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[8] Sint ergo matrices robii coloris 1quadratae, pectorosae, magnis capitibus, rectis rutilisque cristulis,2albis auribus, et sub hac specie quam amplissimae, nec paribus ungulis:3generosissimaeque 4creduntur, quae quinos habent digitos, sed ita ne cruribus emineant transversa calcaria. Nam quae hoc virile gerit insigne, contumax ad concubitum dedignatur 5admittere marem, raroque fecunda, etiam cum incubat, calcis aculeis ova perfringit. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 [p. 328]
6 dispendeat c: distendant SAa.
7 insidiatorum SA: insidiosorum ac.
8 infuscae SAc: fuscae a.
9 pinnis SAc: pennis a.
10 vitentur a: evitentur c: viterbitentur SA.
11 reperiantur codd.
12 robii coloris S: robusta coloris A: probi coloris ac.
13 rectis rutulisque cristulis c: rectis rutilis SA: rectilis (rectis a2) rutulisque cristulis a1.
14 ungulis ac: unguibus SA.
15 generosissimeque ac: generosis eque S: generosis seque
16 dedignatur Sac: dedignatam A
Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus. On Agriculture, Volume 2. E.S. Forster. Edward H. Heffner. London. Cambridge. William Heinemann; Harvard University. 1954. Keyboarding.
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