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ATLANTIDETIMiEUM atqve CRITIAM

PLATONIS,Jn Alma L E U COREA,

GEORGIO CASPAREKIRCHMAJERO,

Orator. Prof.Publ.Ord. Philofoph..h. t.SpccXnECANO.

m.johann.chr;istianus gjocf/.Grirama - Miroicus,

Ad D, Vli MartVi^ in AuditorioMajorUhoris MAtHtinisy

JNNO cIj Ijc LXXXV,

WnENBERGM,Typis Christiani S .,, Acad. Typ.

^^^^^^^^^^3. C. D.

ATLANTIDE PLATONIS,PROOEMIUM

Nfula ^%2xitPenmfulcu.yautoribus iEgyptiis , Grarcis acqvcRomanis ATLANFICA diaa ; cujus roagnitudi,

nQm,injcola$,moccs,&inftituta copiofisfiinc PLA-ddincavit,pl«ribus4; faac noti?,quam uIlatH

alwmOrbie tuoi tcmporis cogniti partcm dignofcendamreliquit.,^

Qrnandam ab antiquitatc patriam i-Wi?;?//;!^^ gcnLem nan,func ei:

t^^'Vi\.M^nz\z,§.u)quiGeographi, guomm pritnarium fuit in-ilituturo,rcgionefOrbi$inquircrc,i>%/^/i7ri imeftigatione ccecu»tlrefotuerint? maximc cum aiia loca imiutncra Scriptorumqvc-^vitcr.utn dc Jiis fententias tatn fclicitcr invencrint&jnterpretatiCnti f«pe,unaautduabustantufnrationibus,niecade0 validis,^Ctiam nudis cdfljcauris du<ai. Atlanticamvero infulam, doiiorum^rflurtmtficco ptdepr^tereuniy aliiy teft^btt^Orteltoi^ F<:rrario^froAme.rteAkabcndam ejfe ducunt, M^ximam videUcet navavitop^ram ProfcflorRcgia: egrcgius Aqademia Upfalienfis, ut evir.ce-KUVUtoiiemSveciammdigmffef,r AtlanHdem, infignem &3.eiofisfitnatrtPeninfulam. Rudbeckianara hanc non ita prid^m im,^gnarc pUcuit fetitcntiajn doaiifitno cuidam Birshercdio

, quj

*"5 j i pttbJ?.

|iub!icato fchcdiarmate Altorft Noricorum Anno i^gj.oftenckfC,»-

conatuseft, /*/^/b»/ aliuhdc cognitam-i^wmV^w; propterea Or6enovo nonmvo Diircrtatiohem edidit haudobiter cOnfcriptam , dumGermaniamotiret , cuni Italia luftrandani. U triUsque ckpcndcmus^vidcm rationes. fcd praicipuas duntcixat,diipe^uri an^df ^uatenuiPlatoni^ meritem fieUter horum nonft ajfecum ? Ahtea examinabi-

irius Piatonica indieia ad Naturae hormam revocabiaius.

Sic PLATO in TIM/EO , cdit.. Ficln^.

Francof^ Ann. \6o2* vulgat, pag^,

io44.&rec|.

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( \mteres ArlienFenfes ) 0mm 'iiitHtUni genere pfji c&terts

iiifinihuexcelhetHnt } utdeceSai eost qui difs gemti editt^

ejfent\ C^ttitia: quidem & niagnd veflrx civitatis opera

^dmitandafnnfi tinum vero ofnnium magnitudme (f tjir»

tuU exceillt Kcferunf enimfcripta^ qtiantam olimpoten -

fiapi' y^efirMChfiiM compefiuerit'^ fmid fotiBuropA^fAfi^*i>':oienti ili.ttd?fff(f extrinfecusprofe^Ain ex Atlantko·, tunC emnfmdreiUuderai nal^igaSile , injufam hahens'

tn ore piaris, qudd OofHerculis eolumnasijocatis',

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triHes hUkdfos hommef ai/orberei , AtUnW mfulA fuhgMfgite mergjefeiur* ob caufam psiagus ·

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quicirc4 cOlumnas HcrculU habkabantf^^eos^mnesiquiu/tra, quod in prAfintiaenArrare op^rtet, Hcrum ^uidemduxfmtb£c civita4,hellum^omne ^ ut dicitur ^ confecit^

lUorun^ AutemInfuU Atiannc£ Re^es , quam infuiAm Libjlt

Afia^ majorem fuijfc qnandof^ pjsrhjhHirntiSy poflea ver^ioenum tbi inTifium , frimersA infuia ex terrAmotthiu reii-

SiHm-iC^Hodqmdem binc itluc in mAre naliftgantihus pbfiat^

neuitm epAvigAre liceM^

InDialogoeodcm, quiaCRITIA nofflcn habct» plnrimis expo-nk circumilantiis naturam, qualitates,laudes-^/^^//,-

dividk tn pJagae,& cnufnerat nommibus addudis Reges ac•orum rcgimcn } c quibus primogenitus totius InfuJs .vocatu$ ^r-/tfr, undc pelagus cognominatmn {itAtldnticupi altcr yoce patrii

Gadiriti, <jui extrcmas partcs Infulas fortitus fucrit z^ Uerculis co»

Itwnni». Hxc, utdixijfusc finguU .dcfqribit/>//i/^, usque adPiaipi

giirtrcmura. A«wfi ^^^* Quaeftio toov€ndaplr»Ja4ickf-

lis nunc&reiblvenda

:

Ur4mfab»lamhknarretPlat,a9thiriam?Primus temporc Piatonicus inKrpresC«/»/i>;*nudam,ab$quc fabufa

a^tanegoria^^udicac hifloriam afferri iPUtcney ^i^m Platomd

Comtriciltatdrcs optimf feqvuntur. Proclm equidenfi

»

