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# Title: B. D. S. Opera Posthuma (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 30; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 30)
# Folio 569, page id 782426638:0615
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Amplissimo. Prudentissimoque Viro.
+ X X X X X X
B. D. S.
Responsio ad Praeccdentem.
amplissime vir,
Versio.
Goco, quod in epistola tua 2r pexeteritimensis dicis, nirus,
scilicetamicos in re indisferenti, Calraamicitia, dissentire pol
se, clare dicam, quid derationibus, e historiissentiam, ex qui
bus omnis generis, sed nullos forte faminini generis dari Lemures
concludis. Caula, cur citius non responderim, est, quod ii libri,
quoscitas, ad manum non lunt, nec praeter Plinium, de Sueto-
nium ullos reperi. Sed hi duo labore alios inquirendi me sublera-
bunt, quia mihi perluadco, eos omnes eodem modo delirare, et
historiasrerum non rulgarium, qua homines attonitos reddunt.
ac in admirationem rapiunt, amarc. Fatcor me non parum, non
historias, quanarrantur; sed eos, qui casscribunt, obstupuisse.
Miror Viros, ingenio, e judicio praeditos, Facundiam suam in-
lumere, ex ca, utnobis ciulmodinugas perluadeant, abuti.
Authores vero missos Faciamus, ec rem ipsam axprediamur:
primo etenim ratiocinium meum circa conclusionem tuam pau-
lisper verlabitur. Vidcamus, ancgo, quineso, Spectra, autspi-
ritus dari eo minisictos Scriptores, qui de hoc negotio scriple-
runt, intelligam; antu, quica existereltatuis, hos scriptoresnon
pluris, quammerentur, Facias. Ouod abunâ parte Spiritus dari
masculini generis in dubium non voces, ab alterd vero parte, an
ii Foeminini generis sine dubites, phantasix, quam dubitationi (i-
milius ridetur: nam Cihxec tua eet opinio, magis ca cum vulsi
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