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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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(. Ingentem velut lacum  Fontium Mutinensium miraculum
terra obrutum, imo urbe et
agro velut fornice opertum,
Ensigni naturae omnia verten-
tis miraculo subse senbit
Mutina, Estensium hodie
Principum sedes: nec aliquid
tota Longobardia temere se
offerat dignius describi. Ha-
bet scilicet Mutina, quod
nescie an alius erbis locus.
ut tota urbe et extra quo
que in vicino aliquous que
agro, ubilibet liceat sontem
facere. vivum, salientem,
perennem, et ut verbo dicam,
rivulum artificialem, cuine
detrahat astas, nec addat hy-
ems. Neque aliud postulant
Aquileges, quam putei fodiendi
locum, qui septuaginta pec
dum altitudine deprimitur
Et initio quidem ad decem
pedes rudera occurrunt vete
ris urbis, et tessellatum opus
stratatum olim platearum,
aliaque subinde antiquitatis
vestigia eruuntur. Santum
urbs suis ruinis et terris ad.
vectis crevit Inde simple
cerra quatuor aut quinque
eapotatat.