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Ingenii largitor.
[Necessity is] the giver of invention
Il n’est que la necessité, pour faire inventer les habi-
[M]
litez, & sutils moyens. Comme naturellement demon-
tre le Corbeau, duquel Pline fait mencion: qui estant
pressé de soif (& neanmoins ne pouvant avenir à boire
sus un monument, dens un seau, auquel residoit eau de
pluie) porta, & getta tant de pierres dens icelui, qu’en
fin croissant le monceau, fit remonter de l’eau pour boire.
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