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TRACT ATUS XIX.

A.RS

NAVIGANDI&

~~~et

I R

M non

ejl

quod Ars navigandi tanti femper apnd omnes fl1erit, quod

tam impens'I! his prtefartim temporib111 excolatrer, propojitifq11e etiam pumiis

ad jiemm11m apicem proveha1111. Nam

commetcitem dijlit,u nationes q1teflrto...

f(J!dere devincit,

ex mreltis remem, ret ita dicam, poprel11m efjicit

;

jleri~

Les,

arentes plag,u importatu alirende opib111 beat

;

denique jlat111 q 11 of–

wmque vel minimos ad invidiam

terrorem 1efq11e evehit, nonne id tot1tm arti

navi~

gandi acceptrem refert, q11it ope pixidil naltlicit itq11e certum iter tenere docet, ac

n()ta

nq.

bis liitora legerem11s.

Nonne providentiit divinit m1m1u fieit

q11it mm barbar&

totoq11e ()rbe difitas nll..:

tiones Evangelid luce perfiindere vol11it

f drem in magnete navigation11m d1ecem

cy-.

nojitram exh1b11it.

Neq11e vero na11ta; tant1em,

natecleros fpeElat hite fcientia, fed ji1mmos etiam d11ees;

q11i clafabies prd!fci11nw1, quomm alioq11in vita,

honor 1mires hominis imperitiit fape per–

mittit11r.

C11m a11tem ad fjdera rewrrendum fit

d11m in alto mari navigan;1es, ca:l11mq11e Jit

h..:

farvand11m, drem terram non videmllS

praxes Ajlronomic,u 1ifitrpare cog1m11r, q1e& [ola

praxis,

experientia docere non potejl. Err()res p11dendi na11derorum Mediterranei marú;

narifragiaqree freq11entia evidentifim'e demonjlrant fatis non

efe

m111clero

m11pp~

no•

tam imerére fciat, 'litt()raq11e agno{cere

fad e:¡;¡etendrem

efe,

11t ea lex q11& n11ll11m nan.:

demm fine examine ad id 1m111eris admittit, univerfatis foret

teq11e in Med1terraneo mari,

Ac in Octano vigeret,

BrevibM admod11m jinib11s coercetrer hd!c fcientia

qrtal11orq11e principiis facilibru nitit11r.'

Prim11m erit R11mbus, fa11 plaga

q1eam

pixis nalltico correEla tamen exhtbet. Semnd11m er#

itinerrs <t(ltmatio. Terti11m

latiwdmis obfarvatio !2!Jartum deniq11e loxodromia fe11 linea

q11am deC11rrit navis. /lt autem methodic't: procedam11s,h11nc trallatrem in feptem libros divido,

In primo libro

defnitionib11s,fe1e vomm comm11nirer 1ifi1rpat11rum explicatione i11opiam,111m

de varris navitem fpecieb11s dijferam, de Jing111is eamm partibres,

proporttombPM, hoc ejl

bre~

vifamam Architeéluram Navalem tradam. Trem ad qrufftones generales t,rad11m faci11m, primo•

q11e de ve/Jfcatione,

data occajivne de ventomm nat11ra,

generatione agam, t11m de remiL

gatúm, g11bernamlo, anchora, de onere navibus imponendo

demq11e de navigatrone Jlu·

viatil1.

In feC11ndo libro non1111!la principia Ajlronomica nartcleris necejfaria propono

doceoq11t

mod11m obfel"llaml& altit11dinis fjdemm

;

1ifitfq11e injlmmentomm comm1tni11m, aliommq11e

plririmomm aperio.

In tertio ago de Pixide natetio1

hoc ejl compojitionem ei11s

11jiifque ()mnes , variofq1te

modos corrigendit declinationi5 doceo.

n.q11arto loxodr11miamm .doélrinam trado','hoc ejl illieu line&i , q11am dttéhi ejrifdem

mmbi

p1x1d~

nauttcte demmt navu. Eammdem luxodtomiamm tab11l1U,

rifeu, 11d11ci11m.

In t¡11tnto m1tppamm .

hydr~graphuamm

compojitionem, rtf eu

correéliones explicabo,

J.n faxto efl1mandt ttrneru rattonem tradam, variafq11e correéliones ab obfarvationt latl·.

tr1dmu .dependentes, folcmne item longit11dinu invenicnd&i probltma proponam.

Septrmeu contiltet vari111 praxes na11tu pemtiles, 111 diarii digerendi

1chnograp/Jicrlm

por~

114 :

a~t

ltttorü typ11m exprimendi, hifloriam, totnmq11e eflm mara doElrinamJ

metho~~s

determi~and11m

i.n jingulió port11bm.horam affl.11x1u. Deventú item ¡eriodicil, de /Jrmpu,&.

efl11anu, de Jignrs futMte tempejfatu dif{eram.

Eo lubemu.s h1111c

traél~tur~

1tggredior

qreod pa11cos habeamM qui bene

dillf'.tde

ha~

téria e$mm. Expmen11a item petita ab aliq11ibru navigationib111 potertt altljmd /Jml

h11tc open afferre.

N11/!1M inter Aniiquqs authqres

re na1ttica flripjit

cr1m vme .faientlit navígandi Ab

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