Agricola, Georgius, De re metallica, 1912/1950

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            <pb pagenum="xxiii"/>
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              <s>Paſtor ut explorat quæ terra ſit apta colenti,
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              Quæ bene lanigeras, quæ malè paſcat oucs.</s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s>En terræ intentus, quid uincula linea tendit?
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              </s>
              <s>Fungitur officio iam Ptolemæe tuo.</s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>Vt〈qué〉 ſuæ inuenit menſuram iura〈qué〉 uenæ,
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              In uarios operas diuidit ind e uiros.</s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>Iam〈qué〉 aggreſſus opus, uiden' ut mouet omne quod obſtat,
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              Aſſidua ut uerſat ſtrenuus arma manu?</s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>Ne tibi ſurdeſcant ferri tinnitibus aures,
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              Ad grauiora ideo conſpicienda ueni.</s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>Inſtruit ecce ſuis nunc artibus ille minores:
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              Sedulitas nulli non operoſa loco.</s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>Metiri docet hic uenæ ſpacium〈qué〉 modum〈qué〉,
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              Vt〈qué〉 regat poſitis ſinibus arua lapis,</s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s>Ne quis transmiſſo uiolentus limite pergens,
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              Non ſibi conceſſas, in ſua uertat, opes.</s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s>Hic docet inſtrumenta, quibus Piutonia regna
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              Tutus adit, ſaxi permeat atque uias.</s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s>Quanta (uides) ſolidas expugnet machina terras:
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              Machina non ullo tempore uiſa prius.</s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s>Cede nouis, nulla non inclyta laude uetuſtas,
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              Poſteritas meritis eſt quoque grata tuis.</s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s>Tum quia Germano ſunt hæc inuenta ſub axe,
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              Si quis es, inuidiæ contrahe uela tuæ.</s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s>Auſonis ora tumct bellis, terra Attica cultu,
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              Germanum inſractus tollit ad aſtra labor.</s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s>Nec tamen ingenio ſolet infeliciter uti,
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              Mite gerát Phœbi, ſeu graue Martis opus.</s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s>Tempus adeſt, ſtructis uenarum montibus, igne
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              Explorare, uſum quem ſibi uena ferat.</s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s>Non labor ingenio caret hic, non copia fructu,
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              Eſt adaperta bonæ prima feneſtra ſpei.</s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s>Ergo inſtat porrò grauiores ferre labores,
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              Intentas operi nec remouere manus.</s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s>Vrere ſiue locus poſcat, ſeu tundere uenas,
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              Siue lauare lacu præter euntis aquæ.</s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s>Seu flammis iterum modicis torrere neceſſe eſt,
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              Excoquere aut faſtis ignibus omne malum,</s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s>Cùm fluit æs riuis, auri argenti〈qué〉 metallum,
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              Spes animo foſſor uix capit ipſe ſuas.</s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>Argentum cupidus fuluo ſecernit ab auro,
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              Et plumbi lentam demit utrique moram.</s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>Separat argentum, lucri ſtudioſus, ab ære,
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              Seruatis, linquens deteriora, bonis.</s>
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