Numeniusf

or/fJbjriftf^ ScriiorcCuo^3^' OrigeKes mmiicds hoclo^

co ibmniant nmiliciidines,^^ & oppoiitioiKS ; quas·lim ticintu notat ad tiniMm^ c. 4. Qui iri argufnento CritU prac«

ifiiffb, minhnc confi<itum fomni&m PlatonU , fcd vcnsnmam hiftorf-

am appeliat. Primum enim aiierit Philoibpbus divinu» in Tm£9frcm fc miram & omnirro veram relaturum : Audiy Socrates^ (inquiC

Critias ibidcm ) mirark equtdem , fedplendtk vtrimtU htflorianLa^

lonfefteniSapientumfapientiifimM recenfebat, Emt tnitn dome*

fiicus Admodkm amicusj^ Dropidis , preavi noflri. Avo autem -firo CritUtUt ipfe nohU fenex poflea referebat ^

qiiandQ^ narratU

res geflashujm Urbis memorabiles , diutttrnimte temporis interittf^

hominuiii obliienitas, k^feram prifcam mihi puiro traditoin

dh Avobifldriom, & qoafcicqvunttir. Proinde, ubkonqve fin*

gitaliquiditocareiolct fabulanif fapientisiimus GrxtoTXxm PUto.

HaHc aufem undehauferit hiftoriani>r€C€nfet diljgenter,a maiorlitw

jiimiriira fuis ac gcntilibus. Nam Crkias ab avo Gritia, hic a Solo-

nepatruo, quiiilafn literis mandavit ^ Sdlon ab i^gyptiOrum ·cerdoEibus, hi autcmm annaHbusiEgyptiorum, ad ^uos prov ocaba?

tur. ^xditti^Ti Marcelli Proclus de iEthiopBm rebus attulit hi*

ftorias, in quibus hxc manifcAisiim^ iirmantur ac infcrca funt* Hr,

lic dc^de dubitare posfit z\\^\^Sditicoi Mgyptiorum facerdotiSi

fapientis antiquz promos condos,tei>es PUto etiam allegar« ·Tum aliquishtfc noix)inei5V>/<7/;m;&ihuniverrumGrscos>tanquafn

femper pucros coarguft-,qu6d resmaximas ab Athenien(tun) civitatc

^tlondam gcdas neiciant. Platonis cenlor adver fariusq; Arifiott»

JemMrihktimenah iiedcm fere qualitatibus ac fitu,liirc€ verbljsv

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^ 5 f^^^^™^' ^555£^ 7^^·rku^ TvTs cvoiyiSvTug -(€ ^ im 2^yre?9^cjoiJj?^^ .-

Tiott 7wu Kapxii^ovicMjv4$^ ^a^eKf^Tou :

Extra columna^ HeKCuiUy ajurtt, in mari Cartha$inenfihus

rum copia,quamfluminibia nayig^tiom Moneis dbufidety

cumrelii^uis fruEiibmflor.eAtvebementery diflans conti'

nente plHrium dierum nAvigAiione, qua xum Cartha^ginenfes cfuidAm obfeiifertUmtemc.onnuhia:agiure ac bA-'

bitare ccepijfent,feyumPrAfidejy ne (fuis demceps mfilam^ingrederetur ,p(£nA capitU mtGrdix^y incolas^ ejectjfc^y

ne coition€^(^ ft babitare iflicpergerenf,)fa0la, infu(&pnnci-pat^m confiquerenturJfCArthaginenfes eafelicitate

'Acccdunt alii ex Gr«cia'Scfiptarcs nobilcs, Diodorus SiculmBibl. 1. 5. c. 5. Africdm verfuspermagna quadAmjacctinfuU in va»yftf Of^rf»/ , complurium dicrum navigationc , Libya d(»

(UndHsinOccafum, silumibi efifrugiferumy cujm magna panajfur*

4furgit iti mofites, fitcmguA in cmposfe mtndif i h^efulchritudim exceUit, Idemppfte^,cmn a feJKirate , ubcrtate ixi\4

<auuni, temperie^ue coeli 0c ferarum omnis generis copja JaudaAfet Iniulam, ^,) cht^^)^ ^^i^t^huMUnmin Hift.var, 5,1 g, Europant^, Libyam , circumfufM afent 0-feanOi/edextmiPaf , contimntem quandapi infimt^ magnitudivi^exifiere , qu<£ grandia anmalia , homir.es /uph majores^^ hn-gAviores nutriat, quammflrifim . Ibidem ejfe magvas civimcs^diverfa vit£ inflitum^ leges mfiris nihilommui comrarUs, Peind.9adjicit : Hanc terramposfidere grandem auri argemi^ vim

, adeo^ut inter illospopuloi mimris prctHf quam aptid nosferrum habea^tur. .Co,nfer« & Plutnrch. lib. de faqe in orbc Lunx , Pcmp. Mel,l I. c 5. &lib. 5,:c.io. defit. Orb P//>7. H. N.5, i. M^ximus iv»primis T^^/^i ferm. j8. UQmtY.Stnibor}e^mt

\ qui alias tamfaci-jis in aliorum cxplode.ndis nulli npn.apparens, ftatuit, Arabiam feliTcem mg. adAtUnticumextenfam peiagm fuiffe, Itzig^ loce

,

incoUsj^ m4ri,nobile npm^nAtl/isdedtt. ^S.ed d^ nomine mpx «·.ciatim. ;Min»m,e,negandum .tam.en. fi^bulora.cjugjdaq? yeris ,etiam_,

