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Cuicumque rei magnitudinem natura
dederat dedit et modum: nihil infinitum est nisi
Oceanus. Aiunt fertiles in Oceano iacere terras
ultraque Oceanum rursus alia litora, alium nasci orbem,
nec usquam rerum naturam desinere, sed semper
inde ubi desisse uideatur nouam exsurgere. facile
ista finguntur quia Oceanus nauigari non potest.
Satis sit hactenus Alexandro uicisse qua mundo
lucere satis est. Intra has terras caelum Hercules
meruit. Stat immotum mare et quasi deficientis in suo
fine naturae pigra moles: nouae ac terribiles figurae,
magna etiam Oceano portenta quae profunda ista
uastitas nutrit, confusa lux alta caligine et
interceptus tenebris dies, ipsum uero graue et defixum
mare et aut nulla aut ignota sidera. Ita est,
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Alexander, rerum natura: post omnia Oceanus, post
Oceanum nihil.
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