Agricola, Georg, De re metallica Libri XII, Quibus Officia, Instrumenta, Machinae, ac omnia ..., 1556
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              ſtrum quoddam, cæteri ea quæ congeſſerunt, conijciunt, & ſic onuſtum,
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              cauda mordicus
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              , in ſpecum trahunt, & quaſi quodam modo in­
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              uehunt: ex quo euenit, ut per id temporis detrito dorſo eſſe uideantur. </s>
              <s id="N20DBB">Itaque
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              poſteaquam cubilia in ſpecu ſtrauerint, ipſum aditum atque os eius ſarmen­
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              tis & terra obſtruunt & obturant, ut tuti à uentorum ui, ab imbribus, à fri­
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              gore eſſe poſſint. </s>
              <s id="N20DC4">Tam autem arcte & grauiter dormiunt, ut effoſſi & extra­
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              cti non excitentur antequam in ſole expoſiti uel ad ignem locati concalue­
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              rint. </s>
              <s id="N20DCB">Hic mus cognomen ex Alpibus, in quibus naſcitur, traxit: color ei eſt
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              aut fuſcus, aut cinereus, aut rutilus: magnitudo ferè leporis: muris ſpecies ac
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              figura, ex qua mus dicitur. </s>
              <s id="N20DD2">Attamen mutilas habet aures & quaſi decurta­
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              tas: priores dentes longos & acutos: caudam amplius duos palmos
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              ,
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              pedes breues & uillis ſuperius refertos: digitos pedum urſinis ſimiles: un­
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              gues longos, quibus alte effodit terram: poſterioribus pedibus non ſecus
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              ac rurſus ire ſolet, ac interdum ingredi bipes. </s>
              <s id="N20DE1">Si cibus huic animanti datur,
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              eum in priores pedes ſumit, ut ſciurus: ut idem ſciurus & ſimia erectus uſque
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              eo in clunibus reſidet quoad ipſum comederit. </s>
              <s id="N20DE8">Veſcitur non modo fructi­
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              bus, ſed etiam pane, carne, piſcibus, iure, pulmento: cupide uerò lacte, buty­
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              ro, caſeo, quæ cum
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              , oris ſuctu ſonitum ſic uti porcellus edit. </s>
              <s id="N20DF3">Multum
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              dormit: at cum uigilat, ſemper aliquid agit, ſtramina, fœnum, linteola, ralla
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              cubili ſuo importans: quibus os ita complet, ut nihil amplius capere poſſit:
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              reliquum pedibus accipit & trahit. </s>
              <s id="N20DFC">Cum irritatus exarſerit iracundia, acriter
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              mordet. </s>
              <s id="N20E01">Si quando inter ſe colludunt mures Alpini, ut catelli clamorem fa­
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              ciunt. </s>
              <s id="N20E06">Cum è cauerna montiuagi egrediuntur ad paſtum, ex eis unus ali­
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              quis remanet iuxta illius aditum, quàm poteſt diligentiſſime & longiſſime
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              proſpiciens. </s>
              <s id="N20E0D">Is cum uel hominem, uel armentum, uel feram uiderit, ſine mo­
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              ra clamat: quo audito undique omnes ad cauernam concurrunt. </s>
              <s id="N20E12">Eorum
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              uox fiſtulæ acutæ & lædentis aures ſimilis eſt: qua &
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              aeris ſigni­
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              ficant, & ſibi quid aduerſi accidere. </s>
              <s id="N20E21">Dorſum ualde pingue
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              , quum cæ­
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              teræ corporis partes ſint macræ: quanquam hæc uere nec pinguitudo nec
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              caro dici poteſt: ſed, ut mammillarum caro in bubus, inter eas eſt medium
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              quiddam. </s>
              <s id="N20E2E">Illud ipſum utile eſt puerperis, & his quæ ex utero laborant: qui­
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              bus
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              eorum prodeſt pinguitudo. </s>
              <s id="N20E37">Vigilias præterea tollit. </s>
              <s id="N20E3A">Glires eti­
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              am hyeme
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              ſolum in cauis arboribus, de qua re ſuprà dixi, ſed in terræ la­
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              tent ſpecubus. </s>
              <s id="N20E45">Glirem autem Ariſtoteles
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              nominat, cinereus, ut Alber
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              tus ſcribit eſt, excepto uentre, qui albicat. </s>
              <s id="N20E4E">Ab eo differt beſtiola paulo mi­
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              nor: quam alij Græci hac de cauſa
                <foreign lang="el">kamyi/ouron</foreign>
                <expan abbr="uocarũt">uocarunt</expan>
              , quod uertat & ſurſum
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              uerſus inflectat caudam: aliqui uerò
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              , quòd cauda ſua uillis ueſtita &
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              conferta, quaſi flabello corpus ſoleat
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              : aliqui
                <foreign lang="el">m<25>_ ski/ouron</foreign>
              , quòd præ
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              terea
                <expan abbr="ſimilitudinẽ">ſimilitudinem</expan>
                <expan abbr="quandã">quandam</expan>
              gerat, ſpeciemque muris: ſicut etiam ſciurus Fenni­
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              cus, qui
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              cauda,
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              figura &
                <expan abbr="liniamẽtis">liniamentis</expan>
              totius corporis,
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              magnitudine,
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                <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan>
              moribus, ſed ſolo colore differt à noſtrate ſciuro:
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              in candido cinereus
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              eſt, cum ſciurus noſtras ſit aut rutilus, aut niger: attamen in ea Sarmatiæ par
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              te, quam hodie Poloniam uocamus, inuenitur cui rutilus color miſtus cine­
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              reo. </s>
              <s id="N20E96">Vtrique autem ſciuro, hoc eſt tam Fennico quàm noſtrati, duo inferiores
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              dentes ſunt longi: uterque
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              graditur, demiſſam caudam trahit:
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              ueſcitur, </s>
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