.adpixtainpiatoiika narratione^ire. Teirpori hoc condonatb^4um& ,mortalium ,ini],rmitati, feu .erroribu?. CJueniadmoduai.nonfeinditerumve 7>«/<?, res jGermanorum ycterjjm tam fenp4eline.anti .fabuiamm rim.ilispccario inipofuit,in defcribendisSyc-viae extrecnis» Nemo igitur miretur, Chronoiogiam abronanv

rupraNoachicum diluyium, mundi conditum ex-.tcnfam legerit accep.eritq; grayia tunc .temporis Atjienienfium ad-ycrfus Atlanticos rurccpta :bella>de templo aureo , Neptuno, de At-land.disguadrato fitu, ac iimjlibus, ,&4d.gen.us aJia obiervet. Nc-.que..enim,rigidura Caton^m agere , ac fingula ad yivym .refecarit-»

poflis in geiloxum.autiquj.ffimorum expoitione. Fabulpias quip-

pe iftiusmpd.i narratiunculas jnter.mircfre, ve;ritati nil pr2i|udicar$

potcfl:. Quaiia fi Henricm SAlfnuthtts .eogitaiTet , caujflie .nihil ha»-buiflet ad Guid. Pancirol. niemorab 1. 2. 1. 1. p. Z9 Ceq, fcribere :

M^cfabulofafunty cum pr^rtim aCritU pusro ^ inter .cAvtilena^

f4ff/naymlonm dudimmfateatur : fecmdb , quodpetagfji tanmnL$terr^molem Apa(^A^ricamajorem abforbere nen potuerit. Quasrationes minime Herculeas Rupertm

, Polyhiftor olim NoricuSi

Chriflophorm Adamusy2Ki F^ler,M/ix.0 Scrt. 1. 1. 4 c. i. vocaf 6C

non obiter eUdit» Ego nihilmoror nafum Atticum fiic verbaejus

habent, ) quo Vir Cl. hunc FUtonk locumfiispendit , cum ipfe du^

bitet^mmPlato perpi6fumm(^parahoUm ad Civimtis fiatum ex^

frimendum^ h e, phHofophice , anhiftoricefcribere voluerit ? Hacin parte mitiusexcipiendoseiic vetercs, humanitas,Platon!caqi fua-

det di^io : Mj)3> av%vta^ ahnjivov (ivoi >

hiiPlato proteilatur iimplicj&iimis* Seqvuntut

IDIOMATA ATLANTIDiSET CHARACTERES.

MensP/^/<?>7/^ jara pehitiiisTcriitahda. Ex iiliusfenfu (i) dicituf

AiUnii4\aM^\\2tQ3ihAtiarjte. Nomcn hoc & Regi comperensr

& montr. Vocefii antiquisiimarhjorigincij? ScytHjcditiCl./fW^^"'

ikhu agnofcit c. 8. deHypcrboreor. iilfula . ^66. Atli {iirpe

elaraoriundum denotat,ab^r/? patre. Viderint ctymologici Scri*

ptores igituf, an 3(Del; (B^il/ (Ebcim<Tttn non inde defiveturmeiius?

tot aliorum fruitr^fomtius, apud SpAngenhirgeru,Noldemuw^Mat'^

th£. Stephan, llbdld Sinibald, Simonem Simomnm & turiJleSj

qui de Nobilitate cdideruht iingularia, cOmmemoratis» CUr ab

odio in terram &iefrefta Atlaididus^Goropto BecarioCnFnon af*

fecfvor, Sicipfeiib.j. Hifpanicor.f, iii. Atlas^cmnartium alia-

rum cognitiGne^tum navigayidiperitiaC^ obfervatione fiderum mn*

topere mormlibtuprdfliterit.fc dicebatur^ qkododijfet terras ^er"

petud vacaret navigationifiderum^ conteMpUtiom. fuas ab

aflrorum nomenclatura Appellaret Piejades ; & quac feqvunturi

Vihus Neptufti priiiiiogenitns Thon^ nomine famigeratus inSueo«»

«la fuifie p<irhibiEur ab Oiao M, Hf^ormioyMeJfeniQ-iScheffiro , & 0*

w tiGmm^Hcmchum indicari a paganis,i;enlujf Mormus quidera

c. 26. de verit Relig. Chrift. Abrahamum , in<}iiiens, -ri/^^^i^w^/W /^*

rmifmumex UrChald£opolia Deo evocatumi ^emigr^Jf^ in Phaem^

ciam(^ Planetarumcurfumdocuiffe quam fcientiam irtde ab He^

mchoy {quemGr£ci ATLANTEM vocant^ )per manm vdut accef

fiffe docet ex Eufolcmo^in libro de Jud<£is, Propius a vero tamen.

at>runt, qui circa tempora Mofis QQ.hhtzmAtlantcmV^^g^xnikAi.M'

UQt, ex Japheti dotno ducunt. Non primus extitit Joanri!, Tzeu

zes in 5. Chiliad. hi.ft. 5. ^^Atlante : /^ cv^ h /^'^^ > Herwftls Trismcgifii aiyx^vov Atlanta vocati

Sed&Poet^rumamiqiiisfimus 7/^/<?<flip// Theogonia verC 510.. cutn

feijq, notatudignum iocum teftinjoniumquip oiFert i

* * *

dcQ.

Puellam Japetuspulchram Oce4mdem dnxit Clymenen , eur.dem

(eSfum confcendit, Ipfa vero ei AtUfitem m^.grianimum peperit

flium, Atlas vero cdsium fufihipt Utumdura (X ne'

cesfitateyfinihtM interr4i c regioneH^eridum argutarum fldrfS,

2

^ ^'. dcc^

Hh\ filius fajpeti coeium iatum furtin«redicitur , & ftare capite ( iri

pcdus iriclinato ) iriJefesfis manibus. jApetionides \i\tAtku Dio-nypo Petavio parf » i. Rat. tempor* 04 .lib. i. Cecrope iri Atiica re-

gname^cumfratre Pyomethed videtur nobiiis Afii^ologus vixijje fubdifcefum exyEgyptoHeb)^£Orum* Confentit in Chroriologi*e &^eriealogiae tabuljs RUdbeckim. Silentid noii praiceriri dcbenc il-

