>rebbe &longs;enza ne&longs;&longs;una altra dipendenza, che da &longs;e &longs;tezza, però <lb/>&longs;arebbe l'e&longs;&longs;enza delle anime inferiori, quello che è la prima <lb/>e&longs;&longs;enza, co&longs;i re&longs;terebbeno tutte le anime cele&longs;ti di pari per­<lb/>fettione nella loro e&longs;&longs;enza, e natura, il che ageuolmente &longs;i <lb/>pruoua, perche e&longs;&longs;endo l'atto dello amare loro l'i&longs;te&longs;&longs;a lor' <lb/>natura, &longs;e l'atto dello amare, colquale l'anime inferiori ama­<lb/>no il primo motore, non depende, ne anche la lor' natura de <lb/>pende, &longs;e ella non depende, ella ha tanta perfettione, quanta <pb pagenum="127"/>ne ha Iddio, il primo motore, ilquale da ne&longs;&longs;uno altro, che <lb/>da &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o depende: però bi&longs;ogna, che il primo motore ami <lb/>&longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o in virtù della &longs;ua propria natura, & che l'anime de <lb/>corpi cele&longs;ti inferiori amino il primo motore non in vir­<lb/>tù lor'propria, ma in virtù del mede&longs;imo primo motore, & <lb/>mouendo i loro corpi Cele&longs;ti in giro, de&longs;iderino compiace­<lb/>re al primo motore, come à fine amato, e de&longs;iderato da loro; <lb/>come anche il primo motore ama &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o, e de&longs;idera com­<lb/>piacer&longs;i nel mouere, nel quale Amore, è de&longs;iderio con&longs;i&longs;te la <lb/>&longs;omma loro beatirudine. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>Nel mede&longs;imo modo la Donna amata, & de&longs;iderata da l'huo <lb/>mo è il fine dell'huomo, ella prima ama &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;a, & de&longs;idera <lb/>compiacer&longs;i in virtû della &longs;ua propria bellezza, e di qui na­<lb/>&longs;ce, che tal'hora le Donne, quantunque ardendo nel mez­<lb/>zo delle fiamme d'Amore, altrui non amano, o almeno non <lb/>&longs;cuoprono il loro Amore e&longs;&longs;e hauendo in loro &longs;te&longs;&longs;e la pro <lb/>pria bellezza, laquale non depende dalla bellezza dell'huo­<lb/>mo, e &longs;ono amate da loro i&longs;te&longs;&longs;e, & contente de loro inter­<lb/>ni piaceri, co&longs;a non cercano fuora di loro &longs;te&longs;&longs;e, che le dilet­<lb/>ti, però altro, che loro &longs;te&longs;&longs;e non amano: &longs;e gia l'huomo <lb/>amando, al cor' non penetra della Donna &longs;ua; e quiui am­<lb/>mendui gli Amori vniti, diuentino qua&longs;i vno i&longs;te&longs;&longs;o Amo­<lb/>re: la onde la Donna amando & col &longs;uo Amore vnito allo <lb/>Amore dell'huomo, in virtù propria ama &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;a nell'huo <lb/>mo; come anche l'huomo col &longs;uo Amore vnito allo Amo <lb/>re della Donna, &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o ama nella Donna &longs;ua; non gia in <lb/>virtù propria; perche &longs;e egli co&longs;i ama&longs;&longs;e, non dependereb­<lb/>be la &longs;ua amata bellezza, & non dependerebbe il &longs;uo Amo­<lb/>re, ammendui non dimeno dependono dalla bellezza, e dal­<lb/>lo Amore della Donna, come la bellezza, e lo Amore delle <lb/>anime de corpi cele&longs;ti inferiori dependono dallo Amore, e <lb/>dalla bellezza del primo motore, <expan abbr="m&etilde;tre">mentre</expan>, che l'huomo &longs;i truo <lb/>ua fuora di que&longs;to amore, egli è lontano dal &longs;uo proprio fine: <lb/>però &longs;iamo sforzati à dire, che la &longs;ua natura &longs;ia imperfetta, <pb pagenum="128"/>bi&longs;ogna <expan abbr="etiãdio">etiandio</expan>, che egli perda que&longs;ta imperfettione, e acqui <lb/>&longs;ti molta perfettione, mentre &longs;i acco&longs;ta alla Donna, à cui do­<lb/>po, che egli è perfettamente vnito, in e&longs;&longs;a &longs;i ripo&longs;a, come in <lb/>&longs;uo vltimo fine: doue con&longs;eruando la gia guadagnata perfet <lb/>tione, altra ne maggiore ne minore non ne va cercando, ma <lb/>di que&longs;ta vna contentando&longs;i, viue beato, &longs;e la Donna è il fine <lb/>dell'huomo, e &longs;e l'huomo fuor'di lei, &longs;empre de&longs;idera vnir&longs;i <lb/>con lei: &longs;e inanzi, che è &longs;i vni&longs;ca, & &longs;i congionga con lei, egli <lb/>viue mi&longs;ero: &longs;e &longs;eco vnito, è viue contento, amandola, e de&longs;i­<lb/>derando compiacerle, non in virtù della propria natura, ma <lb/>in virtù delle perfettione della Donna: la Donna &longs;arà il pro­<lb/>prio, e natural fine dell'huomo. </s> <s>Noi ad altro non cono&longs;cia­<lb/>mo che il centro del mondo &longs;ia il fine della terra, che à que­<lb/>&longs;ti due effetti, l'uno è che la terra fuora del centro, come im <lb/>perfetta, al centro &longs;i muoue, come à &longs;ua perfettione: l'altro, <lb/>che la terra giunta al centro, &longs;ubito &longs;i ferma, come in &longs;ua per <lb/>fettione: & di qui raccogliamo, che il centro &longs;ia il fin'&longs;uo, pa <lb/>rimente raccorre dobbiamo, che la Donna &longs;ia fine e perfet­<lb/>tione dell'huomo, da che l'huomo fuora della Donna, pro­<lb/>cura con ogni mezzo d'acco&longs;tar&longs;i, & d'unir&longs;i con lei: vnito, <lb/>altro non brama, altro non cerca, ma in e&longs;&longs;a &longs;i ripo&longs;a: <expan abbr="adunq;">adunque</expan> <lb/>la Donna &longs;arà il fin proprio dell'huomo: &longs;alendo con l'ali del <lb/>la contemplatione al Cielo: noi cono&longs;ciamo, che Iddio, il pri <lb/>mo motore, amando &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o per &longs;ua propria natura, moue il <lb/>primo mobile, come fine amato, & de&longs;iderato da &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o in <lb/>virtù propria: & le altre anime de corpi cele&longs;ti inferiori, muo <lb/>uono i loro proprii corpi, amando non &longs;olo loro &longs;te&longs;&longs;e, ma <lb/>etiandio il primo motore, non in virtù della loro natura pro <lb/>pria, ma in virtù del primo: & di qui raccogliamo, che il pri­<lb/>mo motore, è l'ultimo fine delle anime inferiori, <expan abbr="adũq;">adunque</expan> ad al <lb/>tro cono&longs;cer' <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> dobbiamo, che la Donna &longs;ia il proprio fine <lb/>dell'huomo, che allo atto dello amare, col quale, ella ama &longs;e <lb/>&longs;te&longs;sa, in virtù della &longs;ua propria natura, & della &longs;ua propria <lb/>bellezza, laquale è amata prima dalla Donna, & è poi amata <lb/>etiandio da l'huomo, non in virtù dell'huomo, ma in virtù <pb pagenum="129"/>della Donna, il che &longs;e co&longs;i è come egli è &longs;i conclude, che la <lb/>Donna come fine, & come vltima perfettione dell'huomo, <lb/>muoue l'huomo ad amarla, & ad vnir&longs;i perfettamente &longs;eco <lb/>amandola, & a ripo&longs;ar&longs;i in lei, &longs;enza oercar'altra perfettione, <lb/>po&longs;&longs;edendola: & vero anzi veri&longs;simo &longs;arà, che la Donna &longs;ia <lb/>l'ultimo fine dell'huomo. </s> <s>Hauendo veduto con molti argu­<lb/>menti, che la Donna, è il fine, e la perfettione dell'huomo, <lb/>&longs;enza ne&longs;&longs;una faticha, concluderemo, lo &longs;tato della Donna <lb/>e&longs;&longs;er'piu perfetto, che non è lo &longs;tato dell'huomo, perche la <lb/>perfettione del fine, è maggiore, che non è quella dello co&longs;e <lb/>ordinate al fine. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>Io per me hone&longs;te & belle Donne, cogno&longs;co l'imperfettion<gap/><lb/>mia: <gap/> perche voi, con lo &longs;plendor'che e&longs;ce da vo&longs;tri occhi, <lb/>da me cacciate le o&longs;curi&longs;sime tenebre della ignoranza, e mi <lb/><expan abbr="cõcedete">concedete</expan> tanto di lume, che io, piu oltre penetrando, com­<lb/>prendo, che voi &longs;iete il mio proprio & natural line, mentre <lb/>mi truouo da voi lontano, trauaglio di continuo, quando <lb/>poi, e vi piace concedermi tanta gratia, che io ca&longs;tamente <lb/>amandoui, e &longs;eruendoui di buon core, con voi mi vni&longs;ca, <lb/>mi &longs;ento diuentar perfetto ripo&longs;andomi nella vo&longs;tra perfet­<lb/>tione à me da voi per &longs;ola gratia come&longs;&longs;a, la qual perfettio­<lb/>ne tanto dura, quanto voi volete, che io mi con&longs;erui vo­<lb/>&longs;tro, però ricogno&longs;cendoui per vltimo fine, e per vltima <lb/>perfettione dell'e&longs;&longs;er'mio, vi dò que maggiori honori, che io <lb/>po&longs;&longs;o, & de&longs;idero, che gli altri vo&longs;tri amanti, meco vi con&longs;a­<lb/>crino altari, e <expan abbr="t&etilde;pi">tempi</expan>, e meco vi offeri&longs;chino que &longs;acrificii, che à <lb/>tanta diuinita &longs;i conuengono. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>ISABEL. </s> <s>Io pur' dianzi &longs;entiuo dir'al Colombo non <lb/>&longs;o che di forma, e di materia: quindi argumento, che gli huo <lb/>mini fo&longs;&longs;ero piu perfetti delle Donne, per non &longs;o che via di <lb/>Ari&longs;totile. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Il Colombo for&longs;e doueua voler dire, che la <lb/>femina de&longs;idera il ma&longs;chio, come la materia de&longs;idera la for­<lb/>ma, e come la co&longs;a imperfetta de&longs;idera la &longs;ua perfettione: & <lb/>di qui doueua voler raccorre, che gli huomini fo&longs;&longs;ero piu <pb pagenum="130"/>perfetti delle Donne. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>ISABEL. </s> <s>Cote&longs;to parue, à me, che il Colombo vole&longs;­<lb/>&longs;e dire: il che io non inte&longs;i &longs;e ben l'udii: voi, che &longs;enza hauer <lb/>lo vdito, molto bene hauete inte&longs;o doue &longs;ta il nodo, doure­<lb/>te anche &longs;aperlo &longs;ciorre, però non vi &longs;ia graue il farlo. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Se que&longs;to fo&longs;&longs;e il nodo Gordiano il rompe­<lb/>rei, &longs;e io nol &longs;ape&longs;si &longs;ciorre, ma perche, e non è ne quello, ne <lb/>&longs;imile à quello, io lo &longs;ciorrei, &longs;e Madonna Lionora vole&longs;&longs;e; <lb/>ma ella <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> vuole, che io mi parta dalla no&longs;tra principale qui <lb/>&longs;tione, & &longs;e io me ne parto, s'addira, e mi richiama, accioche <lb/>io ritorni d'onde mi ero partito, &longs;e ella vuole, & io voglio <lb/>quello, che à lei piace. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>ISABEL. </s> <s>Contentateui (M. Lionora) che M.Teli­<lb/>filo, o &longs;ciolga, ò rompa que&longs;to nodo. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LION. </s> <s>A &longs;odisfattion vo&longs;tra (M.I&longs;abellina) voglio in <lb/>cio quello, che vi piace. