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Book V – Verses 1240-1295<\/em><\/p>\n

…….
\nMoving on, they discovered copper, gold, iron,
\nand also the weight of silver and the power of lead,
\nWhen fires reared in flames the vast forests
\nOn great mountains, whether a thunderbolt had fallen from the sky,
\nWhether men, engaging in wars in the woods,
\nHad thrown fire to land the enemies,
\nWhether induced by the goodness of the soil they wanted to open
\nfertile soils or change the countryside into pastures,
\nOr kill beasts and enrich themselves with their spoils.
\nIn fact hunting with pits and with fire began even before
\nThan girding the woods with nets and poaching with dogs.
\nHowever, for whatever reason the outbreak of flames
\nHad devoured with terrible clamor the forests
\nFrom deep roots, and baked the earth with fire,
\nFrom the searing veins emanated and flowed
\nIn the hollows of the ground streams of gold and silver,
\nAnd together of copper and lead; and men, on seeing them later
\nrepresent and shine in the land of vivid colors,
\nWere taken by enchantment for the smooth and graceful clarity,
\nNoting that they were formed with the same figure
\nOf the concave earth’s footprint previously occupied by each.
\nThen the idea that metals, liquefied in heat, penetrated them,
\ncould be cast in any form and effigy of objects,
\nAnd that furthermore, by forging them, they could draw themselves at will
\nIn sharp pointed cusps of spikes,
\nso as to give themselves appropriate tools for felling logs,
\nRough out lumber, shave polished beams,
\nAnd open holes and cracks through them.
\nAt first they employed gold and silver for this use.
\nAs the robust copper suitable for violent exertion,
\nBut in vain, for the temper of those bent won,
\nNor could he equally withstand the hard work.
\nSo copper was in greater value, and gold in disuse
\nFor useless use, mussed in the weak tips.
\nNow copper is wasted, and gold followed in value.
\nThus time approximates the turn of all things.
\nWhat previously had honor becomes of no importance;
\nAnd immediately other follows him and comes out of the ancient contempt
\nAnd every day more and more is sought, and discovered flourishes
\nOf praise and among men lives in admirable esteem.
\nIn what way was the nature of iron discovered
\nNow, O Memmio, it is easy for you to learn for yourself.
\nAncient weapons were the hands, the nails, the teeth,<\/strong>
\nAnd the stones and splinters of forest branches,<\/strong>
\nAnd the flames and the fire as soon as they were known.<\/strong>
\nLater the strength of iron and bronze was discovered.<\/strong>
\nBut the use of bronze was known even before the use of iron,
\nsince it is more ductile in nature and is more abundant.
\nWith bronze they tilled the soil, with bronze they aroused
\nthe billows of war, sowed atrocious wounds, preyed on fields
\nAnd livestock; for all that made unarmed and naked
\neasily yielded to those who were armed.
\nThereafter the iron sword appeared hand in hand,
\nAnd fell into disuse the bronze shape of the scythe;
\nWith iron they began to cleave the surface of the ground,
\nAnd warlike conflicts were made uncertain.
\n…….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Book V – Verses 1240-1295 ……. Moving on, they discovered copper, gold, iron, and also the weight of silver and the power of lead, When fires reared in flames the vast forests On great mountains, whether a thunderbolt had fallen from the sky, Whether men, engaging in wars in the woods, Had thrown fire to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[695],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDe Rerum Natura | Coltellerie Berti<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coltellerieberti.it\/de-rerum-natura\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"De Rerum Natura | Coltellerie Berti\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Book V – Verses 1240-1295 ……. 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