« etidm Ovidii Metamorph. ! 4. fab. 1/.·

Hic hominutri cun(^is ingenti corpofe ptaeftins

Japetiomdes Atlas , f i t. Wiima tellus

kegefub hoc^ (fponim^ Solis anhelis

^qiiora fubdicequisji&feiros excipit axesi

*

Quantus erat, mens faEiiu Jtlas, narn barba cotriieqi

In iyivas abeunt^ juga funt humefiqj rnanusqj

Quod caput arite fuitjrummo eftirtrtientecacumcni

OiTa lapis fiunf. *i *·

QyiijLiscxiiiiobusJicetfabuia intcipdiatisi \0c1i coifigit iniigniij

cxuitaris teilirrionia ProfeiTorRegiusibidcrn. Ad ipiius mentetnplura dabitiius lios irifra. Munc motlcndiirti ex Lycophronis Caf-

fandra ( pefegregio poem^ie tnimtrabiliumqac ferum cx ^(tiiythicoque aevo plerio ) quanl exctllem urinator atque nauta fue*

iii AtUntis qaoque filius i ^.^ hmo(4^^ ^*Auda-

Auda^er fiempe urinando { AttaHtides) olim cum cute futa r^pk»ti.i^ c0rpUiutfefc0ne0^0'foltis i ut dper quadrupes Bercyniui

XnKtt^ti^tXA^Xm x^^tHiftriu^^) Rhtthp^ ut iartU

( acjiiatica haec avis, )//^^///«?. hh Hejperilsm tm^hihyx AtUnterHtacrumhakfurri fuiiTe^ Makimni teftatUf Tyrm-iX^tvciQxi. jg. c. 2^f»

p. 57^, Adquerrtiocutn rriulcii £<a,/>?^v^;tz^ Rudbeckim no*tavit iri Oglgiis i". ^41* aiTefuitque in Svedma^ & noh in AfricAi^ilaerertdurn amplius AtUntd montcm. Siquidetll Apollodortii lib»

2. Bibl. p. ijd. diferte referafi nuUaientis inLibya^ fed tn AtUm- Hy*

ferboreorum mald duria Hefperidum abHtrcule reUta^ Confe*

ratur id^rri iii AtlantitiSi feu c.7. Nos, miiTo dharadlere pri*

fiio, ab AtUnte rioaiirtili, ad fecUndum tendiiTiUS* Vocatur nem-tj?(f@Mi /«/^/^ ,· a mari ^fgo imdiquaque cin(^a, Plato cert^

fiuliuiii illi aliiid , qiiartl irifulafe ilomeri,ubicunque memoiat iflL»

tfitid& TinixOf tiibiiit; Nec ab hoe fenfu diftiovet nos ratio*ioponnefi'y qiiae ^ ^^^, ciim tamen iit peninfula,vocatur.

Etfienim demusfaciles QURudbeckio^ provocanti adGeographo*

iumyHorfin potiiiimurrt,audoriratefil,3 vulgariter &aiiniis

accUfate jatii dc Che^fonep) , janl Veioponnefit eciam effem ·, manetiiihilbminus \iis.Q, <\<}i^{\X<^ianinpr£fentiloCdy ( ubi femperviir^ a

TUtone ^icMm Atiantiiy) idemnominis Obtiniat abufm? ^riflo*

mir^bilihus noh minus/ pluncSappellat, plufium die-

tnnl na\^igatiortibtis a eontirtertte reparatarft» Diodorn^s pdritct^,

eomphiriUm dicfunl ftavigAtiotie jacct hifula ini>afiofeiagO Oceam&Ci Rem otnneta Md^iMu^Tyrm.(\\^\ qui, dufti de Adan-tis montis fitu <$c natUra z^xv, Libyts Hejperioi imoliiiffe) zstyterram^

in longum diffufam^ MdH cinBam mdicjj. Quid opus igitur ,di-

edeire a nlanifeftl iiteira PLiionis^ Idque idco notandutnr^quiaj

inftjiaE th.^fadef hic 'Svednid haad applicaH poteft. Tertium At"lantidis VOcdmus 'magmtudtnem^ qniA/i/im TJbyam^ fi-

fiiul fumtam rupefabat. h'^ ·©- ^ Ai^t/Mc h 4» ^/;5i5r^'/^inqiiit, Libya& Aiia majotem eiTe Qu^ritur,qui4hiC }^TLibyam,dc quidp^r>^/4«2 indigitarit AnltotdisprieceptorL^?,

^odPUto iTipihm Atlantlcam Afik^Vhyhm»jorcmfu"/^/' (verba inclyti RHdb^ekii referimus ex cap. 7. §. 2.

fbl.140. j idequidem Firts doEiis altqmd de Amerka lujpi"

candum pr&bmt, llt autem invemrt queat bujus argu^

mentationis robur^fcicndumerH inprimis^ AfUvocahh a-

pudScriptGres vetensintelltgt{? mmorems (eUfUt ap^

pellartfoktypropriam h mertiie mari medtien^neo^adfe-

ptentriantm Iperb Ponto Eu^ino comprebenfam , S- 9*

gradus Utam-t in longitudinem mend jj. ing^ad 60.

meridian^protenfam. Provocat hic ad Ortdy aqdoritav

tem, & mox addit : Llbyam proprte ita diBam p. gmdibus

non ejfe majorcm ; cum intra 22. ji. gmdum Utitudinis

Geogr.m lovigHudincm 'verb intm $0, 6o mertdianum-i

contmeatur^ Ptolomms ergbJfricam tn certa^partes di-'

