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De VlVEKM NaTURA 



Gap. XIII. 



I p E R A vere & autumno^bisid- 

 li rr ri n n n n ny^enaflaxxuk. Tc- 

 ftis eft Ariftotelcs lib. 8. cap. 17. 

 de animalium hiftoria.Excoria- 

 ri autem cutis a^grotantibus illis , qui Vipcra- 

 rum carnibus utufttur^annuatim folct, quas 

 illi ipfi fcnedamjdeponcrcnt, Proptcrcag? 

 ad cutim caro illa humorcs depellit pcr ul- 

 culcula &pcrfudorcs. Eoigiturpotifiimuni 

 tcmpore , quo fcncctam deponunt , vcl pau- 

 loantca quam depofuerint, venand^ funt j 

 hyrmr &r mrgmo autumno tcrra tcguiimr , 

 jiQnfaxk5.&Larborum cavis, utreliqua.feipc- 

 mmgcnera. Audor Plinius lib. 8. cap. 39.qui 

 Ariftotelilib, 10, cap, ^i. contradicit , qui fub 

 faxis conccdi voluit , & Audor ad Piloncm 

 cap. 1 5. Plinio non adharrct, qui fub cavernis 

 & faxis tcgijAriftotcIc Audore/ibiperfuafit;, 

 undc magis peftilcntcm & noxiam qualitatc 

 rctinerc voluit. Nos fcimu£.xx-j:ulticoruiB 

 ohicrynrionetcrra c tiam candi , &c cumJb)^- 

 mcaltius cfFodiunt, ftupidasglomerata tcrra 

 Gifcum ampledi . NuIIiigiturhs adjudican- 

 daerit. Colligcndas autcmVipcrasinitio vc- 

 ris libro primo dc Antidotis Galcnus profite- 

 tur&jubct. A liqnij .qui a:ftate mcdia venaiv- 

 >mo crrorcim plicantur, Neq; fta^, 



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