Anima aquea, ut inferiora generat, superiora contemplatur in seipsa se sistit, triplici hymno maris, Neptunni, et oceani ab orpheo decantatur.
Copy-text: Farmer 1998, line 25904
English
The watery soul, even as it brings the lower things into being, contemplates the higher things it holds within itself, a truth Orpheus sings in his three hymns to the sea, to Neptune, and to Ocean.
Sense checked against farmer1998:25964; no divergence.
Translation: machine-drafted 2026-09-26 by TRANSLATOR-T09b; sense checked against farmer1998:25964; awaiting human check
Attribution: Pico's own opinion (section 10>, on the way of understanding the Orphic hymns) · Pico's stance: endorses
Farmer's cross-references
10>19Nihil habebit firmum in opere qui vestam non attraxerit.
24.39Opifex, ad quaternitatem respiciens per se animalis, quatuor fabricat partes principales mundi.