Vtdens-i inter easlibynm proprie imd^^^my (f aiiamliby*

4m m4jorem cnumemt^ Cui Qrtclius plnra veterum tefti-

monU aliunde conquifm addtt. Sm( ex bls plmum e'i>a'

dit^ quorfum hac AtUntUA cum terrisalys comparatior}(Lj>^

Ptatorejpexerit^ nam Aftam mwQrem &' Libyam prcprie

ita diiiAm intellexit. lilud e^videm largimur,apud veteres Scri-

ptorcs fcepeAiiam indefinite ^om^xomworcJiU.^^LibjamproU''

bya fic ftnai diaa : hic an idem fiat a Platefie ,quifritur ? Imtio

Platonianus atteiidendus icopuseft, dum quantitatem maximam^

dtlantidU delineare voluit his verbis, &potentiam illiusRcgum,

Copmolm mmmerls ex mari JtUmico profeB^^ prope

jam QunBam Enropam Afiam^ obfederunt. - In hke

AtUntide (ut porro in^ memorat Philofophus, )

mfliU maxma admirabilii potentia extittt Kegum, qui

tott infoUm, multi6^Al'm , maxm& terr£ contmentt^

pam,pmmA hu , qnji penes nosfHnt , domwa^

hdntuy^ Si^uUem mterioriquoqui

j^yptum ifHpefAtferunt^ Europdilpero tu^ adTyrrhenummare^

^^'^, 37^]^T^VppifvicC4^ Agfthic de tribus mundi partibus comradirtin*

ftis (ibi, PUto mahifcfte ; non igiturfolum^ minoK» feu Na^tolia >' nec de Libya, in ilri^iore ienfu» Libyam nimirum in toai-

muni appeilarunt Graeei vetercs , quam Afri€£ totius nominetios falucamus* Audiatur Strahe lib. 17. de Afr. pag.8 '4,^ d ' ^^ Xsycf^, oinf OZ^'

Libya deinde loquimur^ qu£ nunc totttis terrarum defcrh

pHonis pars fuperefl* Et cl^ra faris ifta PUnnm procfcm ad lib.

5. Hi Africam Grdci Llhyam appellalocr^, martj>

ante eam Lthycum mcipleris Mgyptiofimtur. dmodum lo»

licitus pro genio iQi\is leculi Herodotm in iyiiifa 4. de internofcen*

disOrbispartibus: Admiror^vci^sxxi^^os ^ qni dtflinxerunt

hibyam-i Afiam^ Europamy inter quas nonparum dtjferenti^

efl^·' Lthyafeipfam monflrat, circumfluam mari ejjis^

CQmp^rtum efttparcm Ltbys. eff\ — Nequepop

ftm coUigere conjeBurA, unde-, ckm una fit tvrmytr'fa*

rta ei mmma indttaemuikmm cognomimhis^Sedpofito,P/^/i7??mhic de Aiia minoriLibyaq; fpeciatirndida lo-

qui ; nihil lamen penirus luciabimr , pro Suecia quicunoue certat.

Primuaj etcmm conjundim Alia cum Libya fpeiiatuf s P-ljtone '-i

' ^ ^ xgui .Deinde tninor AHa 8 aut9. gradtjs^ L by.^q; prefse dicla 9. gradus

comprehenditi, Suecia interim cxtenJirur ad fo, modo gradus.

AJde, (^Mod AtiamUa utra(^ue iliaiiHiiii iutnia, major pritdicetu^:'

picq pceanp ( marf del Non dido hodic ) ad^Hiftrum patuit^^

,(& inde tranfitus in alias vicinas inililas» Diiert^ nofter :^

~ '^ ^ viftrif iiBT^ciSo. vir0ui ^

<|mdfibi ydit, expiorandus eft, ficyi. cccinit.^neidos, v/yi^^^

*r ^acei ektrd fidera tellui

$xtra annifolis% niiasyuhi mlifer Atld^

Axem humerg tgrquetflellisfulgentibHsaptum.

\iiccv% AtUntls %^\xl Splis yias / Abrortum \ ttain mterTropicos &fitra /Equatorem, torridam ad Zonam,quaeridebeti Populi enicB

. Ltbydi ^Mgy^toS^n jUKta/,, Vel igitur Poeta_#

per licentiam, Augufiiin Jionorem iufit * & extremos^ limitc$

fignavic ; i'el intendit indic^m ad Borcaliora loca , 3c AtUntem(juendam Hyperboreum indigitavit. C. Julius yidclicet Brimnni^

4;^ detexic pnmus, poftmpdCim RomahacIafi^^ infulas mytmt Or»

cadas &domuit. pifpeda eft & Thyle^p^fiKfx tiix abdider^{^& hy-

cms» Tacit.C, lo. Agric. lUnc m^undereKaturani ^ fcripfi.t alibi

Romanus Eqves. Crcdo igitur Virgilium huc reipexifle quia ex-

tra Solis vias& Zodiacum ut fita Thule cogtiitaque hailenus Roma-nis fueratjficjad^plum ArilicUm nec non Antarclicum incumbcrc

^/»// cbelum,ipfis videbatur, arguit & praedica»

tMm^ extra ftdera tellus, Jam diveidcuio in yiadi»

*5'f/«& politicus char^der ab /«?/m'<?, regeritiufflque & obtem-

perantiumr^j^iif?» addi debet* Impermm communio^ inter

illos viguit^Ueptuni expianJdio^ Atlantis gentis unil;>er^

jum( ) m^eneratione maximh cbnferv^hatur :

Kex anti(futpyi pr'mogemtp^iemp§i^reltnqueb4t Regmmjquod impermtn pey miiita fecula dufabat* piVttiarHm tl'»

liscopia iPimenfa 5 incolarum anmis magnific^ ac vers. CO"

