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Excerpt from Platonis Timaeus Et Critias
Cogitantibus nobis saepenume o atque animo repu tantibus, quantas molestias ac lab res nitro subirent ii, qui bonarum litterarum studiis profuturi longinqua iti nera in peregrinias terms susciperenî ibique in biblio thecarum latebris reconditas doctrinae copias sedulo i11 westigarent et conquir'erent, mirabile semper 1isuru est, quod non panca lilerarum monumenta, quae omnibus in medio posila, essent neque ullam sumtuum aut 1iarom molestia... require1ent, quum in suo genere communi virorum doctorum consensione praestantissima duceren' tur, tamen p1opemodum iacerent neglecta aut certe non ca cura ac diligentia esserit illustrata, quam iis deheri sapientissimi quique existimamnt. In quorum monumen tormn numero non videmur errare etiam opus illud Pla tonis habendum esse iudicantes, sanequam grande ac ma gnificum, quod Timaei nomine inscribitur. Cuius operis quum ad plurimas doctrinaé partes tanta sit 1is tantum que momentum, ut et theologi et medici et mathema tici et rerum naturalium scrutatores et sapientiae studiosi et xero etiam piiilologi ac iuven_tutis magistri inde non parùm ad. Sapientia1n proficere posse lvideri debeant, si.
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