Agricola, Georgius, De re metallica, 1912/1950

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              Terra ferax hominum, terra〈qué〉 diues opum.</s>
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              <s>Hic auri in uenis locupletibus aura refulget,
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              Non alio meſſis carior ulla loco.</s>
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              <s>Auricomum extulerit felix Campania ramum,
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              Nec fructu nobis deſiciente cadit.</s>
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              <s>Eruit argenti ſolidas hoc tempore maſſas
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              Foſſor, dc proprijs arma〈qué〉 miles agris.</s>
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              <s>Ignotum Graijs eſt Heſperijs〈qué〉 metallum,
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              Quod Biſemutum lingua paterna uocat.</s>
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              <s>Candidius nigro, ſed plumbo nigrius albo,
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              Noſtra quoque hoc uena diuite fundit humus.</s>
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              <s>Funditur in tormenta, corus cum imitantia fulmen,
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              Æs, in〈qué〉 hoſtiles ferrea maſſa domos.</s>
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              <s>Scribuntur plumbo libri: quis credidit antè
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              Quàm mirandam artem Teutonis ora dedit?</s>
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              <s>Nec tamen hoc alijs, aut illa petuntur ab oris,
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              Eruta Germano cuncta metalla ſolo.</s>
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              <s>Sed quid ego hæc repeto, monumentis tradita claris
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              AGRICOLAE, quæ nunc docta per ora uolant?</s>
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              <s>Hic cauſſis ortus, & formas uiribus addit,
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              Et quærenda quibus ſint meliora locis.</s>
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              <s>Quæ ſi mente prius legiſti candidus æqua:
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              Da reliquis quoque nunc tempora pauca libris.</s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s>Vtilitas ſequitur cultorem: crede, uoluptas
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              Non iucunda minor, rara legentis, erit.</s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s>Iudicio〈qué〉 prius ne quis malè damnet iniquo,
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              Quæ ſunt auctoris munera mira Dei:</s>
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              <s>Eripit ipſe ſuis primùm tela hoſtibus, in〈qué〉
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              Mittentis torquet ſpicula rapta caput.</s>
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              <s>Fertur equo latro, uehitur pirata triremi:
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              Ergo necandus equus, nec fabricanda ratis?</s>
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              <s>Viſceribus terræ lateant abſtruſa metalla,
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              Vti opibus neſcit quòd mala turba ſuis?</s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s>Quiſquis es, aut doctis pareto monentïbus, aut te
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              Inter habere bonos ne fateare locum.</s>
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              <s>Se non in prærupta metallicus abijcit audax,
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              Vt quondam immiſſo Curtius acer equo:</s>
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              <s>Sed prius ediſcit, quæ ſunt noſcenda perito,
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              Quod〈qué〉 facit, multa doctus ab arte facit.</s>
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              <s>Vt〈qué〉 gubernator ſeruat cum ſidere uentos:
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              Sic minimè dubijs utitur ille notis.</s>
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              <s>Iaſides nauim, currus regit arte Metiſcus:
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              Foſſor opus peragit nec minus arte ſuum.</s>
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              <s>Indagat uenæ ſpacium, numerum〈qué〉, modum〈qué〉,
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              Siue obliqua ſuum, rectaúe tendatiter.</s>
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