Note 209 — PRIMITIVE WARFARE III ON THE RESEMBLANCES OF THE WEAPONS OF EARLY RACES; THEIR VARIATIONS, CONTINUITY AND DEVELOPMENT OF FORM: METAL PERIOD.[184]
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Arma antiqua manus, ungues, dentesque fuerunt Et lapides, et item sylvarum fragmina rami, Et flamma atque ignis postquam sunt cognita primum Posterius ferri vis est aerisque reperta, Et prior aeris erat quam ferri cognitus usus, Quo facilis magis est natura, et copia maior.—V. 1282.