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 gare : prob«itur lingua, ut cam ficcet tadu ftatim, {aporemcp acris reddat» Vnum ctizm^ 

 num aeris miraculum non omittcmus^Scruilfa Eimilia illuftris in fajftis , tricntc screii pa^* 

 lcit auro & argctOjConfumcntcm utrunc^ ♦ Origo atq^ natura ciiis incomperia eft mihf, 

 y crba ipfa dc ca rc Meffalac fcnis ponam:Scruiliorum familiallabet tricnte facrum,cui 

 fumma cum curamagnificcntiacpfacra quoranis faciunt:qucm fcruntaliais crcuiffe,alia$ 

 decrcuiflc uideri,&r cxco aut honorem aut diminutionem familiaE fignificari, 



Defcrro,&ferreismetallis,&differcnt{3efcrri» Cap« xnil 



^ Roximeindicaridcbcht metalla ferri,optimo pefsiinocjj uitcc inftrumcnto*Siquid? 

 lo X hoc tcllurc {cindimus,ferimus arbufta, ponimus pomaria, uites (qualore dccifb au;* 



nisomniKcogimusiuucnefccre»Hocextruimuste6la,ca:dimusfaxa,omnesi:^adalfoS 

 ufus ferro utimunSed codc ad belIa,cazdeS;latrocinia, non comiiius foliif, fed etia mifsili 



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uolucriq^, nunc tormctis cxcuffo,niic lacertis,nuc uero penato,qiia fcelcratifsima huma 

 ni fngcnf^ fraudearbitronSiquidc,ut ocyus morsperueniret ad homine, alitem illam fc 



dmus,pennascj;ferrodcdfmus.Quamobreculpaciusnonnatura:fiataccepta,Aliquot 

 cxpcrimcntis probatu eft, poffe innocens cfie ferrum. In fccdcre qu od expulljs regibus 



populo Ro,dedit Porfena nominatfm comprchcnfum inucnimus , ne fcrro nifi in aqri* 



cuhura uterentur.Etftilo fcribcrcfntiitum cft,utuctuftifsimf autorcsprodiderunt*Ma 



gniPompcij fn tcrtio confulatu extat ediftunijin tumulru necis ClodianXjprohibentis 



2^0 ullum tcluri^ cflc in urbc . Et tamcn uita ipfa non defiit honorcm mitiorem hnbcre fcrro 



quoqi: Ariftonidas artifcx ciim cxprimere uellci Athamantis furorc Lcarcho filio prx;* 

 dpitatorefidcntc,pocnitentiam^,ferrum & acs miicuit:utrubiginc cius per nitoreacrfs 



rcIuccntc,cxprimcrcturucrccundia?rubor»HocfignucxtatThcbishodicJ3ftincadcm 

 urbc & ferrcus Herculcs,qucm fccft AIcon,laborum dci patictia inducftus. Videmus 8C 

 Roma: fcyphos e ferro dicatos fn tcmplo Martis Vltoris ♦ Obfiftit eadem naturac beni;* 

 gnitasjcxigctis a ferro ipfb pocnas rubiginc, cadcmcp prouidcntia nihil in rebus morta* 

 fius facfcntc,quam quod fnfcftifsfmum mortalitati^Fcrrimctalla ubicp propcmodum re 

 pcriuntur,quippcinfula ctiam Italiacf IIuagigncntc,minimaq; difRcultatccognofcuntuf 

 ipfo colorc tcrrac manifcfto.Scd ratfo cadem cxcoquendis ucnis Jn Cappadocia tantimi 



5^ quacftio cft,aqux an tcrra: fiatacceptum,quoniam pcrfufa certofluufo tcrra, nccpalftcr 



fcrrum e fornacibus reddft» Diffcrcntfa fcrrinumcrofa ♦ Prima in gcncre tcrrac cacli'uc# 

 AligmoUc tantiimjplumboi^ uicinius fubmfniftrant:alix fragile 8c a[rrofi4m,rotarumq^ 

 ufibus & clauis maximcfugicndum,cuipriorratio comienit:aliud brcuftatcfblaplacct, 

 clauiscp caligarijsraliud rubigincm cclerius fentit:ftri(3:uraLCp uocantur ceomncs, quod 

 non in alijs mctallis^a ftringcda acic uocabulo impofito. Et fornacium maxima differen^ 

 tia cft.In fjs cquidcm nucleus fcrri cxcoquitur ad indurandam acie , aliccp modo ad den 

 (andas incudes,mallcoriimueroftra*. Sumraaautem diffcrentiainaquaeft,cui (libfnde 

 candcnsfmmcrgitur.Ha^calibf atcp alibf utilfornobilitauitloca gloria ferri,ficutiBilbi* 

 lin in Hifpania & Turiaffoncm , Comum in Italfa , cixm fcrrarfa metalla fn hf s locfs non 



40 fint ♦ Ex omhfbus autcm gcneribus palma Serfco ferro cft : Scres hoc cum ueftibus fufs 



pclHbusig mfttunt ♦ Secunda Parthico : nccp alfa gcnera ^rri cx mcra acic tcmperantur, 

 caetcris cnim admifcetur.MolIior complcxus in noftro orbc. Aliubi ucnabonitate hac 

 pr3eftat,ut fn Norfcfs:alIubf faftura,ut Sulmonc aqua,uti dix imus.Qinppc cum in cxa* 

 cucndo olcarcs cutes aquaria:c]p diflcrant,& olco delicatior fiat acics«Mirumcp,cijm cx^ 

 coquaturuena , aqua? modoliquariferrum , poftca in fpongias frangi . Tcnuiora ferra^ 

 iinenta olco rcftingui mos cft,nc qua in fragilitatcm durcntur. A fcrro (anguis humanus 

 ic uIcffcitunContadumnamqpcoccIeriusfubindcrubigfncmtrahit.Dcmagnetelapi^ 



dc fuo loco diccmus , concordiacp quam cum ferro habet . Sola hacc marerfa uircs ab co 

 lapidcaccipit^retfnctqplongo tcmporc,alfudapprchendcns fcrrum,utannuIorum cate 



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