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 Amickia fua mihi obbia, atqttc mci viciffimrogata , alias fcobfetvationcs Anato- 

 mical circa Utensil & Ova in illo repcrta, ad prelum paracururn rccipit. 



At que i:a cum otnncin mihi Ccrupuluffl dc Originc iftorum Infcfilomm exempnini 

 oredeic ui j en novum iujechun ab Opcrc Romx (crmonc vernaculo in luccm cdito * 

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nt CxihUminu Opus hoc clcganti ftj*lo , Be varia Erudktonc coiufaim omncs 

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 forum Miranda* fed Magnatumctiamlusumaugcnt>&fp!endidaEoru!iiTccbno- 

 phvlacia gemmamm inftar ornant. Initio libri prxmitrit variis Confidcrationc* Phi- 

 lofophicas, in quibus & iila de Gcncrationc CocMcaruin, llliidvcrocdnurationc 

 dignum clfc > quod non acqiiicfccns poflremis Ei uditorum Experiment^ f (qua* igno- 

 ta illi non crane* ciKnillapIeraquccommciiioraritfoIiiniucconfutarctJ ad prior; in 

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 nut^comrariani! veroubiquc jam rcccptam rcjicit : Qutnimola produAionc Co- 

 clilcaimn ad allorum etiam Infc^torum produftioncm proijrcdici^ , ObfcFvationes 

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 fubverterc adniritun 



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 bri oceupoi id mini Contigic » quod jaju jam cnarratunis funi* 



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 primo non cognofecbam, nam licet iDalta patcrcne » quod iioniumpcrfcCtioncmer- 



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