Agricola, Georg, De re metallica Libri XII, Quibus Officia, Instrumenta, Machinae, ac omnia ..., 1556
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              do quæ lumbrico: hæc cum uerno tempore exuuias poſuerit, fœniculo, ut
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              cæteræ ſerpentes non ueſcitur: ex baculo nomen inuenit. </s>
              <s id="N21A15">Tum hybernis
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              menſibus in caua terræ uelloca ſaxoſa ingreditur natrix à natando appella­
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              ta: qua de cauſa à Græcis ex aqua
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              nominatur: &
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              , quòd &
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              in terra & in aqua uerſetur. </s>
              <s id="N21A26">Nec aſſentior Lucano qui cherſydrum à natrice
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              diſtinguit. </s>
              <s id="N21A2B">Eſt
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              infeſta & inimica ranis: forma
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              differt ab aſpide, ſed co­
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              lore, qui ei plerunque in cinereo candidus. </s>
              <s id="N21A38">Ex
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              genere uidetur eſſe Ca
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              labricus ſerpens, etiamſi maculoſus ſit. </s>
              <s id="N21A41">Eum his uerſibus deſcribit Virgil.</s>
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              <s id="N21A46">Eſt etiam ille malus Calabris in ſaltibus anguis,</s>
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              <s id="N21A4B">Squammea conuoluens ſublato pectore terga,</s>
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              <s id="N21A50">Atque notis longam maculoſus grandibus aluum,</s>
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            <p id="N21A53" type="main">
              <s id="N21A55">Qui dum amnes ulli rumpuntur fontibus, & dum</s>
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            <p id="N21A58" type="main">
              <s id="N21A5A">Vere madent udo terræ, ac pluuialibus auſtris</s>
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              <s id="N21A5F">Stagna colit, ripisque habitans hic piſcibus atram</s>
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              <s id="N21A64">Improbus ingluuiem, ranisque loquacibus explet.</s>
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              <s id="N21A69">Poſtquam exhauſta palus, terræque ardore dehiſcunt,</s>
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              <s id="N21A6E">Exilit in ſiccum, & flammantia lumina torquens</s>
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            <p id="N21A71" type="main">
              <s id="N21A73">Sæuit agris, aſperque ſiti atque exterritus æſtu.</s>
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              <s id="N21A78">Ex natricum præterea genere ſunt boæ, in tantam, Plinio autore, amplitudi
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              nem
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              , ut, diuo Claudio principe, occiſæ in Vaticano ſolidus in aluo
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              ſpectatus ſit infans. </s>
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                <expan abbr="Alũtur">Aluntur</expan>
              primo bubuli lactis ſucco, unde nomen traxere:
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              ſunt
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              nihil aliud
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              domeſticæ atque uernaculæ natrices. </s>
              <s id="N21A93">Aſpis
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              eſt
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              longitudine IIII.
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              , craſſitudine haſtæ. </s>
              <s id="N21AA0">Color eis
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              unus: nam alijs ſqua
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              lidus, alijs uiridis & uarius, alijs cinereus, alijs igneus: maxime Æthiopicis. </s>
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              Oculi hebetes in temporibus, & iuxta ſupercilia carunculæ inſtar calli emi­
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              nent: quocirca quaſi ſomniculoſa nictare non ceſſat, ſed animantium ſtrepi­
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              tu facile excitatur. </s>
              <s id="N21AB1">Gignit
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              Ægyptus, Æthiopia, & cæteræ regiones A­
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              fricæ. </s>
              <s id="N21ABA">Coniugæ, utor Plinij uerbis, fermè uagantur, nec niſi cum compare ui
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              ta eſt: itaque alterutra interempta, incredibilis alteri ultionis cura: perſequitur
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              interfectorem, unumque eum in quantolibet populi agmine noticia quadam
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              infeſtat: perrumpit omnes difficultates, permeat ſpacia, nec niſi amnibus ar­
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              cetur, aut præceleri fuga. </s>
              <s id="N21AC5">Huic ichneumon, qui ſimilis eſt muſtelæ, maxime
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              inimicus eſt: itaque non tantum eius oua perdit, ſed ipſum etiam interficit: ete
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              nim mergit ſe limo ſæpius, ſiccatque ſole: mox ubi pluribus eodem modo ſe
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              corijs loricauit, in
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              pergit: in ea
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              attollens ictus irritos auer
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              ſus excipit, donec obliquo capite ſpeculatus inuadat in fauces: aſpides
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              Galenus in tria diſtribuit genera, in chelidonias, cherſeas, ptyadas, à ſputo
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              cognominatas: quas Cleopatra ſibi admouit. </s>
              <s id="N21AE0">Aſpis uerò frigoris impatiens
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              hyeme incluſus atque abditus latet in arenis: ut in cauis fagis aut quercubus
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              dryinos: ex qua re nomen inuenit: eam alij, ut Nicander ſcribit, hydron, alij
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              chelydron nominant: eſt enim natrici, quod ad caput attinet, ſimilis, ſed
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                gum</expan>
              habet cinerei coloris, craſſitudo & longitudo ei eſt mediocris anguillæ,
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              grauiter olet: ranarum fœtus, cauda inſignes perſequitur: & eam contra mu
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              ſca magna. </s>
              <s id="N21AF3">At ceraſtes ex cornibus nomen traxit, quæ modo cochleæ
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              inſtar gemina, modo quadrigemina geſtat in capite: & quidem corporea: </s>
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