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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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in veris exuviis, quo scrutabe
re diligentius, eo manifestiora
originis argumenta suppedi-
tentur; totiesque deceptum,
se magnisicis narrantium
verbis non facile amplius
sidem habere. In nostro
monte S. Andrea, fodina
samsonis nomine, quae nune
quoque colitur, crucifiaum
eum spinea corona ea puro
argento elaboratum exhibu-
isse fertur. Etalia fodina,
cui nomen a gratia Dei,
ex argento hominem cuni-
cularium praebuit habitu
fossoris, portantem alverem.
metallo plenum, longitu
dine digiti. Sed haec ima
ginationis judicia sunt,
non oculorum. Christianis
et fossoribus facile occur-
rit animo, quod cotidre co-
lant, aut vident. Plerum:
que etiam ars adjuvat
naturam, ne lepidae nar-
rationis argumentum pe-
reat. Adimitur aliquid,
ubi addi non potest; et
subtilius artificium cir:
cumforance habent, quos