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humano capiti cervicem pictor equinam iungere si velit , et varias inducere plumas , undique conlatis membris , ut turpiter atrum desinat in piscem mulier formosa superne , spectatum admissi risum teneatis , amici ? credite , pisones , isti tabulae fore librum persimilem , cuius , velut aegri somnia , vanae fingentur species , ut nec pes nec caput uni reddatur formae '
if
a
painter
should
wish
to
unite
a
horse
'
s
neck
to
a
human
head
,
and
spread
a
variety
of
plumage
over
limbs
[
of
different
animals]
taken
from
every
part
[
of
nature]
,
so
that
what
is
a
beautiful
woman
in
the
upper
part
terminates
unsightly
in
an
ugly
fish
below
;
could
you
,
my
friends
,
refrain
from
laughter
,
were
you
admitted
to
such
a
sight
believe
,
ye
pisos
,
the
book
will
be
perfectly
like
such
a
picture
,
the
ideas
of
which
,
like
a
sick
man
'
s
dreams