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Atque hanc quidem
rationem naturae difficile est fortasse traducere ad id
genus divinationis, quod ex arte profectum dicimus,
sed tamen id quoque rimatur, quantum potest, Posidonius. Esse censet in natura signa quaedam rerum
futurarum. Etenim Ceos accepimus ortum Caniculae
diligenter quotannis solere servare coniecturamque capere, ut scribit Ponticus Heraclides, salubrisne an pestilens annus futurus sit. Nam si obscurior et quasi
caliginosa stella extiterit, pingue et concretum esse
caelum, ut eius adspiratio gravis et pestilens futura
sit; sin inlustris et perlucida stella apparuerit, significari caelum esse tenue purumque et propterea salubre.
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