Agricola, Georg, De re metallica Libri XII, Quibus Officia, Instrumenta, Machinae, ac omnia ..., 1556
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              nam antiqui fibrum dicebant
                <expan abbr="extremũ">extremum</expan>
              . </s>
              <s id="N20C0A">At meles exit è cauernis, & uaga­
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              tur in ſyluis non aliter atque lupus, lupus ceruarius, lepus, aper, ceruus, trage­
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              laphus, tarandus, alce, platyceros, caprea, ibex, rupicapra, dama, & aliæ plu­
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              res. </s>
              <s id="N20C13">Verum hæ animantes in ſyluis cubant: poſteriores tamen in altiſſimis
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              montium ſaxis & rupibus. </s>
              <s id="N20C18">Meles
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              auide appetit mel, ex quo nomen hoc
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              duxit. </s>
              <s id="N20C21">Magnitudine eſt uulpis aut canis mediocris, cuius
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              ſpe­
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              ciem præ ſe fert, maximè canina. </s>
              <s id="N20C2A">Nam eius duo ſunt genera. </s>
              <s id="N20C2D">Vnum canis in
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              ſtar digitatum, quod caninum uocant: alterum ungulas, ut ſues, habet biſul
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              cas, quod idcirco
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              appellant. </s>
              <s id="N20C38">Omnibus
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              melibus crura ſunt breuia,
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              dorſum latum, cutis ſpiſſa, cuius in metu ſufflatæ
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              , utor Plinij uerbis,
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              ictus hominum, & morſus canum arcent: quanquam, ſi quando cum ijſdem
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              pugnant, ualde mordent. </s>
              <s id="N20C49">Duris ueſtiuntur uillis, qui ſunt uel albi uel nigri,
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              & dorſum quidem abundat nigris, reliquum corpus albis, excepto capite,
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              quod alternis quibuſdam quaſi lineis nigris & candidis à ſuprema capitis
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              parte ad rictum ductis decoratur. </s>
              <s id="N20C52">Craſſæ autem meles non ſunt, pingues ta
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              men: quæ earum pinguitudo inuncta, uel cum alijs infuſa, renum dolores
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              ſedat. </s>
              <s id="N20C59">Ex huius animalis pelle collaria fiunt, quæ ex eo melia à Varrone no­
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              minantur. </s>
              <s id="N20C5E">In ripis etiam fluminum & lacuum nidos fingunt halcyones: nec
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              Ariſtotelem latuit eas in fluuios aſcendere, ſed hyeme non occultantur. </s>
              <s id="N20C63">A­
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              uis eſt non multo maior paſſere. </s>
              <s id="N20C68">Cùm autem marinæ halcyonis corpus to­
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              tum coloribus cæruleo, uiridi, ſubpurpureo, ſed miſtis inſigne ſit, adeo ut
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              neque collum, nec alæ aliquo ex eis careant, & roſtrum habeat ſubuiride, lon
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              gum, tenue, fluuiatilis ſeu ripariæ pectus purpureum eſt, collum & dorſum
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              in uiridi cæruleum, alæ fuſcæ, roſtrum, ut etiam pedes, cinereum. </s>
              <s id="N20C73">Veſcitur
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              piſciculis & uermibus. </s>
              <s id="N20C78">Lagopus quoque in altiſſimarum Alpium ſpecubus
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              iuxta glaciem, quæ tota nunquam æſtate ſolis calore liquefacta, uel alijs eti­
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              am anni temporibus imbre dilapſa diffunditur, nidos
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              & cubat. </s>
              <s id="N20C83">Ex
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              pedibus, quos habet leporis inſtar uillis & quidem candidis, non plumis,
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              ueſtitos, nomen traxit. </s>
              <s id="N20C8A">Ei magnitudo columbæ. </s>
              <s id="N20C8D">Color hyeme candidus, æ­
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              ſtate in candido cinereus. </s>
              <s id="N20C92">Longe non uolat, ſed Alpibus ſe tenet. </s>
              <s id="N20C95">Capta
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              uiuit, nedum manſueſcit. </s>
              <s id="N20C9E">Caro huius auis ſano palato eſt bona, ægroto ſalu
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              taris. </s>
              <s id="N20CA3">At aues, quibus oculi diurno ſpacio ſunt hebetes, acres, acutique noctur
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              no, interdiu latere, noctu ex latebris euolare, & ad paſtum ſolent accedere,
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              quas iccirco nocturnas appellant: quales ſunt ueſpertilio, bubo, ulula, no­
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              ctua, nycticorax. </s>
              <s id="N20CAC">Verum hæ non ſolum in tenebricoſis montium & rupi­
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              um cauernis latent, ſed etiam in cauis arboribus, in ædificijs deſertis, ſub te­
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              ctis domorum magnificarum & templorum & turrium, quæ raro homines
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              ſuccedunt. </s>
              <s id="N20CB5">Veſpertilio autem uenatur culices & muſcas, exedit pernas, ali­
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              asque carnes ſuillas de trabibus ſuſpenſas. </s>
              <s id="N20CBA">Cæteræ aues nocturnæ
                <expan abbr="perſequũ­tur">perſequun­
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                tur</expan>
              mures, hirundines, aues, ſcarabeos, apes, ueſpas, crabrones. </s>
              <s id="N20CC3">Sed bubo e­
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              tiam capit lepuſculos & cuniculos. </s>
              <s id="N20CC8">Ea omnium nocturnarum auium maxi­
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              ma ex ſono, imò uerò gemitu, quem edit, mihi uidetur nomen inueniſſe. </s>
              <s id="N20CCD">Ca
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              put habet magnum: corpus anſeris magnitudine, breue tamen & quaſi de­
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              curtatum ac colore uarium: roſtrum curuum, ungues aduncos, oculos gran
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              des. </s>
              <s id="N20CD6">Huic non multum diſſimilis eſt ulula, ſed minor: quæ item ex
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