Agricola, Georg, De re metallica Libri XII, Quibus Officia, Instrumenta, Machinae, ac omnia ..., 1556

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            <p id="N1055E" type="main">
              <s id="N10560">Paſtor ut explorat quæ terra ſit apta colenti,
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              Quæ bene lanigeras, quæ malè paſcat oues.</s>
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            <p id="N10565" type="main">
              <s id="N10567">En terræ intentus, quid uincula linea tendit? </s>
              <s id="N1056A">
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              Fungitur officio iam Ptolemæe tuo.</s>
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            <p id="N1056E" type="main">
              <s id="N10570">Vtque ſuæ inuenit menſuram iuraque uenæ,
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              In uarios operas diuidit inde uiros.</s>
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            <p id="N10575" type="main">
              <s id="N10577">Iamque aggreſſus opus, uiden'ut mouet omne quod obſtat,
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              Aſſidua ut uerſat ſtrenuus arma manu?</s>
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            <p id="N1057C" type="main">
              <s id="N1057E">Ne tibi ſurdeſcant ferri tinnitibus aures,
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              Ad grauiora ideo conſpicienda ueni.</s>
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            <p id="N10583" type="main">
              <s id="N10585">Inſtruit ecce ſuis nunc artibus ille minores:
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              Sedulitas nulli non operoſa loco.</s>
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            <p id="N1058A" type="main">
              <s id="N1058C">Metiri docet hic uenæ ſpaciumque modumque,
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              Vtque regat poſitis finibus arua lapis,</s>
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            <p id="N10591" type="main">
              <s id="N10593">Ne quis transmiſſo uiolentus limite pergens,
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              Non ſibi conceſſas, in ſua uertat, opes.</s>
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            <p id="N10598" type="main">
              <s id="N1059A">Hic docet inſtrumenta, quibus Plutonia regna
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              Tutus adit, ſaxi permeat atque uias.</s>
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            <p id="N1059F" type="main">
              <s id="N105A1">Quanta (uides) ſolidas expugnet machina terras:
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              Machina non ullo tempore uiſa prius.</s>
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            <p id="N105A6" type="main">
              <s id="N105A8">Cede nouis, nulla non inclyta laude uetuſtas,
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              Poſteritas meritis eſt quoque grata tuis.</s>
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            <p id="N105AD" type="main">
              <s id="N105AF">Tum quia Germano ſunt hæc inuenta ſub axe,
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              Si quis es, inuidiæ contrahe uela tuæ.</s>
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            <p id="N105B4" type="main">
              <s id="N105B6">Auſonis ora tumet bellis, terra Attica cultu,
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              Germanum infractus tollit ad aſtra labor.</s>
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            <p id="N105BB" type="main">
              <s id="N105BD">Nec tamen ingenio ſolet infeliciter uti,
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              Mite gerat Phœbi, ſeu graue Martis opus.</s>
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            <p id="N105C2" type="main">
              <s id="N105C4">Tempus adeſt, ſtructis uenarum montibus, igne
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              Explorare, uſum quem ſibi uena ferat.</s>
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            <p id="N105C9" type="main">
              <s id="N105CB">Non labor ingenio caret hic, non copia fructu,
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              Eſt adaperta bonæ prima feneſtra ſpei.</s>
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            <p id="N105D0" type="main">
              <s id="N105D2">Ergo inſtat porrò grauiores ferre labores,
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              Intentas operi nec remouere manus.</s>
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            <p id="N105D7" type="main">
              <s id="N105D9">Vrere ſiue locus poſcat, ſeu tundere uenas,
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              Siue lauare lacu præter euntis aquæ.</s>
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            <p id="N105DE" type="main">
              <s id="N105E0">Seu flammis iterum modicis torrere neceſſe eſt,
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              Excoquere aut faſtis ignibus omne malum,</s>
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            <p id="N105E5" type="main">
              <s id="N105E7">Cùm fluit æs riuis, auri argentique metallum,
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              Spes animo foſſor uix capit ipſe ſuas.</s>
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            <p id="N105EC" type="main">
              <s id="N105EE">Argentum cupidus fuluo ſecernit ab auro,
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              Et plumbi lentam demit utrique moram.</s>
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            <p id="N105F3" type="main">
              <s id="N105F5">Separat argentum, lucri ſtudioſus, ab ære,
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              Seruatis, linquens deteriora, bonis.</s>
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