DB MOry CORDIS, &c. iff 



inagis mufculofx ad impcllendum & implendam, quibuscomcaii; 

 canquamveficaringuincaj&membrajiacontinensratiguiucmappa- 

 rcc(vcinpireibus) (ibicnimrenuifliraa&radcoamplacftvnefica, quas 

 aQricul£locoeIl,vt{upcripramcotimmacarevideatur) vtmquib. pU 

 fcibus cacnoitor pauIo ilia veficaefl , perbeilc pulmooes aemulari & c« 

 inentiri videturjvc Cyprino 6c Barbo tinea & aliis. 



In aliquibas Horn inibiu toro/is videliceriSc duriores habitus dextia 

 aitriculam ita robuftam , &cum lacercuiis, & vadoHbrarum conrexcu 

 ioterius af]^bie conclnnatam cepcri; vcali orum vcntriculos roborc vi« 

 dcreturxqaipoIIerCjScmirabarranein hominibusdiueriis, quanta cP 

 fecdifFerentta. 



Sednotandum > quodinfoetuanriculaelonge maiorcs, qnam pro 

 proportione,quiainfantaantcquamcorfiat,autruamfunfti"oncmprac- 

 ftat?vtantedetnonfl.ratnmen:)&:cordisibiquariofficiumfaciunr, 



Scdquaeinrormationef(Xtiwobrcriiaui(6cantearctuIij&Atiftor. 

 inouocoDfirmat)maximamhuicreifidem ^luccmafiferunt, lotcrea 

 dumfa;tus,quafivcrn3icuinsmoJlis,&CvtdiciiurJinia6lccft,inefl;ro» 

 lum pundlum fanguincum , Hue vcficula pulfans , & qaafi vmbilicalis 

 vcnajportio, in ptincipicvelbafidilaiacaipoftcacum foetus delinea- 

 tu$, tam corpulendam quandamdudorem habertincipit (iftavefica 

 carnofior&robuftiorfa<5tainaudculas('mutataconllituiionc)cranfir, 

 fuperquas cordis corpuspullolarciocrpit,(nondumvllumofficium 

 faciens publicum) for mato veto fcetu, cumiam diftindaofTa acatni- 

 busfunc, &pcrfc6l:um eft animal, &motumbaberefemirur,cum cor 

 qaoque,imu$pu[/anshabetur,& (vtdixi) vctoqucventriculofanguii' 

 ncm e vena caua in artedam transfundir. 



Sic nacura perfcila & diuina nihil faciensfruftraj nee cuipiam ani- 

 mali cor addidir,vbinoncrat opus, nequepdufquam cfTeteius vfus.fe- 

 citilediifdemgtadibusiaformacionecuiufcunqueanimalis^traniiens 

 per omnium animaliam con{litudonc5(vt ita dicam) ouum, vcrmem, 

 foBtum.perfe6(;ionem in Hngalis acquidt. Infcetus f ormatione, multis 

 obferuarionibus haeoalibi confirmanda funr. 



Deniqjnoniramerito Hippocrates /«/it. de carde ipfummufcuium 

 nuncupaair,cum cadem a^io,iderao5icium fit^videlicetrcipfum con. 

 tialiere,aliud mouere,nempe contentum fanguinem. 



Inruperexfibrarumconftitutioncraotinaquefabrica vt innjuicu- 

 li<iplis^ordisa^ioncm& vnimiiceecernerejomnes Anatomici cum 



I 5 Galeno 



