otfonarc pifclum obfonium.glacieobftantcpifcandioccafio 

 vc! diffcratur vel amittatur: arripienda cft ratio a vctuftis quon- 

 dam pifcatoribus, autborc ^tliano, ufwrpata. Nara, ubi dc 

 Eridano atquc Iflro fluminibus iElianus agit: in hiscongla- 

 ciatiSjdicitj pifcatorcs finuofum aiiquem locumfibidcligere, 

 cujus glacicm pcracutis fccuribus pcrfcccnt, indequc glacic 

 amota, locum cundcm lacui (imilcm cfficcre, jadoque in la- 

 cum araplo vcrriculoj ac fuo morc cxplicatOjpifccs venari. 

 Sicitcm in pifcinisnoftriquoqucpifcatorcsCyprinosvcnan- 

 tur> priinum glaciem ad excipula, Cyprinis cxcipiendis pro- 

 pe canalcm inftru«^a, dire^tis in quadrum liroitibus circum- 

 fccantes, dein eandcm glaciem aut corominucntcs, aut fi 

 amoliri licetaraolientcs. Sin horum neutrum ficri potcfl: 

 proptcr glacici magnitudincm, immotam illara rclinqucntcs, 

 ac nihilominus plagis per apertoslimitesfubter glacicm cx- 

 plicatis deftinatum pifcatum peragentes. 



Haud vercor nc fim ineptus, fiindicavcro potius quatti^ 

 jadavero rationcs, quas in hujufccmodi pifcatufuerira fecu- 

 tus ca quadragefimaj qua invi^tiftimusPrinceps noftcr Ferdi- 

 nandusBohemorum Pannonumquc & Roroanoruro Rcxjin 

 Moraviam vcnicns de furomisrebusdcIiberaturusjZnoyroam 

 omncs Ordines contraxerat. llt igitur tumj cum piiccs in- 

 ccndebant annonam, vicinos in pifcando antcirem meos,' 

 multas fimul operas ad pcrfecandam in pifcina glacicm, alti- 

 tudinc cubiti crairamjfccuribuscxtruferam. Fcrvebat opus> 

 limitesquc inoperasdiftributiftvenuecxcavari coeptabaniur; 

 doncc alijcolonialiosinopercantcvcnientesjglacicm parum 

 adhuc tempeftive locis quibufdamperrumpcrent,indu6taquc 

 in limites aquarum fcaturigincjopus ab alijs continuari pro- 

 pter afpcrgincm prohiberent. Adcrant qui breviora fccurium 

 manubria longioribusmutanda elTc fuadercntj alijdolabram 

 jnoUndiDariam, gUcici perftingend» compantac)? adhibcn- 



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