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TO THE MOST EMINENT

FRANCESCO

B A R B E R I N I

original: "S. R. E. Cardinali Vicecancellario" refers to the Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae, the Holy Roman Church.

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To You, Cardinal FRANCESCO, a cultivator and admirer of the liberal arts original: "liberalium studiorum," the traditional academic subjects including grammar, logic, and rhetoric and of all learning, my Ocellus Referring to Ocellus Lucanus, the ancient Greek philosopher whose work Vizzani has translated/edited takes flight upon my pen. A spirit most devoted to You, and bound by Your most ample merits, has granted him his birth; Your house has given him light, Your Library his ornaments, and finally Your authority has provided him with clarity through the sought-after Manuscript original: "M. SS." copies. Why then, should he, who to You so—