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>ISABEL. </s> <s>Dite adunque (M.Telifilo) come il fatto <lb/>i&longs;ta<gap/></s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Ari&longs;totile fu vn'huomo, però non è meraui­<lb/>glia, che egli &longs;criue&longs;&longs;e in fauor de gli huomini, e &longs;i inganna&longs;­<lb/>&longs;e, quando di&longs;&longs;e, che la femina de&longs;idera il ma&longs;chio, come la <lb/>materia de&longs;idera la forma, & come la co&longs;a imperfetta de&longs;ide <lb/>ra la &longs;ua perfettione: il &longs;uo errore ageuolmente &longs;i cono&longs;ce, <lb/>anche tenendo per veri, i &longs;uoi principii. </s> <s>Egli ha detto, che la <lb/>materia da &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;a non ha perfettione, ma la ha dalla forma, <lb/>& à ragione: concio&longs;ia, che vna pietra, vn &longs;a&longs;&longs;o, vn legno da <lb/>&longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;o, altro non &longs;ia, che &longs;a&longs;&longs;o, o legno, non buono da altro, <lb/>che da fabricare vn muro, ò da accendere vn fuoco, &longs;e vno <lb/>&longs;cultore perfetto alla imperfetta materia del &longs;a&longs;&longs;o, e del le­<lb/>gno da vna perfetta forma, & ne caua vna belli&longs;sima &longs;tatua, o <lb/>ver' di Ce&longs;are, o ver'di Mercurio, o di qual'altra co&longs;a &longs;i vo­<lb/>glia, quella rozza materia, che prima era di&longs;prezzata, da tut­<lb/>ti, diuenta degna d'e&longs;&longs;er'pregiata da ogni vno, donde &longs;i cono <lb/>&longs;ce la verita e&longs;&longs;er quella, di cui Ari&longs;totile parlando di&longs;&longs;e, che <lb/>la materia da &longs;e &longs;te&longs;&longs;a non haueua perfettione, ma la haueua <pb pagenum="131"/>tutta dalla forma: Se co&longs;i è la Donna, è piu perfetta dell'huo <lb/>mo, anzi è la perfettione dell'huomo: auenga che l'huomo <lb/>&longs;ia la materia, dellaquale fu fabbricata la Donna, il che noi <lb/>di &longs;opra dichiarammo, quando dicemmo, che la Donna fu <lb/>da Dio fabricata d'una co&longs;tola d'un'huomo; però l'huomo <lb/>vi&longs;to, che egli &longs;e la hebbe ignuda inanzi, in lei riconobbe &longs;e <lb/>&longs;te&longs;&longs;o, e pieno di &longs;tupore di&longs;&longs;e que&longs;ta è la carne della mia car <lb/>ne, e que&longs;te &longs;ono l'o&longs;&longs;a delle mie o&longs;&longs;a: qua&longs;i, che egli vole&longs;&longs;e <lb/>dire, io &longs;on quella materia imperfetta &longs;enza forma, di cui, <lb/>voi &longs;iate &longs;tata creata dalla mano d'Iddio, & come vna perfet <lb/>ta forma hauete dato perfettione alle mie imperfettioni, fal­<lb/>&longs;o adunque &longs;arà quel che Ari&longs;totile di&longs;&longs;e, & che il Colom­<lb/>bo, &longs;i pre&longs;e per &longs;uo argumento, dicendo, che come la mate­<lb/>ria imperfetta de&longs;idera la forma perfetta, co&longs;i la Donna de&longs;i <lb/>dera l'huomo; anzi il contrario rimarrà vero, cioè che l'huo <lb/>mo come imperfetta materia di Donna, de&longs;idera la Donna, <lb/>come forma, che da perfettione alla &longs;ua imperfetta materia: <lb/>&longs;i &longs;cioglie, o &longs;i rompe adunque il nodo del Colombo dicen­<lb/>do, che Ari&longs;totile &longs;i inganno in tal' ca&longs;o, da che da &longs;uo i prin­<lb/>cipii proprii &longs;i raccoglie il roue&longs;cio del &longs;uo detto. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>Po&longs;si anche &longs;ciorre in vn'altro modo, cio è dimo&longs;trando, <lb/>che le co&longs;e de&longs;iderate non &longs;ono &longs;empre piu perfette di colui <lb/>che le de&longs;idera: i prencipi de&longs;iderano le citta, i ca&longs;telli, le vil <lb/>le; de&longs;iderano i gentil'huomini i Cittadini, i villani, de&longs;idera <lb/>no, i caualli, le ve&longs;timenta, e le altre co&longs;e nece&longs;&longs;arie alla con­<lb/>&longs;eruatione dello &longs;tato, e della per&longs;ona loro, lequali però non <lb/>&longs;ono piu perfette de prencipi, anzi molto meno perfette. <lb/></s> <s>Quante ce ne ha egli delle Donne nel mondo, che de&longs;idera <lb/>no vna &longs;cuffia, vn velo, vn par'di guanti, ò vn'altra co&longs;a &longs;imi­<lb/>le? </s> <s>certo, io credo, che nel <expan abbr="mõdo">mondo</expan> ne &longs;iano molte: & infra gli <lb/>huomini, ci ha di quelli, che de&longs;iderano co&longs;e vili&longs;sime di <expan abbr="grã">gram</expan> <lb/>di&longs;sima lunga inferiori alla loro perfettione, adunque que&longs;ta <lb/>&longs;entenza non è generalmente vera, che la co&longs;a de&longs;iderata &longs;ia <lb/>piu perfetta di quella, che de&longs;idera. </s> <s>Co&longs;i la Donna de&longs;idera <lb/>l'huomo meno perfetto di lei, non per guadagnare ne&longs;&longs;una <pb pagenum="132"/>perfettione da l'huomo, ma per farlo perfetto: come i padri, <lb/>e le madri de&longs;iderano i figliuoli, non per guadagnare perfet­<lb/>tione da fanciullini, iquali tutti na&longs;cono imperfetti&longs;simi nel <lb/>la loro &longs;petie, ma per dar loro perfettione allcuandogli nel­<lb/>le buone lettere, ne buoni co&longs;tumi, & ne gli honorati e&longs;erci­<lb/>tii, o della guerra, ò di quale altra co&longs;a &longs;i voglia, perche adun <lb/>que ci dobbiamo noi merauigliare che la donna piu perfet­<lb/>ta dell'huomo, de&longs;ideri l'huomo men perfetto, per renderlo <lb/>piu perfetto <gap/>&longs;e molte altre co&longs;e il fanno? </s> <s>anzi l'huomo &longs;te&longs;&longs;o <lb/>in que&longs;to mede&longs;imo modo de&longs;idera i figliuoli, come noi hor' <lb/>hora diceuamo? </s></p><p type="main"> <s>CASSAND. </s> <s>Per amor' d'Iddio v&longs;cite vna volta di <lb/>que&longs;te materie, e di que&longs;te forme, & parlate di modo, che &longs;ia <lb/>te inte&longs;o. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LIONO. </s> <s>Egli è tempo piu to&longs;to di por' fine homai à <lb/>que&longs;ti ragionamenti, & <expan abbr="cõ">com</expan> que&longs;ta vltima ragione, laqual'voi <lb/>prende&longs;te dal fine, finire i no&longs;tri di&longs;cor&longs;i. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Io ho anche tanto da dire, che vi traterrei pa <lb/>recchie altre giornate, &longs;empre con nuoue ragioni inalzando <lb/>la perfettion' grande delle Donne: ma ogni bel giuoco rin­<lb/>cre&longs;ce, però con voi mi accordo, à finirla homal. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LION. </s> <s>Anche que&longs;te altre Donne hanno à ba&longs;tanza in <lb/>te&longs;o, che noi &longs;iamo da piu di voi, per que&longs;to &longs;i contenteran­<lb/>no di por fine à que&longs;ta tela. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>E come poteuo io non lo vi dimo&longs;trare, e&longs;&longs;en <lb/>do la bellezza vo&longs;tra la &longs;cala, che ci conduce al Cielo, è ci <lb/>vni&longs;ce con Dio dalla cui merauiglio&longs;a bonta, voi fo&longs;te crea­<lb/>te di tutte le perfettioni, che egli haueua raccolte nel cuor' <lb/>dell'huomo, accioche voi arrichite della riccha, e bella ima­<lb/>gine diuina, quale Iddio haueua piantata nel cuor' dell'huo­<lb/>mo, re&longs;ta&longs;te di lui &longs;ignore: riceue&longs;te della man' d'Iddio vn' <lb/>corpo delicato, e molle, proprio di chiunque na&longs;ce natural­<lb/>mente