Agricola, Georgius, De re metallica, 1912/1950

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              <s>A—TWIG. B—TRENCH.
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              men in discovering veins. </s>
              <s>With regard to deflection of branches of trees
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              they say nothing and adhere to their opinion.</s>
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              <s>Since this matter remains in dispute and causes much dissention
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              amongst miners, I consider it ought to be examined on its own merits. </s>
              <s>The
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              wizards, who also make use of rings, mirrors and crystals, seek for veins
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              with a divining rod shaped like a fork; but its shape makes no difference
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              in the matter,—it might be straight or of some other form—for it is not
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              the form of the twig that matters, but the wizard's incantations
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              which it would not become me to repeat, neither do I wish to do so. </s>
              <s>The
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              Ancients, by means of the divining rod, not only procured those things neces­
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              sary for a livelihood or for luxury, but they were also able to alter the forms
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              of things by it; as when the magicians changed the rods of the Egyptians
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              into serpents, as the writings of the Hebrews relate
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              ; and as in Homer,
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              Minerva with a divining rod turned the aged Ulysses suddenly into a youth,
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              and then restored him back again to old age; Circe also changed Ulysses'
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              companions into beasts, but afterward gave them back again their human
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              form
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              ; moreover by his rod, which was called “Caduceus,” Mercury gave
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