174 FraJHctsci Redi 



Cju? rei perlaUiu ^acereYoIui , Sc 

 in libri^m unam a<^ux marin^e per 

 odidnummifi drachmas quataor li- 

 gni Saflafras,tenuiterincifi, {cd hsec 

 ijqua nehiium quidem falfedini fus 

 dccedere pafTa eft , utut infufioncm 

 poileain diem vigefimum. continua- 

 rem , & rcpetitis expcrimentis h'gni 

 quantitatem adduplicarcm. Forte 

 Oceani aqiiig temporeXimcnis ab 

 lioc ligno dulcedinera contraxe- 

 runt : fed hx Mediterranei maris 

 aqux, quibusegohscexperimenra 

 peregi , hodie dulccdinem afTumere 

 nolunt , non magis quam famofe 

 ^quxfalCxTettuccii vcl BamuoH, 



Johannes Lopez Pigneiro Lufi- 

 tanus, in loco (^ampomajor tn Alen- 

 teco valgo dido natus , dum in Pro- 

 vincia Zangucbar, ejusqueregioni- 

 bus Mongalo & Angos morabatur , 

 quas flumen Cuama alluit,in ripa il- 

 lius iluminis radicem invenit, poftea 

 abinventoris nomine Raiz.de hian 

 Lopez, Pmeiro didam.Mihi relatum 



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