12. De Viper^ Natura 



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Galcnus lib. 1 1 . fimpl . fcribit Vipcram cflc 

 longcdivcrfamadipfade, & fiquandoq^ ca- 

 dem, aut in falfis locis dcgit, vclfi arftatc ca- 

 piatur^aut enecetur , vcl plurimo falc condia- 

 tur, vel vetuftior fit, ingcntcm fitim excitarc, 

 Quod Hieronymus Cardanus cum nonnul- 

 lis alijs negligcnter pr^terijt,& dipfadcm cllc 

 Viperam,ac fpcciecandem voluit, ne'gIe6to 

 Ariftotclico dogmatc,& Galenico. Ego vcra 

 ultra cam, qu^ ccgnitajam eft Vipcra^ fpc- 

 cicm, nullamaliam rccipicndamftatui, ne^ 

 in hoc noftro orbc,ncq; in nuper cognitis Iq-, 

 cis, nifi vivum in lucem cdere dignofccrctur^ 



Qlqpiens adj^irnbn frprrpmDnmini fcrihen^^ 



aitjCYxiflcj^^^^^afciVycriamtam exputri 



m_ateria,quo in locoViperam prprerpentei^ 

 tellexiire cr-cdiderim . Hxc quam diffinivi- 

 mus cxpropagatione,&quidcm feraci, viva 

 nafcitur.Iam igitur coUigamus non aliam eflc 

 VifLCZx fpcciempra^terhanc ipfamfolam, & 

 fiAlbertus , Nicandcr , A.\imns , Aetius, ViJCrr 

 gilius, MarccIIus, Sc Cardanus , alias Vipeia^ 

 mm fpecies invcxcrint, audiendi non funt, 

 nifi viva cdere animantia, non ova,manifcfte 

 oftcndcrint . His vifis omncm in pofterum 

 fidem habcndam judicabimus, Dc his fatis 

 a6tum cft . 



