Rtfus melanchoUcus maximusycuri^tu^, 



bac) Pallas Miaervajlnexftindlomnrummovic, errareaucem 

 fecic mencem. Infirmocamen ftarc calo, nec perpecu^ veri- 

 tacis hoc 7whvrpv?^fiTov efTe, vel ipfe Bemocritus. a frequenciori 

 rifii &cachinnis, Ridens ^iQiw^ ^ evincec^quemincauciPoec^e, 

 eorumq;incauciores & infeparabiles fere focii, Pidores, (qui- 

 bus asque fingere licicum efie> arbicracur opinionibus prceoc- 

 cupacusmundus )necnon femidodi incerdum ludimagifter- 

 culi& podicum Infpedores fcioli, facuum vel morionem fin- 

 gere auc pingere volentes, canquam paradigma & exemplar 

 oboculos ponunc^fedquojure&quaconfciencia hoc facianCt 

 ipfivideanc? Ariftocelis {Qwm fummumyt^m mancipia & fa- 

 lcinaciafTeclae non fine aliorumfiimmopr^jodicioadpeilanc ) 

 cnim verfusDemocricumcjusq; incomparabilem&fummam 

 (apienciam (qux Ariftoceli palmam maxime dubiam facere 

 poceraCi) Invidia , canci non eft aeftimanda, uc Philofophum 

 tam magnum &ceieberrimum, Democricum dico, debica fua 

 laude fi-audarcfufficiens haberi poiTic. Ucrum facuus, vel de- 

 lirans fueric, (cripca cjus prxclariffima , quorumhaud exigua 

 pars,parcim injuriacemporum,param vero vaferrimi Arifto- 

 tclis aftucia deperdica eil:, ceftancur. Tancumenim abeft uc 

 ftulcus vel deliransfueric, uc potiiisa Senacu Abdericano Cor- 

 pHS Sapienti^i & calis homo^ qui ad fun^mamSapentiam perruemt^ 

 vocacusfic.Vid, Epift.Senacus Abdericani ad Hippocr. Ipfeque 

 Hippocraces ceftacus eftj Democritum minime infanirei fed (u-- 

 yer omnia Japere tllum^ fipientiorem effectjje & perillum omnes 

 ^ homineS' vid. Hippocr.Epift. ad Dionyf ic.Ep. pofterior ad Phi- 

 lopoemenum, necnon pofterior ad Demagecum, quam his 

 verbisconcludic: Vidi enim JDemocritum virum fapientifjimum^ 

 qui fohs potentiffimus & homines prudentes facere^ Vid.& Diog. 

 Laerc.Cic.l. 5. deFinibJc.l i.Tufcul.c.ii.&l.z.deNac.Deor. 

 Horac. icem Magnenus in Democrico revivi(cence &c. Nec 

 cciam ob rifum iiberaliorem ftacim quis ftulciciae arguendus eft: 

 NamjuxraJeGrand.Hift. Nac. Arc 9,de excern.Palii eciam in« 

 geniofi & mulcas racionis compoces incerdumcohibere fene- 



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