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

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              & tam intus quàm foris omnes laborandi rationes intueri atque
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              . </s>
              <s id="N11828">
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              Nec id ſolum agere debet, ſed interdum aliquos labores ſuſcipere: non ut in
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              ijs ſe frangat, ſed ut & ſua diligentia mercenarios excitet, & eos doceat
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              . </s>
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              Etenim bene ſe habet metallum, in quo quid faciendum ſit non præſes mo
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              do,
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              dominus etiam docet. </s>
              <s id="N1183C">Quocirca barbarus quidam, ut eſt apud Xe
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              nophontem recte reſpondit regi, oculus domini ſaginat equum, nam dili­
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              gentia domini omnibus in rebus ualet
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              . </s>
              <s id="N11847">At cum multi
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              im
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              penſas faciunt in metalla, ipſis
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              atque utile eſt, ex ſe præfectos
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              fodinarum eligere, item præſides. </s>
              <s id="N11856">Quia enim plerunque ſua homines
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              ,
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              aliena negligunt, non poſſunt illi ſua curare, quin aliena curent, nec aliena
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              negligere, ut ſua non negligant. </s>
              <s id="N11861">Quod ſi nemo ex ipſis eiusmodi
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              onera ſuſcipere uelit, aut ſuſtinere poſsit, è re
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              erit, ea uiris
                <expan abbr="diligẽtiſsimis">diligentiſsi
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                mis</expan>
              imponere. </s>
              <s id="N11874">Quondam certe hæc res curæ fuit præfectis metallorum: ſiue
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              domini eſſent reges, ut Priamus
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              circa Abydum, Mydas
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              quæ
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              fuerunt in Berimo monte, Gyges, Alyattes, Crœſus eorum, quæ
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              ad
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              oppidum deſertum inter Atarneam & Pergamum: ſiue reſpub. </s>
              <s id="N11889">ut Cartha­
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              ginienſes
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              quibus floruit Hiſpania: ſiue familiæ amplæ & illu
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              ſtres, ut Athenis fodinarum Laurei montis. </s>
              <s id="N11894">Hoc porro rationibus domini
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              artis adhuc ignari maxime conducit, ſumptum
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              ſibi cum alijs po­
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              nere non in foſsione uenæ unius, ſed plurium. </s>
              <s id="N1189F">Nam qui ſolus impenſas fa­
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              cit in unam aliquam fodinam, ſi ſecunda fortuna ipſi uenam
                <expan abbr="abundantẽ">abundantem</expan>
              me
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              tallis alijsque foſsilibus elargitur, ampliſsimæ pecuniæ fit dominus: ſin ad­
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              uerſa inopem & ſterilem, in omne tempus perdit omnino omnem
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              ,
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              quem in eam impendit. </s>
              <s id="N118B2">Qui uero nummos
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              cum alijs inſumit in
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              plures uenas alicuius loci nobilitati copia
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              , ille raro perdit oleum
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              & operam, ſed ipſius optatis plerumque fortuna reſpondet. </s>
              <s id="N118C1">Cum enim ex du
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              odecim uenis in quas
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              fit ſumptus una metallis affluens, domino
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              non reddat modo pecuniam impenſam, ſed det præterea
                <expan abbr="lucrũ">lucrum</expan>
              , certe erit ei
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              res metallica ampla & fructuoſa, cui duæ uenæ aut tres, aut quatuor plu­
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              résue effundunt metalla. </s>
              <s id="N118D4">Xenophontis autem non
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              huic diſsimile
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                ſilium</expan>
              eſt, quid ipſis Athenienſibus ſit
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              , ſi nouas argenti uenas ſine
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              detrimento uoluerint quærere. </s>
              <s id="N118E7">Sunt, inquit, Athenienſium decem tribus. </s>
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              Itaque ſi ciuitas ſingulis dederit ſeruos pares numero, atque ipſæ
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              for­
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              tuna nouas uenas ſecuerint, hoc ſane modo ſi una inuenerit uenam argenti
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              diuitem, utique uniuerſis, id quod habet utilitatem, oſtendet: ſin duæ tribus
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              inuenerint, aut tres, aut quatuor, aut dimidia earum pars, profecto hæc o­
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              pera utiliora fient. </s>
              <s id="N118FA">Spem enim omnes tribus fruſtrari,
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              non eſt
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              ſimile. </s>
              <s id="N11903">Quamuis autem hoc Xenophontis
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              ſit
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              prudentiæ, ta
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              men ei locus non eſt in ullis ciuitatibus, niſi liberis & opulentis. </s>
              <s id="N11910">Nam quæ
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              in regum & principum ditione ſunt, uel tyranni dominatu premuntur, ſine
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              eorum permiſſu non audent facere tales impenſas. </s>
              <s id="N11917">Quæ præditæ ſunt par­
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              uis opibus ac facultatibus, præ indigentia non poſſunt: tum etiam, ut mos
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              eſt noſtrorum
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              , reſpub. </s>
              <s id="N11922">nullos habent ſeruos, quos tribubus elo­
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              care poſſent. </s>
              <s id="N11927">Quare hodie qui cum poteſtate ſunt, nomine rerumpub. </s>
              <s id="N1192A">im­
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              penſas agunt in metalla, non aliter ac priuati homines. </s>
              <s id="N1192F">Nonnulli uero do­</s>
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