Agricola, Georgius
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De re metallica
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1912/1950
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Terra ferax hominum, terra〈qué〉 diues opum.</
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Nec fructu nobis deſiciente cadit.</
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Foſſor, dc proprijs arma〈qué〉 miles agris.</
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Quod Biſemutum lingua paterna uocat.</
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Noſtra quoque hoc uena diuite fundit humus.</
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Æs, in〈qué〉 hoſtiles ferrea maſſa domos.</
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Quàm mirandam artem Teutonis ora dedit?</
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Eruta Germano cuncta metalla ſolo.</
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AGRICOLAE, quæ nunc docta per ora uolant?</
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Et quærenda quibus ſint meliora locis.</
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Da reliquis quoque nunc tempora pauca libris.</
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Non iucunda minor, rara legentis, erit.</
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Quæ ſunt auctoris munera mira Dei:</
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Mittentis torquet ſpicula rapta caput.</
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Ergo necandus equus, nec fabricanda ratis?</
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Vti opibus neſcit quòd mala turba ſuis?</
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Inter habere bonos ne fateare locum.</
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>Se non in prærupta metallicus abijcit audax,
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Vt quondam immiſſo Curtius acer equo:</
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Quod〈qué〉 facit, multa doctus ab arte facit.</
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Sic minimè dubijs utitur ille notis.</
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Foſſor opus peragit nec minus arte ſuum.</
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Siue obliqua ſuum, rectaúe tendatiter.</
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