Denique sub pedibus tellus cum tota vacillat concussaeque cadunt urbes dubiaeque minantur, quid mirum si se temnunt mortalia saecla atque potestates magnas mirasque relinquunt in rebus viris divum, quae cuncta gubernent? Quod superest, aes atque aurum ferrumque re- pertumst et simul argenti pondus plumbique potestas, ignis ubi ingentis silvas ardore cremarat montibus in magnis, seu caeli fulmine misso, sive quod inter se bellum silvestre gerentes hostibus intulerant ignem formidinis ergo, sive quod inducti terrae bonitate volebant pandere agros pinguis et pascua reddere rura, sive feras interficere et ditescere praeda; nam fovea atque igni prius est venarier ortum quam saepire plagis saltum canibusque ciere.
Then when the whole earth trembles beneath our feet, when cities are shaken and fall or threaten to fall, what wonder if the sons of men feel contempt for themselves, and acknowledge the great potency and wondrous might of gods in the world, to govern all things? Now to proceed: copper and gold and iron were discovered, so also heavy silver and useful lead, when fire upon the great mountains had burnt up huge forests with its heat, whether by some lightning stroke from heaven, or because men waging war in the forests had brought fire upon their foes to affright them, or because led by the richness of the soil they wished to clear the fat fields and make the place fit for pasturage, or to destroy the wild beasts and to enrich themselves with spoil. For hunting with pit and fire came up before fencing about a glade with nets and putting up game with dogs.
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