principio caeli clarum purumque colorem, quaeque in se cohibet, palantia sidera passim, lunamque et solis praeclara luce nitorem' omnia quae nunc si primum mortalibus essent, ex improviso si sint obiecta repente, quid magis his rebus poterat mirabile dici aut minus ante quod auderent fore credere gentes? nil, ut opinor: ita haec species miranda fuisset.
In the first place, consider the clear and pure colour of the sky, and all that it contains'the travelling constellations, the moon, and the bright light of the dazzling sun; if all these were now revealed for the first time to mortals, if they were thrown before them suddenly without preparation, what more wonderful than these things could be named, or such as the nations would have less dared to believe beforehand? Nothing, as I think: so wondrous this spectacle would have been.
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