Agricola, Georg, De re metallica Libri XII, Quibus Officia, Instrumenta, Machinae, ac omnia ..., 1556

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                <expan abbr="metũ">metum</expan>
              ſe in
                <expan abbr="globũ">globum</expan>
              concludat, ut ſe ſpinis undique poſſit defendere, permingit,
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              eoque modo ſuffocat. </s>
              <s id="N20B1E">Etenim propter urinam in ipſius os influentem
                <expan abbr="ſpiritũ">ſpiritum</expan>
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              ducendi nullam habet poteſtatem. </s>
              <s id="N20B27">Ea uerò uulpis, quæ canis mediocris ma
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              gnitudo eſt. </s>
              <s id="N20B2C">Color
                <expan abbr="aũt">aut</expan>
              ſæpe rutilus, priore tamen parte caneſcens: raro can
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              didus, rarius niger. </s>
              <s id="N20B35">Fiber etiam & lutra egrediuntur ex riparum cauernis, in
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              quibus latent, & ſe in fluminibus mergunt, ac piſces capiunt quibus ueſcun
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              tur: ſed fructus quoque & cortices
                <expan abbr="arborũ">arborum</expan>
              comedunt. </s>
              <s id="N20B40">Lutra autem à lutando
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              appellatur. </s>
              <s id="N20B45">Frequenter enim ſe lauat cum capiendi piſcis cauſa ſe in aquas, i­
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              mò ſæpe in earum profundum, penitus immergit: quanque Varro hoc uoca
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              bulum à Græcis fluxiſſe, & lytram iccirco nominatam putat, quod ſuccide­
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              re dicatur radices arborum in ripa, atque eas diſſoluere: ad tantum autem fere
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              ſpacium ſub aquis natat & currit anteaque rurſus emergens aerem ſpiritu du
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              cat, ad quantum arcus intentus ſagittam poteſt emittere: quem aerem ſi du
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              cere nequit, ut cæteræ animantes gradientes, ſuffocatur. </s>
              <s id="N20B54">Corpus ei latius &
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              longius fele, pedes breues, dentes acuti: à fibro cauda, poſteriorib. </s>
              <s id="N20B59">pedibus,
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              pilis differt. </s>
              <s id="N20B5E">Nam lutra caudam habet longam & reliquarum
                <expan abbr="quadrupedũ">quadrupedum</expan>
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              ſimilem: fiber piſcis: ſquamis tamen non obductam, admodum pinguem, la
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              tam ferè palmum, longam dodrantem. </s>
              <s id="N20B69">Is ſi iacet in gradibus, caudam & po
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              ſteriores pedes demittit in flumen cum frigoribus non conglaciat: ſi natat,
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              cauda mota quaſi remigare ſolet. </s>
              <s id="N20B70">Lutræ autem pedes omnes caninis ſunt ſi­
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              miles: fibri priores caninis, poſteriores anſerinis. </s>
              <s id="N20B75">Etenim membranæ quæ­
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              dam digitis ſunt interiectæ: itaque hi ad natandum, illi ad eundum magis na­
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              ti aptique: nam in aqua & in terra uiuit. </s>
              <s id="N20B7C">Fibri uerò pilus eſt in cinereo
                <expan abbr="cãdidus">candidus</expan>
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              & inæqualis: ubique enim à breuibus duplo longiores exiſtunt: ſed lutræ fu­
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              ſcus nonnihil ad caſtaneæ colorem deflectit, & breuis ac æqualis eſt, utrique
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              uerò nitidus, & mollis, quare utriuſque pellibus conciſis fimbrias ueſtium ex
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              pellibus nobilibus confectarum, ſolent exornare:
                <expan abbr="quanquã">quanquam</expan>
              lutræ pelles lon</s>
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                <lb/>
              gè præſtant fibri pellibus: attamen
                <expan abbr="fibrorũ">fibrorum</expan>
              quoque pelles inter ſe multum differunt
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              colore: nam aliæ magis aliæ, minus ad nigrum accedunt, quædam ad
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              rufum: nigriores quidem longe cæteris præſtant, minus nigri medium
                <expan abbr="locũ">locum</expan>
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              tenent, ſubrufi ſunt deterrimi. </s>
              <s id="N20BA1">Fiber autem in primis prouidus eſt & ſolers:
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              etenim fruticibus & arbuſculis dente, tanquam ferro, reſectis ante riparum
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              cauernas conſtruit paruas quaſdam caſas, & in ijs duos tresúe gradus, quaſi
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              quaſdam cameras: ut cum aqua fluminis creſcens inundauerit ripas, poſſit
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              aſcendere cum decreſcens reſederit, deſcendere. </s>
              <s id="N20BAC">Atque etiam cum arborem
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              iam ferè ſecuit, quoties
                <expan abbr="ictũ">ictum</expan>
              facit, rotiens ſuſpiciens conſiderat num ſit caſu­
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              ra. </s>
              <s id="N20BB7">Timet enim ne, ſi eo ictu
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              , ab ea,
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              recedere de loco poſſit,
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              incautus opprimatur. </s>
              <s id="N20BC4">Nec uerò minus eſt
                <expan abbr="cõſtans">conſtans</expan>
              in propoſito quàm ſo
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              lers: nam quam arborem ad ripas primo elegit ſecandam, eam non mutat, e­
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              tiam ſi longo temporis ſpacio diſſecare
                <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan>
              poſſit. </s>
              <s id="N20BD3">Hoc animal uocem infan­
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              tis inſtar mittit: ipſum
                <expan abbr="aũt">aut</expan>
              uenamur
                <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan>
              modo propter
                <expan abbr="caudã">caudam</expan>
              qua ueſcimur,
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              & pellem qua ueſtimur, ſed
                <expan abbr="etiã">etiam</expan>
              propter teſtes, quibus ut medicamentis, uti
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              mur: præſertim Ponticis:
                <expan abbr="maximã">maximam</expan>
              enim uim habent: Eos teſtes, caſtorea me
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              dici nominant. </s>
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                <expan abbr="Fibrũ">Fibrum</expan>
              enim Græci uocant
                <foreign lang="el">ka/sora. </foreign>
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              <s id="N20BFC">Sed fiber autore Varrone
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              dictus ab extrema ora fluminis dextra & ſiniſtra, qua maxime ſolet uideri: </s>
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