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ft)re mn admodfim iijfito pr feneBram tranfmittkur* PknUm 4ntem Pan< 
tegraphices^^Vo fuperficiem illam imaginariam in acre-, qudfi^ Index Sfc-. 
reographicpis fercHrrh y qmque froduUa cfmJ^bptU [uferpcie ^ ^n^mfi/de* 
lineati& y coincidlt. 
S€d& ^fsrtlus hc fietinumbrk hnmani corporis (Sfuo rpropiores enim 
Hnt noUucandeUy mams aut pedes )iHt Ctstera membra, eo majGrem fa^ 
r;4 em oppoJitHm'^mbramefftindmt'^ qmd cmvis obvipim efl, Extenfs e* 
mm brachiis^ quju mnnHs parieti proximo cfi minor em , ejtda remotior eji & 
cmdeUpropier y -major em umbram reddit ; fion [ecus ac qtid mams ochU 
deli'nemtis propter ejl, - ampliori imagine y qua vero remotior y minori dncltHr^ 
Sicut enim fe habet P^ralleiogrammi plannm-ad imaginem corporis defer Iben*^ 
di, fic & paries ad umbram , n^^KtiL^^^i v . 
Hhic atitem malo^ quodab ingeniofijfrmo Alioqnin Pantographices Inven* 
. tore neq^mquam mtatum eft , \ut remedium allqmd r^perirem, mnka animo 
■volveb^fn, 'SMbat 'interdHmy nptm^mratione ad diftantiam partinm Pro- 
totyp]^ an^rorfftm & retrorfum ParallelogrammHm movendo^ debits .pro- 
portiones in effigie retineri peffenp* Sed dnm ne-6- in hoc exitnm Mum mens 
referirety de im4gine ^.qUiZ s piano Farallelogrammi intercept a ^ ^ffig^^^ P^^" 
mypo Brthografhice iCqMem redderetj cogitare cos fi, Hoc invent o, cetera 
omnia pr on A &.proc livid fgre. In mentemigitur venit Problematis illius , 
qfiod dim apfid Kcpl crura in Dioptricis legere memini : Lumen, fciL- 
Candelae nodu quarn longilTincic ejiculan, ^ttpd f^pifime me, &frA- 
t res ^ aliofqpteqM nobifcum Uteris oper am dab ant y crebris experimentis pa- 
trem menm docuij^e recordor. Mibernis] enim no^ibpis per tenebras den* 
fiffmas tra]eUo ad hngiffimam diHantiam Inmine^ quA mimtiffimis typi^ 
imprejfa fuerey {sicrsL hihl'ii nonmlniis facil^e , qmm in meridiana Iptce lege^ 
re eratkCum enim ^ W d&EliJfimtis ille Kepler us docet , eadem fit refraciio 
rmdlorum^five illi naturk fua ingrediantur^ five egredimtur , cnm flamntd ^ 
lamp ads s ant candela in pm^o^ tibi radii foUres concurrere folent^ pone len- 
tern colkcatur ^ Ifimen tranfmijff^mradiis fi non PAralielis^ qnafitamen Pa- 
rallelis^ad longiffimam diftantiam transfunditur ^ fitqfie fit qua, ratione inter- 
dum lumen folisJ^u:p£xficiem lemis aver famingreditur^ nofin Inmen candeU 
apit Incernds, ^beadem digredtMur, Sic que fi [quod decent^ nec fine ratione 
nmnHlli) Ipimen fit corporis Ificidi [pedes vifihilis ^ imago Parallel a mdiqfie 
• tenebris conflriEha habetur, Nec efi- quod cuiquam di/pliceat , quod voce hmc 
in fenfn abfioluto utar^ cum ftrilie loquendo in Categeria Relatorum fit. 
Omne -enim parallelum cum alicui paraUelum fit ^ & ve latum eft ^ 
cum ReUta fint qua id quod funt aliorum ejfe dicuntur,, 
SedcHm Jfironomi dicant Sphicram Para II el am, cur non& mihi ima* 
finemPdivM^hm' dicer e liceat ^ 
Sed quandoquidem mentio umbra pa''alle!a incidity eccetibi aliud imagi* 
nis paralleice exemplum in umbris , qu(Z orient e vel Occident e Sole in parte 
tibus radiis folaribus ad angulos reEios oppofitis confpicimtur^ qudque licet 
tenebrofce , mult urn tamen lucls in prafenti negotio afferunt , cum Geome* 
trice corporibuSy mde fiumt^ <&quales [int% Dent veniam opticl ^ qui fa* 
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