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# Title: Leibnitii Protogaea. Abschrift der Protogaea von Eccard revidirt, unter dem Titel: De ortu et antiquissimo statu rerum naturalium in regionibus Brunsvico-Luneburgensibus Dissertatio (shelfmark Ms XXIII, 23b)
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prope Gossariam temporis
lapsu contingere scimus. sed
ibi aquae chalcanthum et
mistam metalo materiam
vehentes sedimentum depo
nunt; nec gignunt ces plume
bumve, sed afferunt. Iaque
mineras, id est varias me-
talli larvas, quotidie produ
ci video, sive at arte, sive
a natura; sed de ipsis
metallis nihil affirmo ne-
que arcanis rerum temere
praejudicium interpono. Re
suscirationes primi corporis
facilius agnosco, et scio
simplicia illa genera non
aegre minus destruc, quam
produa; usque adeo facile
reviriscunt. Satis constat
nullis Chemicorum corturis
Mercurio confessionem mortis
eapressam. Et eum nitri
speritus ex alcalico sibi cor-
pus resumit; fortasse verum.
sed tenue nitrum igni su-
perstes novam habitationem
incrustat, et cum regenerari
dicitur, recolligitur tantum
Quemadmodum credibilius
judico, sepultam in aceto