Agricola, Georg, De re metallica Libri XII, Quibus Officia, Instrumenta, Machinae, ac omnia ..., 1556
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              <s id="N2117B">Venator capta marte ſuperbus adeſt. </s>
              <s id="N2117E">Ei magnitudo felis, ſed paulo lon­
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              gior eſt: crura uerò habet breuiora, itemque breuiores ungues. </s>
              <s id="N21183">
                <expan abbr="Totũ">Totum</expan>
              eius cor
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              pus pilis in fuluo ſubnigris ueſtitur, excepto gutture, quod candidum eſt. </s>
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              Hæc muſtela, ſimiliter atque proxima, ingreditur domos & necat gallinas, ea
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              rumque ſanguinem exugit, & oua exorbet. </s>
              <s id="N21191">Quartum muſtelæ genus item
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              ſylueſtre, in arboribus uitam uiuit, quod etiam uocabulo martis appellatur. </s>
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              Ea muſtela ſyluas inſolenter & raro deſerit: atque in hoc differt à proxima ſu­
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              periore muſtela: & inſuper quod guttur eius lutei ſit coloris, & quod reli­
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              qui corporis pilus magis ſit obſcure fuluus. </s>
              <s id="N2119E">Huius duo genera quidam eſſe
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              cenſent:
                <expan abbr="unũ">unum</expan>
              quod in fageis ſyluis uerſatur: alterum quod in abiegnis, atque
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              id ſanè eſt aſpectu pulchrius. </s>
              <s id="N211A9">Quintum muſtelarum genus omnium pul
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              cherrimum & nobiliſſimum eſt, quod Germani zobelam uocant: in ſyluis,
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              ut martes de qua iam dixi, degit, ea paulo minor, tota tamen obſcure fulua,
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              præter guttur, quod habet cinereum. </s>
              <s id="N211B2">Muſtelæ horum
                <expan abbr="triũ">trium</expan>
              generum boni­
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              tate cæteris omnib. </s>
              <s id="N211BB">eo magis
                <expan abbr="præſtãt">præſtant</expan>
              , quo plures pili candidi
                <expan abbr="">cum</expan>
              fuluis per­
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              miſti fuerint. </s>
              <s id="N211C8">Zobelinæ
                <expan abbr="autẽ">autem</expan>
              pelles precij maioris ſunt que panni auro texti. </s>
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              Etenim
                <expan abbr="cõperi">comperi</expan>
              optimas quadraginta numero, tot
                <expan abbr="em̃">eum</expan>
              uno faſciculo colliga­
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              ri & unà uendi
                <expan abbr="ſolẽt">ſolent</expan>
              , plus quàm milibus nummûm
                <expan abbr="aureorũ">aureorum</expan>
              ueniſſe. </s>
              <s id="N211E5">Omne
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                <expan abbr="aũt">aut</expan>
              muſtelarum genus ira in citatum graue quiddam olet, ſed maxime id
                <expan abbr="q̊d">quod</expan>
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              Germani iltiß appellant: omnis præterea muſtelæ ſtercus aliquantum redo
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              let
                <expan abbr="muſcũ">muſcum</expan>
              . </s>
              <s id="N211F9">Noerza
                <expan abbr="aũt">aut</expan>
              , quæ item in ſyluis uerſatur, magnitudine eſt mar­
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              tis: pilos uerò habet æquales, & breues, atque colore ferè ſimiles lutræ pilis:
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              ſed noerzæ pelles longè lutræ pellibus antecellunt: atque hæ etiam præſtant
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              ſi pili candidi cum reliquis fuerint miſti. </s>
              <s id="N21206">Reperitur hoc animal
                <expan abbr="etiã">etiam</expan>
              in uaſtis
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              & denſis ſyluis quæ ſunt inter Sueuum & Viſtulam. </s>
              <s id="N2120F">Etſi uerò muſtelæ
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              omnes nec hybernis latent menſibus, neque
