DE AQ^VATILIBVS tlB. If. 579 



demergit.De generationcincrementoquchuiuspifcis nihiladhuc exploratumhabuit Ariftotelcs: 

 nonautumattamcnhuncexcoiiu gigni, fed vtcsteras conchas prouenire : neque veroan concha 

 folutusviuerepoflit Nautilus,certumadhuchabuit Ca?terumpfittaciroftrumhabet,fuifquecirrhis 

 Polypi modo graditur,atque eodem modo acetabulis forber. 



Mutianus proditin PropontideConcham fibivifam cfle Acatii modocarinatam, inflexapup- 

 pc,prora roftrata-Jnhac condi Nauplium animal SepiajfimiIe,ludendifocictate fola ,duobus hoc 

 fieri generibus.Tranquillo enim ve(9"orem demiirispalmulis ferire vtremisifi veroflatus inuitent, 

 eafdem in vfum gubernari,porrigi, pandique,concharum finus aurx. Huius voluptatem efle vt fe- 

 rat,illius vt rcgat:fimulquc eandem defcendere inclufofinu,flud:u haufto tcrritam vifu forte tnfti. 



