Ixxviij 



Caroli ClvsI rari.orvm 



Batatas, 



Inhamc Lufitanorum 



V Camotes. 

 Amotej. 



Londiniemebam.diuturnioremora (nam Vien- 

 nam deferre volebamjante quam telluri commic- 

 terepoiTem.corrupra? funr. 



An Veteribus fuerir cognita hxc planca, harreo, 

 propcerea nullum nomen grarcum auc lacinum ad- 

 do: HiipaniBatatat, nonnulliaucem Camctes, auc 

 Amotes, quidamcciam A\es, camecfi nonnihil, uc 

 aiunc, incer fe differanr, ficquc Bacacas radix longe 

 ccnenor & fuavior. 



Efturveroabipfisincolis, auccruda, aucco&a: 

 nuncHifpaniseciamin delicijsobfaporis gratiam 



„ . &ceneriratcm,pra:fercimfifubcineribuscoc"ra,& 



cxceriorc cenello comcc repurgaca.deinde in orbes concifa, ex pauxillo vino, ftillacicijque 

 rofarum hquoris&facchan momcnroedacur. Suncquiexoleo,aceco,&falceficenc: nec 

 defunc qui radices rcccnccs coftas & repurgaras faccharo condianc,& in ufum fervenr. Sed 

 &radix noncofta, dumcorrumpi incipic, ficulcrofececur, nonfecusrofamolec, quam 

 jpfaKhodiaradix. * 



Q.vi pluradehacradicevoIer,confulac C V. IulijScaligcriExercicacioncm clxxxi 

 cap.xvii.hb.xv.deSubcihcacead Cardanuiminprimisverocap. nn.Iib. vn. Primarparcis 

 Hiftoriajgenerahs & nacurahs Ferdinandi Oviedi. 



L e c to r i porro non ingrarum faclurum cxiftimavi,fi Batatas\\\bonx, alccriuscujuf- 



damcralTa: radicis defcnpnonem fubijcerem.quandoquidem Indix Occidcnrahs & infu- 



larum quarundam lncolisfamiliari in ufu cft. 



I2namc/7w V a Ri4 aurem inrerdumeftformzradixma, & Jgname, five /*)W appellarione cx 



innomc*!. D.Thoma:mfula,fubarquacorcfita,nonproculaprovincixuW4»/f^conrincnre.dela- 



taanno m.d.xcvi. Nam munerchoneftuTimiviri willelmiParduyncivisMiddclburgcn- 

 fis inWalachna Zehndia: mfula,deindedo<3iffimi viri Thobia: Roelfij ejufdem urbis Mc- 

 dici,radices habui.quarum nonnulla: pcdalem aucampliorcm Iongitudinest-quabanr, bra- 

 chialem autcrn craffitudinem.vcl eciam quarum diamecer efTec quacuor unciarum:plcra> 

 quc dodrantalem longitudinem vix attingerenc,ncc carum diamecer binas uncias exccde- 

 ret,ahquot etiam brcviores fed craflas, & in aliquot quafi breves napos mfima parce prorii, 



bcrantcs 



