AD CAROLVM C L V S I V M. CCCv . 



CL»VV. CAROLO CLVSIO ATREBATI' 



HONORIVS BELLVS S. P. D. y 



SSS^» O s x (^vam vcntis reluchntibws navis ex hac infula folvere non potuit hec J^ 



demccpsXraguqu^ca feroina feorfim mitto, qu* nou minusnbfcrat fo!c X> 



ju* co.quam rehqua quia a nullo forfan alias mVa fuefunt, aut obfervar ^rS 



, Tkagivm_ porrofrutcxeftrectus.alpeauDulcher.adm, nn,,,,^,, ^ t„ Lj * 



^QumouVc^itS 



^]umviuecubitaairuiges,brachial..nterdumcralT]tud I ne,perpetuov7rens ' 



KclAt H ^^glvcyrrlvzx aut Terebmthi, Ino virore prxdita florcs m umbeL 



li Iutcos,HypencQ Gra, les,fed quadruplo majores,multis ftamimbus lutc.s Sis p cno • 



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.. >r i- ^n „ > ■ % r y \ «««»., iwuu F^i^cuujnuxrcncrcorccxiieniadrufum 



tend t,*ftarcquc rclinam fund,t,fed paucam.Secus tontcs&nvulosproven.tVnccal b ^ S "> Uu 

 vcn.tu, .Tota planta ,ta hircmum virus olct.ut long.us percipi poftit: vocatu a rufl s t 

 e fcribu' v q "rSm am - D^condcs Xragi U m,£ruaarS,fofia , «ivKgas lcntifco fimuS profcr- -r— - 

 rckrib.t,vcrumm.noraomn.a:mcnduminciTeexPlinioI.b.NaturalH,ftoria:xiiicaD 

 »1 convinc. potcft.qu, Tragio frut.cem Tcrcbintho,non Lcntifco fimTlem tnbu t: Gu£ 



;.'" g , *W L ?f* mT "g'"n^",m,n.meconcedo.NamD,ptamumaIbumhirciodo--'^- 

 rem non /p.rat.fedgravem.neque in totaCretaid invcnitur.Vnivcrfam en.m infulam ipfe 



aluTr^t gCnD/nme ^ Trag " P cr Su«"v,,nulIo Iabori parcens, fcd fruftra : nullum cmm 



album in hac infula vidiflecDinert hax arbufculaa Ruta filvcftri Dodon*.! quoniam hcc ««'-A'-^ 

 arbons m morcm excrcfc,t,non autem herba eft, nec fatura viriditate nigrical fcd Ixtc vi- *"* 

 rct,non lanug.nem ,n fohjs habet,non fanguinisxmulum fuccum rcdd.tTncquc cius fcmi- 

 tim^o^ ^' qucmadmodum fcfolia: undehancTragium cflejureexi- 



m ^. Ctiam rcmina Galoftividae fic vocatar,ob fimilitudinem quam cum Stivida habet, QMiviU 

 mult.tudine v.dchcet fp.narum.Sed ejus dcfcriptioncrn in przfcntianon accipics , qu ia ad 



manumplantanoncft:or,tureniminparteauftrahmfulx,qua:quinquaaintam,llari'bus w , 

 d.ftataCydoniarnecejusformareac^cmim 



femina terrx mandare potens,& iplc eam obfcrvare. Vale e Cydonia Crera: ultima Oclo 

 bris. m. d. xciiii. 



Postrem am utramque hanc epiftolam accipiebam Lugduni apud Batavos xvi Maii 

 annnnfcquentis,&:xv.Kl.Novembriscjufdemannirefpondebaln. ' 



CL. V. CAROLO CLVSIO 



HONORIVS BELLVS MEDICVS. S. P. D. 



VcvNDissiMiE mihiruxliterxfuerunt , quasLconidafratcr Colonia 

 Agtipp.na,ubinunchabitat,.ncolumesmifit,&, fialiasdabis, utm.hired- 

 dantur,diligent,flimecurabit. (^odautemfeminatibimifla,obRe<rionis 

 intempencranonnafcantur, difphcetfane plunmum: namfi ftirpefvivas 

 obfervare potuifTes, magnam voluptatem acccpifTcs , eandcm enim ex ficca- 



rum intuitupcrc,peren6potes.Nuncautemtibimittohiftotiasquarundam 

 ftirpium peregrinarum.quasinfictihbus fervo,femineex^Egypto miflbnatas,earundcm- 

 que femina cum herbis ficcis,ncc non quarundam hic nafcentium , qux omniagratiiTnna 

 Jorcfpero. ,'.,,..' 



Mittoetiam fructum quendam pcregrinurri nominc Aave, quem amicus Cayro mifit *«»»•• 

 eZeilanobili iEthiopixcmponoextra Erythrarum mate fito.allatum. E st autem hic z\u S kin*- 

 fructus magmtudincmalicitrij mediocns , denfbduroque cortice utCucurbita veftitus "* 

 nulhsexcurrentibus fulcis,fed tancumextremaejuspartemucronata, quaarbori adhxret 

 pcdiculo craflb & firmo,fulcorum rudimenrum cernitur,in quibus lanugoquardam ineft, 

 qucmadmodum irtCydonijs mahs viderelicet.reliquocorporelxvis: altcranoninmu- 

 croncm, fcd in obtufnn rotund tatemdefinit, utprimoafpeclu Cucurbitaficcaappareat 



colorefufco: puIp.imcontinetfubrubram,friabilem,utfacileinpollinemrefolvatur,aci- 



, jkni on grataai,ad{tridtion,scxpertem,perquam fparfafuntfeminarenibusanimalium 



fimilia,fcminum Anagyndisa;mula,durocorcice, quirubecequadara membranategitur, 



qua 



