De prodigiosa specie, naturaq[ue] cometae, qui nobis effulsit altior lunae sedibus, insolita prorsus figura, ac magnitudine, anno 1577 plus septimanis 10. apodeixis tum physica tum mathematica

That is (to speak in a word, and to persevere rather in physical comparison) just as the heat of lime calx unslaked lime is nourished by added moisture, and the slow fever of those with a wasting disease hecticorum those suffering from wasting fever, contrary to the nature of other fevers, grows hotter from food and drink, and indeed from things that are usually the remedy. What then? Is there no hope left? Have human and divine Whence a cure is to be hoped for. aids ceased? Does any divinity still look upon the pious? Is there justice anywhere, and a mind conscious of right? It lives, truly, the eye of the Lord lives, who does not despise the prayers of the just. Truly (as the Psalmist says) He looks down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there is any who understands or seeks God. He will arise because of the groaning of the poor, awakened like one sleeping, and like a mighty man referencing Psalm 78:65 overcome by the excess of wine. For because, according to the most common theorem of Medicine, Method of cure. whatever is completely corrupt and incurable must be treated by ablation alone, lest the pestiferous evil serpent crawl further to healthier limbs and finally be fixed into the habit of the whole body Preparation for purgation. μέχρι τῆς οἰκουμένης πανολεθείας until the total destruction of the inhabited world. Therefore, in that cup of fury, pure wine is diluted with a mixture, to be drained more fully by insane kings and an imprudent populace: until the humors are...