Agricola, Georg, De re metallica Libri XII, Quibus Officia, Instrumenta, Machinae, ac omnia ..., 1556
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              ſecus minus, quàm cæteris nocet. </s>
              <s id="N112E7">Tum utilis eſt architectis. </s>
              <s id="N112EA">Etenim inue­
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              nit marmora ad firmitatem magnorum
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              apta, & ad
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              decora. </s>
              <s id="N112F7">Vti
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              lis præterea eſt ijs,
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              animus ad immortalem gloriam nititur. </s>
              <s id="N11300">Nam ef­
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              fodit metalla, è quibus nummi & ſtatuæ aliaque fiunt, quæ poſt
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              mo
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              nimenta hominibus quodammodo
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              , immortalitatemque donant. </s>
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              Mercatoribus etiam utilis eſt, quod multis de cauſis, ut aliàs dixi, moneta,
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              quæ ex metallis
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              , oportunior ſit homini, quàm rerum permutatio. </s>
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              Poſtremo cui non eſt utilis? </s>
              <s id="N1131D">nam ut nunc
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              & relinquam opera tam
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                <expan abbr="cõcinna">concinna</expan>
              , tam polita, tam elaborata, tam utilia, quæ ex metallis in uarias fi­
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              guras formant fabri aurarij,
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              , ærarij, plumbarij, ferrarij, quotuſquis­
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              que artifex ſine metallis aliquod opus elegans &
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              efficere poteſt? </s>
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              certe ſi non utitur
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              ex ferro uel ex ære factis, neque lignea, neque la­
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              pidea ſine eiſdem
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              formari. </s>
              <s id="N11343">Ex quibus omnibus
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              eſt, qui
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              fructus quæque
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              percipiantur ex metallis. </s>
              <s id="N11350">Ea uero ne habere­
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              mus quidem niſi ars metallica eſſet
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              , nobisque miniſtraretur. </s>
              <s id="N11359">Quis igi
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              tur non intelligit eam eſſe maximè utilem, imo potius neceſſariam huma­
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              no generi? </s>
              <s id="N11360">ne plura: Homo metallica carere non potuit, nec ipſum ea care
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              re uoluit diuina benignitas. </s>
              <s id="N11365">Porro quæritur metallica honeſtá ne ſit inge­
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              nuis, an pudenda & inhoneſta. </s>
              <s id="N1136A">Nos
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              eam inter honeſtas numeramus
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              artes. </s>
              <s id="N11373">Cuius enim artis quæſtus non eſt impius, non odioſus, non ſordidus,
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              illam honeſtam poſſumus exiſtimare. </s>
              <s id="N11378">Talem uero metallicæ
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              eſſe,
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              quod augeat rem bonis & honeſtis rationibus iam oſtendemus: iure igi­
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              tur inter honeſtas numeratur artes. </s>
              <s id="N11383">Primum autem quæſtus metallici, lice­
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              at mihi eam conferre cum cæteris rationibus, quibus magna pecunia quæ­
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              ritur, æquè pius eſt atque agricolæ. </s>
              <s id="N1138A">Nam ut hic, cum in agris ſuis
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              fa­
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              cit, quamuis ipſi fructuoſiſsimi ſint, nemini tamen facit
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              : Ita ille cum
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              ſuum fodit
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              , etiamſi magnos aceruos auri argenti'ue eruat, nulli ta­
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              men mortalium dat damnum. </s>
              <s id="N1139F">Omninoque hæc duo genera rei familiaris au
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              gendæ in primis ſunt liberalia & ingenua. </s>
              <s id="N113A4">At præda bellatoris plerumque
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              impia eſt, quod militaris furor rapiat bona tam ſacra quàm prophana. </s>
              <s id="N113A9">Vt
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              uero
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              habeat ſuſceptum rex
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              iuſtiſsimus cum crudelibus tyran­
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              nis, non poſſunt in eo homines improbi rem atque fortunas amittere, ut non
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              innocentem & miſeram plebem, ſenes dico, matronas, uirgines, pupillos ſe
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              cum in eandem calamitatem trahant. </s>
              <s id="N113BC">Metallicus autem magnas diuitias in
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              breui congerere poteſt ſine ulla ui, ſine fraude & malitia. </s>
              <s id="N113C1">Quocirca omni­
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              no uerum non eſt illud uetus prouerbium. </s>
              <s id="N113C6">Omnis diues aut iniquus, aut
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              iniqui hæres. </s>
              <s id="N113CB">De quo tamen quidam contendentes aduerſus nos, inſectan
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              tur & exagitant metallicos, eosque aut ipſorum liberos dicunt in breui in
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                geſtatem</expan>
              incidere, non aliam ob cauſam quàm quod diuitias non bono mo­
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              do congeſſerint. </s>
              <s id="N113D8">Nihil enim uerius eſſe illo, quod eſt apud Næuium poe­
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              tam, male parta male dilabuntur. </s>
              <s id="N113DD">His autem improbis rationibus homi­
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              nes ex fodinis diuites fieri aiunt. </s>
              <s id="N113E2">Vbi ſpes aliqua metalli
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              oſtendi­
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              tur, aut regulus magiſtratúsue exturbat fodinæ dominos ex poſſeſsione,
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              aut callidus & uerſutus aliquis uicinus antiquis poſſeſſoribus infert litem,
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              ut eos aliqua fodinæ parte ſpoliet: aut præfectus fodinæ ideo indicit domi </s>
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