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De Viper^ Natura 



muni mcdicorum omnium, & icriptorum 

 confenfu ic reccptionc recedunt^ &:a vero 

 longiffime abfunt. Amicus Alcxandcjfiiirj 

 muka magi&.amiGaJu:Gxims,q.ua^a mc ipfojdiJt ! 

 (cntirc cogcrct, nc dum ab alijs qui no ratio-; 

 nc & cxpcrientia nitcrcntur, nec firmiilimis 

 au(Storumfententijs concordibusj fcdfi con- 

 tra his omnibus in contrarium obftantibus 

 fola pcrfona^ fii? au6toritatc lcvitcr cofirmat, 

 cogor contra ipfum {petitavcnia)audad:er 

 inlurgcrc. Hic igitur carncs vipcrarumnon 

 fincgravipericuiolib. quintocapitc o6tavo 

 dcviitu Romanorumcdi cxiftimavit^ quo- 

 niam earum continuu&.a^s.inducit c^le- 

 tcm quoq; fenccStutcm , &c mortem acccrG.t, 



quia dum corpus vencno fuo in tumorcm 

 attollit,hominemrc6te nutrire nonfinit.Ego 

 vcro libcre huic fcni refponderem, fingula 

 cjus verba perpendens, quodnam pericuTum 

 cx cfu carnium viperinarum orirctur, fi re6tc 

 pr^paratis utamur, fi finc veneno funt, tot 

 eis vcfcuntur populi,ficxpcrientia quotidic 

 comprobatur, fijam tot aucStoribus appro- 

 batur, finc aliquo vita^ difcriminc nos vefci 

 poflc ? Au£tar.cap*4LJid Piiancm infitam cffc 

 annmrn viprrinis rarnihns^vim }uvaadi,=ca- 

 riim4udnmem.-adJalut£canfcrrc , quo igi- 

 turpa6to ca^citatcm hujus ufus inducet ^ Si 

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