PETRI BELLONIICENOMANl 



Talis autc cft hippopotalTii,que Bizantii vidimus,figura.Caput huic enormc fuit & ad rcliqui cor^ 

 po^ X olmiLccntiffiLm.qualevaccinacffe^ 



?is brcuibTs ac fubrotundis,oris riftu vfqucadco vafto,vt lconinum fupcrarct: ccrtc humanum ca- 

 pu; .quarc potuiiTct. Patulas habcbat narcs,labra repanda atquc rcfima,dcntcs prorfus equmos ob- 

 Lfo!umcnoculosaclinPua-pr^grandcs:collum,vtpifcibusnullu,autadmodumbrcuc^ 



^nri ncTcftudL Trotundl-rcliquum obcfiffimi cuiufda porci corpus cflc diccres:pcdcs ita breucs,vt 

 porci ^;;|3""'^°^""^^ vncula: in porci formam difFifTx : qux res nos mduccbant, 



r Xn m 1 non f nc n u "duni fluminis inhabuarc, ac paffim in Nili profundo diuagari 

 I^dtcmus Omnino cn m quicquidhums monftri,ludis publicis ^ Romanis imperatonbus popu- 

 l^f Scbitur^d e NiU ^^^^^ adfcrn folcbat:imo ctiam quod Turcarum impcraton oblatum 



X^S^^^^^ ProceffifTc certiffimueft:cuius ^^l^^Vl^^;^^^^ 



^gyptmRoma: inVaticano rcfcrcs,cx qua nos Hippopotamum vthic dcpiaum vidcs,cxccrpiuiius. 



