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NIGHTINGALE. Crass ii. 
fenfibility of tafte: notwithftanding that his words 
have been cited by moft other writers on natural 
hiftory, yet fuch is the beauty, and in general the 
truth of his expreffions, that they cannot be too 
much ftudied by lovers of natural hiftory, therefore 
clame a place in a work of this kind. We mutt 
obferve notwithftanding, that a few of his thoughts 
are more to be admired for their vivacity than for 
ftriét philofophical reafoning ; but thefe few are 
eafily diftinguifhable. 
“« Lufciniis diebus ac noctibus continuis xv. garrulus fine 
Lat 
tal 
intermiffu cantus, denfante fe frondium germine, non in 
noviffimum digna miratu ave. Primum tanta vox tam parvo 
** in corpufculo, tam pertinax fpiritus. Deinde in una per- 
“ 
tay 
feéta mufice {cientia 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, extentus, ubi 
‘« vifum eft, vibrans, fummus, medius, imus. Breviterque 
‘omnia tam parvulis in faucibus, quz tot exquifitis tibi- 
arum tormentis ars hominum excogitavit: ut non fit dubi- 
<*um hanc fuavitatem premonftratam efficaci aufpicio, cum 
w 
n 
in ore Siefchori cecinit infantis. Ac ne quis dubitet artis 
n 
Lad 
effe, plures fingulis funt cantus, nec 1idem omnibus, fed 
‘< {ui cuigue. Certant inter fe, palamque animofa conten- 
“ 
* 
tio eft. Victa morte finit feepe vitam, fpiritu prius defici- 
“‘ente, quam cantu. Meditantur aliz juniores, verfufque 
<c 
quos imitentur accipiunt. Audit difcipula intentione mag- 
. 
an 
na & reddit, vicibufque reticent. Intelligitur emendatz 
“* correctio & in docente quedam reprehenfio”’ *. 
* Plin. lib. 10, ¢. 29. 
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