gimtiones tmrmt. Spernebant omnia prdLttr viriHtemsS

fr&pntiafaciibmtparvi^ nec efferebmtHropd tm^uam^C ontis

0nus'aiiquod auri At^reliqudrum ahundan^

tiam^. Hxc & fimilia vel ad i^uporcm usque CritUsi quae brevita^

tis causl pr^termittiiTTus. Et quamvis fidem fuperarc videann

tur, hoe nihilomtn{is epiphoncraate ab iilo obiignantUL_,^i

Septimm charaaer a fuhmerftonis ^ diluvu ingentis alicujus

tmpon\izmin y^ox.eki Antc exitiaiem illam terrai illuvionem^

{ \) ^Syi^^V (p<S^g^i/,quam antea mmMAucr-^/^ riu^ya^appeHabatj Athc-

tiienfium civitatem bdlipacisq; openbus 6cUgibus, tanquamprat*

ftantiffimam excelluiflTe , dixerat Sditicui facerdos in ^gypto*

Poflh^c ( 3 ^^'^ )ingenti terrdmotu jugi^ diel

unm^^noBis \Uu'Vmiefaaum eft, ut terra debifcens ve-

ftros illos una omnes belhcofos hommes abforberet,^Atlant,

pelafftishoc propter abforpU infuU limum rcliBum futt,

Qu^ftiohiccurioiaoritur, an, quia ^x\m\6 Oeucalioni4\^^<i

fubmerfio apparet contigiiTe, quid deilia, & illius tempore haben-

dLimfit? Recenfet Nonniiu ad Jib. Oionyf. j. tres ..\^$inquo nonconvenit t^x^Xenohonte.^^^^ , libro de aequivocis

iiumerat5 primum mmeilrem, fub O^y^i^ prifco 5 2. menflruum

miacumiuhHercule > Prometheo. 3. bimeilreol iri iub

OgygehmQO; ^.rhcffalkumin^^^t^^, Tub Oeucdione^ 5. pa-

Heien^m^. Iftdorm' tria msmorat diluvia^ 13. origi^

numzz.capite, Particulana cenfenda haec diluvia ,· un.verfale-,

qaippeunicum l<ioachix.^m^Gr^, Beucalionis Itatu-

v.x\tLaaanthim fcciui l, deOrig. erroris 10. nonnuUi» Dudum_,

ttiam iieA^/T/i? cecinit I, Metamorph. fab 7.

Jam^ mare (^tellm nuUum difirlmenbabebanij

Omnia Pontuserant.deerrmt quo^littora onto.

Occff'

' Ocmpat btcccUem ; cjmbafedet alieradmca^

St 4iicU remosiUicyHbi mper ararat.

lUepperfegetefi aut merfi culmina villa

Navi^^M^icfummaftfcem deprendit in ulmo,

Oeucalionlacyymkita Fyrrbam Affatur obortis*

firor ! 0 conjux j fixmina/€$ !

Nos duo tt^rbafumti4\ poffedit C(2tna Fontus^

Certum €0, e-x aniyerfa Graecofum paritcr & Latinorum nationo

^ occurrere, qui majus aliud diluviunii quam iub Deucaliom re-

ferat, neP/^/oquidemjqui errorem errat iimilem. Profani fci-

iicet Scrbtorcs,c|uaEapuci Ckald£os yvd/^gfptios Jegerunt , negli-

gcntesratipnem temporum reccntioribus antiqwiora iniicuerunt-,^

£x Fom^eje Trojo \^\tm fuflir/us ad AmfhytruonvstemporaiMofair

/•/ifuerLint haec jmajorem partem Gracciae abforptam a diluvio fu*

iflerefert» In Dea Syria LucUnm {uh Xyfurrhi nommQ (Aflryriis

iic didtus Noah creditur ) illuvicm defcribit. . Arpobm Iib.5..Varr

roniana comprobat audGrkate, ante coniulatum vSTzmatquc,annorum miliia nondum duo Japfa, i.je.ante Romam conditam-.

D CC LXXVi; Deucalionis inundatipnem contigiiTe. Certiora_»

memorat Cyrilluslih. comxajulian, i. Alexandrum Polyhifiora & A'fydemum qmndam teitcs laudans cxGentiliumhiftoricis , hoc

diluvio» Pemviusid re]ickmAnn, Per. Jul.3i85.part.i. Rat. temp.

1. 1. c« 7. PoiTemus hic , fi id ex inftituto ageremu$ , ex Vindaro^^

Apollodorot DiodoroSkulo, Pauf^nia & aliis afTerre iingularia^

non pauca de particulari cataclyrmo hoc Deucalionis ^ quaiji nonredle intellexcrint cundem jnulti. Sed fent«atiarum imwin^t ^·»jjien nviiic \ dura quceritur :

'

JnPlato^^rATLANTIDEMAMERIGAM

flurimorum hxc bpinio huc usqu^fuit. cruditisfimufi i Geor*gm Hornius prse caetefis npn leyeni y ut eruerct Americanas rcs,

impendit operam,- qvi 2. <Ie brig. jgentiuni ^wr/V. lib. cap. 4.t^tvmmiiti<\m,Plato in Crmaifftmio ea mdit^ qus.

pierkanas origmeseVidenUr apenUnt^ Sequenti pag«g6,^&Saites frsditficerdoii mnaiiU 'quhm ^mericdconlpe''munt, iUapofi tnfuioi hrra contmens , qui ntfijmericatriiterek magmtudQ Atlanttdis Americs, far^ quippe ma'jdrJfrkafimuid^ Jfia, - AdebyUtfmh^ qiiJtdeAilan»tide Plato dtxit^ Amenc&mmHs-yCertltkmfttu,qukm m^^gnitudme conV^niAnU Siiperiori ieculo Zvvingerki iri

ihcatr. yit.hamJ.i» pariterimerpretatus edpLionem, C?iebcf-

t\m\^s Matthia4 Berneggerus qcj. zATacit AgricnSS» exiftimaviLj^ Platonis Critiam nec n6nTim£um poiTe Sid Af^^ficam ac»

coniiTiodari reile; Rupertumjv^^xi \im laudavinius praeconem^iiujus dogmatis-, quantumvis fere trepidus apparcat ad Maxim,yaler.Di^.i. J. 4. c« /? pag, 500, jiisverbis: ^uid fi iisetiam ad".

