Agricola, Georg, De re metallica Libri XII, Quibus Officia, Instrumenta, Machinae, ac omnia ..., 1556
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              <s id="N212D5">Atque ob hanc cauſam &
                <expan abbr="uarietatẽ">uarietatem</expan>
              pelles eius ſunt precioſæ. </s>
              <s id="N212DC">Multa
                <expan abbr="frumẽti">frumenti</expan>
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              grana in
                <expan abbr="ſpecũ">ſpecum</expan>
                <expan abbr="cõgerit">congerit</expan>
              , et utrinque dentib. </s>
              <s id="N212ED">malas
                <expan abbr="em̃">eum</expan>
              amplas habet atque laxas,
                <lb/>
              mandit. </s>
              <s id="N212F6">Quare noſtri
                <expan abbr="hominẽ">hominem</expan>
                <expan abbr="uoracẽ">uoracem</expan>
              huius animantis nomine appellant,
                <lb/>
              tanquam ſciurus priorib. </s>
              <s id="N21303">pedibus
                <expan abbr="tũ">tum</expan>
              aures & os demulcet, tum
                <expan abbr="cibũ">cibum</expan>
              ſumit:
                <lb/>
              inque eos erectus, poſteriorib. </s>
              <s id="N21310">& clunibus inſiſtens edit. </s>
              <s id="N21313">Ager Toringiæ eo­
                <lb/>
              rum animalium plenus ob copiam & bonitatem
                <expan abbr="frumẽti">frumenti</expan>
              , neque Miſenæ eo­
                <lb/>
              rum expers eſt: nam in tractu Pegano & Lipſiano
                <expan abbr="reperiũtur">reperiuntur</expan>
              . </s>
              <s id="N21322">Criceto mi
                <lb/>
              nor eſt uormela, & magis uaria. </s>
              <s id="N21327">Etenim præter uentrem, qui
                <expan abbr="itẽ">item</expan>
              niger eſt, to
                <lb/>
              tum corpus albis, ſubluteis, rutilis, obſcure fuluis maculis decoratur. </s>
              <s id="N21330">Cauda
                <lb/>
              etiam, quæ longa ſefquipalmum, habet pilos cinereos cum candidis permi­
                <lb/>
              ſtos, ſed extrema parte nigros. </s>
              <s id="N21337">Hactenus dixi de murium & muſtelarum
                <lb/>
              ac cognatorum
                <expan abbr="animaliũ">animalium</expan>
              generibus,
                <expan abbr="quorũ">quorum</expan>
              maxima pars ſuccedit cauernas
                <lb/>
              ſubterraneas: nunc de hiſtrice dicam, qui item in ſpecus ſecedit, ſed æſtiuis,
                <lb/>
              ut Albertus ſcribit, menſibus: idque facit contra morem cæterarum animanti
                <lb/>
              um. </s>
              <s id="N2134A">Eum Græci quidam
                <foreign lang="el">a)kanqo/xoiron</foreign>
              uocant, quòd & ſimilitudinem gerat
                <lb/>
              ſpeciemque porci bimeſtris, & ſpinis erinacei inſtar hirſutus ſit:
                <expan abbr="attamẽ">attamen</expan>
              caput
                <lb/>
              habet leporino ſimilius: aures humanis, pedes urſinis. </s>
              <s id="N21359">Iuba ei eſt ſuperiore
                <lb/>
              parte erecta & priore cana, tubercula cutis, quæ ex utraque oris parte ſunt, ſe­
                <lb/>
              tas longas & nigras continent ex eis natas: quin reliquæ etiam ſetæ ſunt ni­
                <lb/>
              græ. </s>
              <s id="N21362">Primæ ſpinæ à medio
                <expan abbr="oriũtur">oriuntur</expan>
              dorſo & à lateribus, ſed longiſſimæ à la­
                <lb/>
              teribus, ſed longiſſimæ à ſuperiore
                <expan abbr="eorũ">eorum</expan>
              parte. </s>
              <s id="N2136F">Quæ ſingulæ partim nigræ,
                <lb/>
              partim candidæ ſunt: longæ duos, uel tres, uel quatuor palmos, quas, ſi
                <expan abbr="quãdo">quan
                  <lb/>
                do </expan>
              libitum fuerit, ut pauo caudam erigit, ingreſſurus in caueam demittit: ir
                <lb/>
              ritatus iracundia cum cutem intendit, miſſiles in ora urgentium canum infi­
                <lb/>
              git, aut
                <expan abbr="tãto">tanto</expan>
              impetu iaculatur ut in ligno figat. </s>
              <s id="N21382">Dentes, ut lepus, quatuor ha
                <lb/>
              bet longos, duos ſuperiore parte, & duos inferiore. </s>
              <s id="N21387">Noctu uigilat, interdiu
                <lb/>
              dormit. </s>
              <s id="N2138C">Veſcitur pane
                <expan abbr="cõminuto">comminuto</expan>
              , pomis, pyris, rapis, paſtinacis, bibit
                <expan abbr="aquã">aquam</expan>
              ,
                <lb/>
              ſed cupide uinum dilutum. </s>
              <s id="N21399">Hoc animal gignit India & Africa, unde ad nos
                <lb/>
              nuper allatum eſt. </s>
              <s id="N2139E">Vrſi præterea ſe hyemis tempore in
                <expan abbr="ſpecuũ">ſpecuum</expan>
              latebras,
                <lb/>
              quas locus ipſis ſuppeditat, conijciunt: quòd ſi nullas ſuppeditet, eas priori
                <lb/>
              bus pedibus pro manibus uſi, faciunt ex ramis & fruticibus congeſtis & ita
                <lb/>
              conſtructis ut non recipiant imbres, in quæ latibula ſupini irrepunt. </s>
              <s id="N213AB">
                <expan abbr="Timẽt">Timent</expan>
                <lb/>
              enim de ſuis ueſtigijs, quòd in ſolo impreſſa eos uenatoribus prodant. </s>
              <s id="N213B3">Ma­
                <lb/>
              res autem quadraginta dies, fœminæ quatuor menſes ſe occultant latebris:
                <lb/>
              quo tempore candidam informemque carnem & pariunt, & lambentes ſen­
                <lb/>
              ſim in propriam formant figuram: quod non ignorauit Ouidius qui </s>
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              <s id="N213BE">Nec catulus partu, quem reddidit urſa recenti,</s>
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              <s id="N213C3">Sed male uiua caro eſt: lambendo mater in artus</s>
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              <s id="N213C8">Fingit, & in formam, quantam capit, ipſa reducit.</s>
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              <s id="N213CD">Abditi
                <expan abbr="primũ">primum</expan>
              iacent & arctius dormiunt ad dies quatuordecim,
                <expan abbr="multũque">multunque</expan>
                <lb/>
              tam graui ſomno fiunt pingues: deinde reſident, & priores pedes ſugentes
                <lb/>
              uitam ducunt. </s>
              <s id="N213DC">Ex latibulis uerò rurſus prodeunt uere: mares ualde pin­
                <lb/>
              gues, fœminæ non item, quod pepererint eo tempore, aluum aſtrictam ſol­
                <lb/>
              uunt aro herba deuorata. </s>
              <s id="N213E3">Etſi uerò urſi ſunt auidiſſimi cædis, tamen urſæ in
                <lb/>
              homines ſi proſtrauerint ſe, & os ad terram uerterint, ac aerem ſpiritu non </s>
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