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# Catalogue record: 36485 — Leibniz an Pierre Daniel Huet
# Incipit: Mitto ecce quam promiseram
# Date: 1673-04-15
# Sender: Leibniz — Addressee: Huet
# Akademie-Ausgabe: AA II,1 N. 114
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# Work: https://leibnizlegible.com/work/DE-611-HS-974422
# Title: LBr. 428 · Huet
# Folios: Bl. 4–7 (from the shelfmark LBr 428 Bl. 4-7): 8 pages, canvases 7–14, page ids DE-611-HS-974422:0007 to DE-611-HS-974422:0014
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# Lines: 152 recognised on 7 of 8 pages, mean confidence 0.96
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Petro
Illustri viro Rab. Danieli HUEFIO
Gotfredus Guilielmus Leibnitius.
Mitto eccet quam promiseram Historiam Anglicanam
Hyberni illius mirifici, solo contactu medentis ddo
versionem viuam; nam is, qui portat, Germanus Anglieae
linguae peritus est, quantum ab extraneo expectari
potest, nobisque in itinere pro interprete fuit. Idem si
iubes, coram Je facile percurret: nam et Gallice loqui-
tur non paulo rectius me.Ita aberit  ibi, quantum
voles, legendi labor, quod oculorum quoque tuorum in-
teresse putani, in quibus profecto ipsae laborant literae
meliores. Optarem suppetere maiora testando
cultui, quem magnis hominibus omnes debent; ego
privatim Fibi. Sed literulae meae non sunt fecacet
recum Fe dignarum. Supes est onum ergo, ot Tibi
quando studia non possum, saltem obsequium probem:
quod factuouo sum etiam cum periculo famae mea.
reministi, nuper in mentionem nor delapsoo operis
illius

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illius magni, quod Regio iussu illustrisemi Ducis Montau-
secii suasa, ductu Tuo, plausa omnium susceptum est, re–
vocare literas sugientes revinificare lumen pene
moriturae antiquitatis, et optimis autoribus iam tertiam
vitam dare, cum post virius vix seculi decursum
redeunte contentu, alio barbariei genere succedente
velut saturi vivendi, claudere ruosus oculos coe-
perint. Ita enim video nonnullos magnorum vi-
eorum, Baconi, et Galilai et Cartesii monitis et que
relis abuti ad internecionem sapientiae veteris
disimulationemque ignorantia suae, ut iuste sptreuisse
videantur indigna sciri; multantes ipsi sese, e
quantum in ipsis est; oebemq omnibus praesidus
atque experimentis tot seculorum. Et fallor gra
nissimis illis scriptoribus, quorum se discipulos
profitentur; ex cidisse quaedam in eundem sensum
quasi instauratione quadam magna, si Baconi, aut
rasa animi tabula, si Cartesio credimuo, opus sit
ad recte sapiendum. Sed condonandum erat liberius
invehentibus in temporum suorum supinitatem, et igna-
uam

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uam receptorum dogmatum, ut sic dicam, idololatriam.
ac specimina ingentia, veterum que inventis paria
afferentibus de suo: Nec cum illis expostulandum
otcunque de aliis studiis iniquius iudicent, qui
expetimenta instituunt ipsi, quorum certe hominum
generi humano laborantium nunquam certe nimia
multitudo futura est. Nunc autem ut discipuli quo-
dam minuti, et non minus, quam ante mutato
tantum magistro, sectarii in omnia vetustatis dog-
mata, vix tenui fama accepta, impotentee de-
dlament. Ut satis philosophum satis eruditum
ae ipsi, quis dubitat, tristoteli praefecendum pu-
tent, qui moio materia subtili et vorticibus obe–
que ingestis obuia natucae phaenomena explicet;
idge ad vecae doctrinae perniciem pertinere fa-
cile apparet. Capitur enim inventus ignoran-
tia tam dulci tamque speciosa, ac libentea arri-
pit prabitum sibi colorem tam multa superciliose nesci-
endi a= quidem non minor aceo iactura foret amoenioram
literarum, nisi maiorem traheret asta enim arbitror, sispre-
tis

