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aniinodifluniveiimO forte priRim illi homines, &magis a Nobis rcmoti.non 

 nltus TradirjonuinMofakanira, a Myrhologis & Poctis dun non unoniodocorri 





:m Natural Operationcm notat , infirmo liouiimim iiitdleclui fjcifius reddens 

 creations mvlicimrn. Obfemvit id S. Hianpnm in QvxH. Hcbr. ubi in I 

 c.nioncloci: Et S?mtm Df.\ f ai b.,m fact *q«a, , fie fa tor: f» ««*/ „ ; ,;,/,,„ 

 rtrfwftw /jnf rem ftf . /wfciiirr , in Hcbrxo liabct UerAefti , quod mi nu\U u uf. 

 fumy .. ''^"'^fm^m^rii^dhumnlMah.medmnim^is. 



Qu6a (i a crepuftuloiltoultripcacniproftramus inluccmrK.miniimma'MsiJni- 

 ftnuui , non dccrunt nobis clarioraemm in ten, hanc documents, P/tftmfaf 7 lib. - 

 Srmpofiat. propefi'a decanttta ilia quxllionc, Utriim Gallina ovo , an hoci'lli pnr l 

 wntent ? dum Ovo patrocinatur, hanc intcralias rationcm adducit, quod prat- 

 eiptum ammahnni omnium lit Ovum. Can .man mmji , inquit , simitar* fnmai 

 ttuimttl Mnudus , nullum fere gents expat eit vriffm ex eve. Deinde fubjungit : idth 

 b**4 ah novum mOtffaiBMbituemfmtamrfi, utexcm[lum l**i*ginnth& 

 in fe tomminus. Id quod Mwobiut \h. 7. Satuinal.de cadem agciw quzllionei 

 quam olmi Plutarchus movent, cominemourc voluir. Ifypotraies, vcl quisquis 

 alms Autor Litoi it Naiurj Pueri , cafum cnatrat fecminx inter choreas aborricnti^ 

 atqucillms abortus forniam fruikmfiiue ait Ovtcrudo, extern* itffa unique abUti. 

 Quarc & circa hncni Wins libri haud diflerrc atbitratur Naturam Oviparoium a Na- 

 tura Honiinom. Arijloitles ctiain lib. 7. Hift. mint. Hippccratisdiaotidcmfacir, 

 apciriflimis verbis aflcrens : Coutepmm priufqujm pjrtei tjus diJlwQc fint , cjjcydu'l 

 Ovum mtmbratu obvtltttum: 



Ex his, atque aliis authoritatibus , que, nelongius abeam, omitto, fan's clare- 

 fecre cuilibct poteft, Anticuios rcrum omnium gcncrnioncm ad Ovi principium 

 Uinitujny. [-,.i> veto cos in hacfentemia fcccrcprogrclTus, ut generation! anima- 

 tion arquiparantcs gencrationcm Vcgctabilium , tautum non (mi pcrfuadcri pafB 

 fint, iflorum femen Ovo ilJoruin analoguin quid cflc,& Naturam nonnifi uno mo- 

 do opcrari. UndcEmpcdoclesapud Thccphraflum: Or* fettM exirtfis gi&we is- 

 mil. Et Hippocrates lib. jam fupra allcgato : Si quit reiie tonfidertt , mveniet ab initio 

 nfqttr in (litem , N«Mt»H emnem ejfe eonfimiltm , :fit.iii.:ftt>:tium& Hemmum , quan- 

 doquidem&ftruclura, &: partes Ovi rcftrunc, ut Thcopluallus melius [esplicare 

 illorum Naturam , qujin limilitudinc iftormn , non potuerir. 



Atqtic hinc manilcdo liquet, I'liilofopbos noliri asvi c Vetenim Monumcntis 

 cdoftos, lias adftatcramfani rationis. field lydiuui Expniciirix lapidcjii tiaras 

 opiiiioncs rcfumpliHc •, Dcinceps vcio in ali arum etiam Ver iratum Notiiiam pti re* 

 QUntes ; m produilionc omnimn Vivcntium nonnifr udio Naturar operationcm fla- 

 millc, vclfjliannonampliuscrcderites, fpecies ab ca propagari linefuninc, tcr- 

 mmos i]los ottut JpoHUnet , & txfmtdint , abolcvillc, Gmbttmm B*rr**[ I'hilofo- 

 phus cekbria , piinms hgc 110IU0 Socolo cxiifit , qui in medio clamofx l'ciipatctico- 



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