"Weight, force and casual impulse, together with resistance, are the four external powers in which all the visible actions of mortals have their being and their end."

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“Fa vini potenti e assai, … e ‘l vino vale el più uno soldo il boccale e la libbra della vitella un soldo e ‘l sale 10 dinari, e ‘l simile il burro, ed è la loro libbra 30 once, e l’ova un soldo la soldata. (Modern Italian)”

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