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Ave o Roma o Madre gagliarda di latine 
virtù  che tanto luminoso splendore 
prodiga spargesti con la tua saggezza.

B - A, p. 128 

http://eulero.cineca.it/~barozzi/mathematica/listati/cap07.txt
[Read: virt --> virtù]

Translation:
Ave o Roma [Hello, Roma] strong mother of latine 
virtue you gave generously out the
brightness of your wisdom.
From: Patrizio Frosini

                                  Italian 2

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Che  n' ebbe d' utile Archimede da ustori vetri sua somma scoperta ?

Newsgroups:soc.culture.italian
From:ferrante@galileo.pi.infn.it (Isidoro FERRANTE)

Translation:
What good came to Archimedes from his immense discover of "ustori vetri" 
(= specchi ustori = burning mirrors)
From: Giuseppe Rodriguez