Principio aetherio flammatus Iuppiter igni
Vertitur et totum conlustrat lumine mundum
Menteque divina caelum terrasque petessit,
Quae penitus sensus hominum vitasque retentat
Aetheris aeterni saepta atque inclusa cavernis.
Et, si stellarum motus cursusque vagantis
Nosse velis, quae sint signorum in sede locatae,
Quae verbo et falsis Graiorum vocibus erant,
Re vera certo lapsu spatioque feruntur,
Omnia iam cernes divina mente notata.
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Sed quo potius utar aut auctore aut teste
quam te? cuius edidici etiam versus, et lubenter quidem, quos in secundo de consulatu Urania Musa pronuntiat:
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