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tis omnibus aliis studiios non nisi Experimenta ac nostri
temporis linguae negotiaque excolantur, periclitari
cuius
religionem, cuique veritas aut miraculis praesentibus
(quae non sunt quotidiana), aut antiquitatis oraculis
firmatur eguod nuper etiam Mericus Casaubonus
monuit dissertatione =pistolica ad amicum Anglice edi
ta; quam et mecum attuli. Huic tam perniciosegli-
scenti seculi morbo, vos valituro in alteram usque ter-
tiamque aetatem remedio concurritis unam si tanta
spei principem, tantis rebus destinatum, interioris
dortrina mysteriis imbuetis; posteritati in aliquot
secula consulueritis. Quantum enim vnius principis
approbatio possit, francisci exemplo sensit orbis
cuius etiamnum fuctus viuit, frincipi placerestu-
dent omnes; ad huius nutum circum aguntur fata
literarum) et ingeniorum praestantium seminario proui.
detur orbi a sed nec amplius nobiles quoque et ad nego-
tiorum lucem natae mentes deterrebuntur, infamis apudo
ipsos Criticae salebris, cum complanata per vos via lice
bit cuiuis ono legendi spiritu, nullae praesicia aliunde emen-
dicandi

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emencicandi fastidio, in adyta illa penetiare, quae olim non
nisi maxima ingenia sibi per improbos labores accessa
fecere. Huic tantae molitioni vestrae administros esse
e
lectos, viros praestantes, nemo olubitat, qui vos nouit.
Quomagis mirve indicum tut benignitatem, quo
hominem mei similem nonnihil conferre posse, nu
pter credebas i Id ego primum naturali cuidam boni-
tati tribuebam, qua optimi quique viri, velut prae-
venti de aliis humanisime consentiunt. Sed ot Te
W
perstare vidi, de cudus acerrimo iudicio non poterum
dubitare; re mecum expensa, modum reperi conci-
liandi conscientiam meam cum spetua. Id enm
fateor, tametsi neque ingenium, neque doctrinam mihi
arrogem, diligentiae tamen laulem aliquando apcd
aequot censores consecutum e et quid aliud expactes.
a Germano, cui nationi inter animi dotes, sola labo-
riositas celicta est. Restabat de scriptore deliberare,
inquo vires experirer et ea fuit bonitas Tua
ut, quae nondum occupata restarent, scireme patereris.
Ex

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Ex quibus eos prasertim, inquibus melioris philosa
phia specimen edi posset, su quoque mihicommen
dasti: in quo genere, ut aiebas, supersunt. Plinius
Mela, Aei rusticae scriptores, Apulerus, Capella
Boetius. quando vero mihi gratiam delectus fecisti
dicam, venia tua, quod congruentissimum credide-
rim caterae studiorum meorum rationi. Plinius me
facile ase absterruit. Huic opus est viro magno, et,
quoe in primis necessarium arbitros, medico, cui omnis
Ths vans iac its varietas perspecta est. Nec
ausim.
Georgicos attrectare acesus sam nam nisi quis my-
al
steriis oeconomicis penitus imbutus sit, ut nostras
artes veteribus comparare possit, qua una est rntio
lucem foenerandi scriptoribus istis, operae pretium
non fecerit. Flegi orga,ne Te diutius teneam,
Martianum Capellam, vsus ingentis autorem,
gratum varietate, scientias non libantem tantum
sed intrantem, solum ex superstitibus scriptorem cu-
iusdam artium liberalium Encyclopaediae. Sal diffo-
cilli-

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cillimum, inquies, et deformatisimum. fateor; sed nil est quod
non audeam Te duce. Addo si nemo alios iam occuposset
forte ex toto agmine hunc non ideo minus delegissem:
ita semper gestri veterum sapientiam nostritem poris
muentis copulare. Quare quod relictus est hactenus
bonae cuidam fortunae imputo. Sane si cui alii
huic certe necessaria illa, quam cogitatis, orationis
analysis; ita perpetuo salebeosus est et horridus, et
ple
nantiguistatis,
affectator, sequioris aeui vitiis incrustatae, ut iure
dicere possis, versione Latina indigere Martianum.
Sed in his ego ingue aliis omnibus sequar, Amplysime
Domine, iudicium Tuum, cuius ope fretus rem tantae
difficultatis aggredior. Specimen sibi mature feram,
ut ex ejus emendatione intelligam rectius ratio-
nem consilii vestri. Interea vale, et homini Tibi
obsequentisimo faue cc.
Scheta Hnetii mano scripta, ac teibnitium im Angliam misa
M. Leibnis est supplie de faire louvenir Mr Pearlon de la priere
qui luy a ese faite par Mr. Auet touchant le mannscrit de
Vetlius- Valens, qui à escé leque par feu Mr. Celden à la
bibliolheque d’Oxfort.
il le supolie aussi de faire ses complimens à Mr. Adenbourque

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