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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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Mandragoram quam vocant,
suam. ila praeformare ex bry
oniae radice scimus, ut cres
cendo ipsa se se in hominis
speciem absolvat. Caeteroqui
rudia passim lineamenta quae
casus formavit, supplet cre-
dulitas. Solent superstitio:
see mulierculae certo anni
die ovum exonerare in cya
thum vitreum aqua plenun;
vana spe divinandi. Quod
si mox, ut saepe sit, velut
domuncularum species aut
trrrium in aqua apparent,
res sibi tautas spondent.
Ita si ligneae tabulae oleo
sum humorem illinas, vi-
debis inaquali discursu va-
rias rerum formas simu
lari, et si duae tabulae po:
litae subito invicem distra
hantur, liquorem impositum
velut flores delineasse. Sed
sapienter Romana eloquen-
tiae princeps: credo inquit,
non dissimilem rebus siqu
ram aliquando apparere,
a non talem, ut eam fa-
itam a Scopa diceres. Sic