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LIBER QUINTUS. 39
Sive quod inducti terrae bonitate volebant il<l.tJ^itg.e^uJ^
fty Pande re agros pingues et pascua reddeie rura, ^lt» -l*»**^»
Sive feras interficere et ditescere praeda. ^ n*.w»«^'
g^l^Nam ' fovea atque igni prius est. venarier. ortum 12^0
jCitJ^ Quam saepire plagis saltum canibusque'ciere. '-'' tAr .
jv^^^&A/^ Quidquid id_ est, quacumque e causa flammeus ardor
Horribili sonitu silvas exederat altis v^ . r i A
Ab radicibus et terram percoxerat igni, -^&rf^*.^^»^^
/Ukk. Manabat venis ferventibus in loca terrae 1255
Concava conveniens argenti rivus et auri,
-i^f^- Aeris item et plumbi. Quae cum concreta videbant
Posterius claro in terra splendere colore,
l>fl«fe(Tollebant nitido 'ca^ti levique^epore, "^',M^i^^ -^^i^.
Et simili formata videbant esse figura 1260
Atque lacunarum fuerant ■ vestigia cuique. '^ ^i^^fu^^t^
VjHs Tum "^p enetra bat egs posse haec liquefacta calore
^ Qyamlibet in formam et faciem decurrere rerum ^J**/".
Et prorsum quamvis in acuta ac tenuia posse
^ M ucronurn duci fastig^a pr ocuden do. 1265
*<»*^ Ut sibi tela darent, silvasque ut caedere possent -
ft^ Materiemque ' dolare et levia radere tigna ^p^amJU.
^•^.pJiite^Et terebrare etiam ac pertundere per gue /orare.
■"• Nec minus argento face^e haec auroque , parabant
a^ff^- Quam validi primumS'iolgntis viribus aeris; cfiMtor 1270
• Nequiquam, quoniam cedebat victa. po^stas 'feti*^
tttutCf. N^^ poterat^^pajdter durum sufferre' l aborem .'- ^^^*'?-
Tum fuit in pretio magis aes aurumque iacebat u,m**,
Propt.er inutilitatem'hebeti mucrone retu^m.-iU^^^l/^iuUe,.
yifa^ Nunc-iacgjt aes, aurum in summum ^uccessit honorem. iz-j^^A^ifutMA
Sic volvenda aetas commutat tempora rexum.^^^-f^^'^**^'!^'
•^MAu* Quod fuit iri pretio,* fit nullo de^ique h onp re ; T '
^S-t^ Porro aHud -succedit et e contemptibus exit _^ ^ /^<W4A-**^aZC
Inque dies magis adpetitu r florgtque repertum t#iAeXc^
Sive quod inducti terrae bonitate volebant il<l.tJ^itg.e^uJ^
fty Pande re agros pingues et pascua reddeie rura, ^lt» -l*»**^»
Sive feras interficere et ditescere praeda. ^ n*.w»«^'
g^l^Nam ' fovea atque igni prius est. venarier. ortum 12^0
jCitJ^ Quam saepire plagis saltum canibusque'ciere. '-'' tAr .
jv^^^&A/^ Quidquid id_ est, quacumque e causa flammeus ardor
Horribili sonitu silvas exederat altis v^ . r i A
Ab radicibus et terram percoxerat igni, -^&rf^*.^^»^^
/Ukk. Manabat venis ferventibus in loca terrae 1255
Concava conveniens argenti rivus et auri,
-i^f^- Aeris item et plumbi. Quae cum concreta videbant
Posterius claro in terra splendere colore,
l>fl«fe(Tollebant nitido 'ca^ti levique^epore, "^',M^i^^ -^^i^.
Et simili formata videbant esse figura 1260
Atque lacunarum fuerant ■ vestigia cuique. '^ ^i^^fu^^t^
VjHs Tum "^p enetra bat egs posse haec liquefacta calore
^ Qyamlibet in formam et faciem decurrere rerum ^J**/".
Et prorsum quamvis in acuta ac tenuia posse
^ M ucronurn duci fastig^a pr ocuden do. 1265
*<»*^ Ut sibi tela darent, silvasque ut caedere possent -
ft^ Materiemque ' dolare et levia radere tigna ^p^amJU.
^•^.pJiite^Et terebrare etiam ac pertundere per gue /orare.
■"• Nec minus argento face^e haec auroque , parabant
a^ff^- Quam validi primumS'iolgntis viribus aeris; cfiMtor 1270
• Nequiquam, quoniam cedebat victa. po^stas 'feti*^
tttutCf. N^^ poterat^^pajdter durum sufferre' l aborem .'- ^^^*'?-
Tum fuit in pretio magis aes aurumque iacebat u,m**,
Propt.er inutilitatem'hebeti mucrone retu^m.-iU^^^l/^iuUe,.
yifa^ Nunc-iacgjt aes, aurum in summum ^uccessit honorem. iz-j^^A^ifutMA
Sic volvenda aetas commutat tempora rexum.^^^-f^^'^**^'!^'
•^MAu* Quod fuit iri pretio,* fit nullo de^ique h onp re ; T '
^S-t^ Porro aHud -succedit et e contemptibus exit _^ ^ /^<W4A-**^aZC
Inque dies magis adpetitu r florgtque repertum t#iAeXc^
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Matheson Collection > De rerum natura liber quintus > (73) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/76573180 |
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| Description | (On the nature of things, Book V.) Edited with introduction and notes by J.D. Duff. Copy belonging to Angus Matheson, with handwritten notes. |
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| Shelfmark | Mat.6 |
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| Description | Items from a collection of 170 volumes relating to Gaelic matters. Mainly philological works in the Celtic and some non-Celtic languages. Some books extensively annotated by Angus Matheson, the first Professor of Celtic at Glasgow University. |
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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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