310 NIGHTINGALE. ClassIL 



fenfibility of tafte: notwithftanding that his words 

 have been cited by mod other writers on natural 

 hiftory, yet fuch is the beauty, and in general the 

 truth of his exprefTions, that they cannot be too 

 much fludied by lovers of natural hiftory, therefore 

 clame a place in a work of this kind. We muft 

 obferve notwithftanding, that a few of his thoughts 

 are more to be admired for their vivacity than for 

 llricfl philofophical reafoning •, but thefe few are 

 eafily diftinguilhable. 



*' Lufciniis diebus ac nodlibus continuis xv. garrulus fine 

 *' intermiffu cantus, denfante fe frondium germine, non in 

 *' noviffimum digna miratu ave. Prim urn tanta vox tarn parvo 

 •' in corpufculo, tarn pcrtinax fpiritus. Deinde in una per- 

 " fefta muficac fcientia modulatus editur fonus : & nunc con- 

 ** tinuo fpiritu trahitur in longum, nunc variatur inflexo, 

 ** nunc diftinguitur concifo, copulatur in torto : promittitur 

 " revocato, infufcatur ex inopinato : interdum & fecum ipfe 

 '^murmurat: plenus, gravis, acutus, creber, cxtentus, ubi 

 ** vifum eft, vibrans, fummus, medius, imus. Breviterque 

 '* omnia tarn parvulis in faucibus, qu^s tot exquifitis tibi- 

 '' arum tormentis ars hom.inum excogitavit : ut non fit dubi- 

 " urn hanc fuavitatem prasmonftratam efficaci aufpicio, cum 

 *' in ore Stefuhori cecinit infantis. Ac ne quis dubitet artis 

 " ^^Q, plures fingulis funt cantus, nee iidem omnibus, fed 

 *' fui cuique. Certant inter fe, palamque animofa conten- 

 *' tio eft. Vifla morte finit f^epe vitam, fpiritu prius defici- 

 " ente, quam cantu. Meditantur alia^ juniores, verfufque 

 ** quos imitentur accipiunt. Audit difcipula intentione mag- 

 " na & reddit, vicibufque reticent. Intclligitur emendate 

 " corredio h in docente qusdam reprehenfio " *, 



* Flin, lib. 10. c. z<). 