fiflerem, qui Indiam Occidentnlem aPUtone in Tim£o \ Jub nomineMantidisy totaAfiaC^ Jfrica majoris , qu<£ olm diluvio fiihverfa

fty dejcriptTim opinAnturi Diilertationemde >i»?mV^ prifcis co#

^nita, inAcad^niiaii?«?«i curiofatn publicavit Vetrmtaurenber'gimi Clariflimus ProfeiTor olim; qui. 9% bicc iriter aiia_j:

i^£rii^ quas PUiq inteUigat poft JjUhticam injulas F Mi^

hific vi4etur,ej[fe awplis/imM Uextcanb ftmi pfjijacentesy

Cubdmy Hiipamolutn, jdmmcamy alm^ Bx iftis injulis^ ait in ionHnentem alteram. hAc contUitens ? autfaUor ego^mi Amenca erlt % cum non alia pr&'

HrAmirkam nota ftt uspiam confmns bac orbis partt^^

Pro

. .... ^i?.^autoritate huic clogmati,quod ipfc approbat fimilitcr, cohciiians

i^a Jaf^ui Bircheroditis in diiTert. fnae cap. 3. Regii in GalJiis (jeogra-

phr^, Sanfonit jdbdviU^\ tabulas cbmtniihdatj quod 'AtlanttcamPla'

tonii ex Platdiiica i^hteritia Am^Hcanam tpuhdi plagam hpmiriarit

iiuper.

p.ATIOKis ii fc^uirataiiquis, has/cre proferunt, fednimis

geiierales, & hon Valid? ftringcntes, ( 1 ) Docent 'VetetCS no»

iitiam bmmno quandam ho*vi orhis hahHtJfe. Hocicnfu praeteraIios,anobis hadcnus citatos •yThebpompuM quoque»»|jiiritj dccbntinenti /( \MtoduQ&xQ Silemm , qui

has rriundt pai-tes, jAftamy^-uropamiLibyam nil 'efie &liud,quam ihfu-

iasOceano circudQdatas j fed continchtem uhicami hanc vero

tii %9( ^''^ magnitudini? f^rumque omnium diverfitate mi»ram, itique ea Merepes FuilTe : Ut cdlligi tur poft Mianum cjuoquc

%^StmbX \ Dcinde Sfmcam^ Pbetamtragic. huc inrcndifis

'^cidea digirum, dum t^einit v. 374. Fe^

= - Vement4nms ^^ateatteUm^Thyphm^novqs

Secula ferii^ qmhus Oceanus Deteget orbes^ nec fit terris

Vmculfreruml^^ UltmiiThuU, ^ -

Loca pluHa cymulamuf, Confequeritiam cicfideranius

probandam_.o Mg>« enini «:<7?^ ; veteribus notitia aliusi

J5r3?ter 4/^;^, Europami Libyam^ , Orbis alicujus concedchda ; E.fii Scriptores pVotinys Americam tellexerunt. »/^^· AtlAntidemidmeric4ynec dlidp^rs OrWdenoutur, Prasterquam enim , quodtoHus Orbis plur?s hodie ^nun1?rentu'r partes Vne Europam qiiidefn

i?/?^^ verfus/??^, Orienthl inruia^^errpeaas fatis habuere vetefe^^

RotuhaiUtem tcrras ponderantes 'nferim/npn =diffiv.uitcr cQnjece*run't,pJurcsruper«ffe adhuc partes habirabiles, bixerunt igituf,

'^ubd quivijj fciensaliusGeographiaejnei ignarus iftiusmodi viciifitu-

^irium in 'orbe,praediJ5iirct, Ex praeientibiiS futura prudcntiiTirallUgurabantuh

20. ^

() Carthagimenfes^Tjrios (^Jjf^itleSydoMimomd^

rttimo acnautica expcrientia ciaru/imoSinon igno^

rajfe Infulas Octanl Atlantici, Sic nota eii ex p//;7*H.N,

2,6j.Hanmnis navigatiQ> iGadibus lolventis , ad Ardt£§^ fincs uni*

V€rram^//'/V^5^praeterleg€ndo,evagantis. Refp. Nec dum fequi,

E. /n ^wfr/V^;?2 fimul delari iunt. Nec ab antiqvisiiJis feculis ad

tempora Hannonis V.C. In Auflrtim Sc ex partc Omntem, non ia

OcaWi-^ii^minftituta navigatio Cartbaginenfmm : fufius oflen?

dit in Dcfcriptionis Ptolemaicie augmentOja f^cretis inBrabantidiSzT

natu IPytfliet.QnU 1 pauciiTimas in recentipri Omntales

Infulasperfpexennti fiientibus hiftoricQrummonumentis. Quan^

ta qujefo eft iGadibtM ad littora Amenc£ diftantia,inyailo 6c irnmani,

pelagojdefeduacusnauticaeinprimis! Multasalix, vicipiores multQ

Infuk OceaniAtlantici, Hej^endeSyAcorcSi Fgrt^mu atque fimiks

ad Ci//// p/>/ye protsnfe»

(5) LibjA^fimulfumtam quantitatempi*

perarl unaab America Atlantidei nec con^jcnircj

illis aliam tn Orhe. Rcfp. CalcuU & magnitudini s crrorem a

flatone maxipum commiiTum , docctratio, collatio locorum_.

plurinm. Quis obtinuerit, 5000. ftadia tantummoao iecundum

longitudincm ^>?2mV^»2patere? Qv\Ajt£ ne quidem ambitura

Koveruntjquomodo de qufintitate ejus judicare potuerunt ? Exifti-

m^\:>\ta\xi ^gyptioi Poenosve longitudinem & latitudinem »·>·/

C£ , ne quidern hadenus tam perluitratie,fedul0 djmenros olim ? Af-

firmabimusne bella cutn Athenienfibm Americanos horaines (ut fe-

cerant^/'/^/7//7)gesriire? Sui^irdlAmenca', fed merfa dicitur dilvi-

vio Atlantis.

SitneperATLANTIDEM SVEO^inteliigenda ? > Refp.