                <expan abbr="ſubeũt">ſubeunt</expan>
              terram, tamen earum for­
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              mas expreſſi ſingulas, quod id, ut arbitror, rerum naturalium ſtudioſis utile
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              ſit futurum. </s>
              <s id="N2121C">At uiuerra quæ cuniculos ex ſpecubus exturbat, paulo maior
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              eſt muſtela domeſtica. </s>
              <s id="N21221">Color ei
                <expan abbr="plerũque">plerunque</expan>
              in albo buxeus. </s>
              <s id="N21228">Audax hoc animal
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              &
                <expan abbr="truculentũ">truculentum</expan>
              , ac omni ferè
                <expan abbr="animantiũ">animantium</expan>
              generi infenſum atque inimicum natu­
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              ra
                <expan abbr="ſanguinẽ">ſanguinem</expan>
                <expan abbr="earũ">earum</expan>
              quas momorderit ebibit,
                <expan abbr="carnẽ">carnem</expan>
                <expan abbr="">non</expan>
              fermè comedit. </s>
              <s id="N21247">Iſtius fer
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              me ferocitatis eſt
                <expan abbr="etiã">etiam</expan>
              agri uaſtator & Cereris hoſtis hameſter,
                <expan abbr="〈quẽ〉">quem</expan>
              quidam
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                <expan abbr="Cricetũ">Cricetum</expan>
              nominant: incolæ Paleſtinæ
                <expan abbr="quondã">quondam</expan>
              Græce
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              uocarunt: et
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                <expan abbr="quidẽ">quidem</expan>
              iccirco
                <expan abbr="q̊d">quod</expan>
              generis & murini ſit, & urſini,
                <expan abbr="">cum</expan>
              erectus poſterioribus pe­
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              dibus inſiſtit ob uentris
                <expan abbr="nigrorẽ">nigrorem</expan>
              eſſe uideatur: exiſtit
                <expan abbr="iracũdus">iracundus</expan>
              & mordax a­
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              deo ut ſi
                <expan abbr="">eum</expan>
              eques incaute perſequatur, ſoleat proſilire, & os equi appetere:
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              & ſi
                <expan abbr="prehẽderit">prehenderit</expan>
              , mordicus tenere. </s>
              <s id="N21284">In terræ cauernis habitat,
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              aliter atque cu
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              niculus, ſed anguſtis: & idcirco pellis, qua parte utrinque coxam tegit: à pilis
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              eſt nuda. </s>
              <s id="N2128F">Maior paulo que domeſtica muſtela exiſtit: pedes habet admodum
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              breues. </s>
              <s id="N21294">Pilis in dorſo color eſt ferè leporis: in uentre niger, in lateribus ruti­
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              lus, Sed utrunque latus maculis albis, tribus numero diſtinguitur. </s>
              <s id="N21299">Suprema
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              capitis pars, ut
                <expan abbr="etiã">etiam</expan>
              ceruix,
                <expan abbr="eundẽ">eundem</expan>
              ,
                <expan abbr="〈quẽ〉">quem</expan>
              dorſum, habet
                <expan abbr="colorẽ">colorem</expan>
              , tempora rutila
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              ſunt, guttur eſt
                <expan abbr="cãdidũ">candidum</expan>
              : caudæ, quæ ad tres digitos
                <expan abbr="trãſuerſos">tranſuerſos</expan>
                <expan abbr="lõga">longa</expan>
              eſt, ſimili
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              ter leporis color. </s>
              <s id="N212BE">Pili
                <expan abbr="aũt">aut</expan>
              ſic inhærent cuti, ut ex ea difficulter euelli poſſint. </s>
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              Ac cutis
                <expan abbr="quidẽ">quidem</expan>
              facilius à carne auellitur, que pili ex cute radicitus
                <expan abbr="extraliãtun">extraliantur</expan>
              . </s>
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