libero, e all'huomo ne la&longs;cia&longs;te vn'altro a&longs;pro, e ruui­<lb/>do, proprio di coloro, che na&longs;cono naturalmente &longs;erui, &longs;em­<lb/>pre vi &longs;tate con la volunta vnita allo Amore, Iddio degli al-<pb pagenum="133"/>tri Dei: a cui gli huomini, quanto voi, non &longs;i aco&longs;tano; però <lb/>piu ageuolmente, e piu con&longs;tantemente amate de gli huomi <lb/>ni: in que&longs;ta, come in tutte le altre co&longs;e, &longs;coprendo la &longs;mi&longs;u­<lb/>rata vo&longs;tra perfettione: viui raggi amoro&longs;i e&longs;con fuora de vo <lb/>&longs;tri occhi diuini: & il viuo colore del vo&longs;tro bel vi&longs;o, è il fuo <lb/>co, onde Amore piglia le fiamme; con cui egli arde i petti de <lb/>gli amanti: Voi, voi dico (o vaghe, e belle Donne) &longs;iete l'ulti­<lb/>mo fine dell'huomo, la perfetta quiete &longs;ua, & lo &longs;tabile &longs;uo <lb/>ripo&longs;o. </s> <s>Et non è co&longs;a vile lo e&longs;&longs;er' &longs;eruo di per&longs;one di tanto <lb/>alto valore, di quanto voi altre (Gratio&longs;e & belle Donne) <lb/>&longs;iete: anzi perfettion'grandi&longs;sima: per che il &longs;eruire <expan abbr="chiunq;">chiunque</expan> <lb/>merita d'e&longs;&longs;er'&longs;eruito, quanto voi meritate, recha honore, e <lb/>gloria à chiunque &longs;erue: Anzi e&longs;&longs;endo noi nati naturalmen <lb/>te &longs;erui delle Donne, mancheremmo dallo e&longs;&longs;ere huomini, <lb/>&longs;e da que&longs;to &longs;eruigio à noi per natura douuto; manca&longs;simo: <lb/>come Lione non è quel'che non rugghia, Ceruo, quel che <lb/>non corre, & Aquila, quella, che non mira il Sole, e&longs;&longs;endo <lb/>que&longs;te le proprieta naturali di que&longs;ti animali: co&longs;i noi, huo­<lb/>mini non &longs;aremmo, &longs;e à Donne non &longs;erui&longs;simo: da che con <lb/>que&longs;ta proprieta &longs;iamo &longs;tati creati da Dio, & dalla natura per <lb/>cio prodotti. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LION. </s> <s>Ba&longs;ta in fin'qui noi &longs;iamo per&longs;ua&longs;e, à pieno (M. <lb/>Telifilo) e &longs;arà bene, che noi ce ne andiamo, à &longs;pa&longs;&longs;o per lo <lb/>giardino homai, che il caldo, è pa&longs;&longs;ato, & quiui ci trattenia­<lb/>mo a&longs;pettando l'hora della cena: intanto la no&longs;tra Illu&longs;tri&longs;si­<lb/>ma Signora dourà anche ella, la&longs;ciar&longs;i vedere, e noi ci &longs;tare­<lb/>mo quiui pre&longs;te per &longs;eruirla. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. </s> <s>Facci&longs;i quanto vi piace. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>LION. </s> <s>Ecco vno de paggi, ilquale ci chiama, la no&longs;tra <lb/>Illu&longs;tri&longs;sima Signora e&longs;ce fuora, andianne tutti à tenerle <expan abbr="cõ-pagnia">con­<lb/>pagnia</expan>. </s></p><p type="main"> <s>FILOG. Andianne. </s></p><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/>IL FINE.<emph.end type="center"/></s></p><pb/><figure></figure><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/>Regi&longs;tro.<emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/><expan abbr="ABCDEfGHIKLMNOPq.">ABCDEfGHIKLMNOPque</expan><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>Tutti &longs;ono duerni, eccetto A che è terno, & <lb/>f G che è tutto vn duerno.<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s></p><p type="main"> <s><emph type="center"/>Stampato in Lucca, per Vincenzo Busdragho, <lb/>l'anno. </s> <s>MDLXI.<emph.end type="center"/></s></p> </chap> </body> <back></back> </text></archimedes>