Sp^ciose admodum tu?ri hanc fent^ntiam conatusQil CiariiT.

^udheckm. Gommunia pr«termittaraus iifguftient^ Tiaec : AiOccidentem atque adSeptmtrionem locdtemijfe^parteiin orbk maxi<^

mam Atlantides : continuk maH montibm expofrigi in facilem

flanitiem : Templuin m Metropoli -iUpfaUa^ mdgnificum^vid^^

;^ amoenam , circumduBaspasfimfojf^ , terya aggeres ocurrcrt^

fuenm dmmantiaenlontibiii \ ligmrufncopiam ^ delubradeum :

pYimogenitifticcesponem-tdiviftoneminfuldi. in X.pUgas &rimili£Ljt

remoia nimis judicatnus, &recentiora longe, quam qus, feculo

Tlatonls jam , oblivioni tradita Fuerunf: qualia,^'^Vir urgetCap^VII. Atlant.^.4. & inpr. 5» Ah Jtlantli nomin^invalida argutnehtacio^ SizAtl M^xicanls zc^d-^^idtxiK ', quaii-

tUoivis icnbecilla Hornii hsecpro Atlantide Americana ratio^ Co -

lamn&Herculii habcrent fub receiTu aliquid , Septentrioncm

niagis,ijuan4 2i^<^Ades d Natura ftabilitcg, fi anoftra mente mens

dependeret. Dedi^itiarum ubeftate6'//i'aie famihari ce-r-

tiora novimus, & Gryphls Hyperboreis modeftiae integumen-

to nuriC 'C0m5ttittiitius5 quemadmodLini & fabuloia Edd£,aQ Snarro*

m» Singularia videntur illa , quae poiiticos involvunt characlsres

Sveci£ liccoitmodntos Platorie ^ ii modo probari poiiet , eadefn

Evandrl matris x.^m^QXQ-,'din'i Agamcmnoms ·, fuifreufu ibi, ubiho-*

die. Adagii itienloria ) dulcis amovpatriji jquid mn fngamu-s a^'

mantefi^Commtndah\hRudbecki/!mimi\u<iium pro patfia arnanda;

^tixcentumilldi mtioms^ (cap.y, ^.,7. f 287. ) qH£ apudlHatoncm

fuh AtlanticA nomine pro Svecnm{^ , ) milit^yjt y a-

rnantibus folidiora rainiis iatisfatidni. innumefds sxlo-iverennis

illigratiaSj vel prdptef publicuai,fiargumcnns probabilioribus o-»

pinionem hanc corroboraiiet .· De Atfanttca f^Sucoma plum

nohis cognofcenda fehquit unns Plato.quamrehqut omnes^

ddehtUt ad ea, qu& tnPidtone hab^ntnr-ironfirmafidri non^

unm^vel alter ^crtptorum ?7opr0rim fu^ciat^pdMccif^rif

ejje videantur pen} omnes Nfirvegtca^^-um^ Ba-iicammj Is^^

Imdicardmfierm^nic^r -smyBritannickruin ? LatmarumGruarum rerum Scnptores

\ quorum ftnghU feorfm ahqnid

habsnt^ne-mo omnla , autJaltem tkm mffira ^ (f^mdem '^e*

fitai^ cqnfinA^ut PU^om ullk mtlone £quaripoffit. Grato iiif

^erim id acceptamus animo/juod unutn alis, taiKUiH non omnibus,

fUtonem prxfert in raaterie praefentiNobiliinraus VirorunL .Ad

flatonem igitur,que[n ^J'veftigare nobis placuit , hic provoca*

mus , regula hac ufj\Cuicun^Orbisparti charaBereSf

4^4§' adduBi a Flatone reBe 'wtelleBof

non con^^emmf) exVlatoni^fepfk mtnime ha*

benda pro tnfula Atlantide, Jam fubfumaiur de^-

merica SveqnU^ j & probationes in fuperius allatis applicentur.

Deniquc ab$ me G quis reqpirat ftatum famofiiTimae Atlantidki

faciliiis cidem,Ubi noq extiteritjqgam ubi fuerit ? fim refponfurus»

petur venia, oftendero no mntum ?iame,kd exanti.r

qmsC\moHomeyq&cSeriprio Piutanbijnws^mn ftxkmius JtiMtif

dem inqviri,quara (i) 'm4fric<ii adverfus Auftrum atque Occidentem

tradibus maritimis vicinis j intra Ca.ncri Tropicum & A^-quatOr

rcm,hinc iLibyd confiniis,extenfis perOcean\im AtUnticiim.^mzf

tQdelNort,2^dHel}endes S>cpoytunata4lv\iyi\^i ad^i-^m apFlandrir

cas,& iprum Caput yiride(v0catum C.i^<? t;^;'//^)afqicOncipi debere»

Hac in plaga mons c^^\%£mvi%,column4 ir(r//,inc0iis,nubesq5 rupergre&

fus/4r/.2/pelago vicino nomenpeperit.Exinfulisvicinishis in alias eft

tranfitusi hic Beatorumo^zii infulae fcrtilitast}; fumma.Miigna ibi au.

ri copia& metailofutn p.Iurium,a<d littora Guine<£ usq-,. Greges etiatn

Elcphantorii u£thiopU non procul M\i2i familiares Bis annis ringu-

lis oryza crcfcitihycms ibi tepida madeusqi fine gelu,finegkcie. Hic

VirfusOrientemmaxinie acQtcidentcm pariter4;i^;5/^i-;quosnuU

libiinveniasififpeaes ad occarum,cemus. Nec alioquifacile intelli.

vz^HomericHm hunc locum nlemorabilem,erroribus i7/y//j-p

Hichominum longisfime reraotos5cextremosnorninat./£r^/V?/f/,

bifariam divifos in Occidentalis Solis ac Orientalis. Aft quo nos »ilus

indagand» Inful^abripuit? o^nzmdudum aquis obrutam

///i/^affirmavit PLATO*

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