T)E CHOtV CORDIS, i'C^ ip 



Nowndum infupcr in omnibus animalibus vbicorincfl> fbietiam 

 auriculas eflevel auriculisaltquid anaiogon : £t vbicunquc cordupH' 

 civcntriculodonarur, ibiduasfempcradflarcauriculas, non cont a: 

 Sed (imouopuili confotmationcm aduertas; Primum incH vtdixi» 

 lantum vc/icula.velauricuIa,vcIgurtaranguinispulfins,poftcaincrc- 

 roentohd^oabfoiuitaccor. Icaquiburdamanimalibus (quafivlrcrio- 

 rcm'pcrfedlioncmnonadipircentibus)puJransve/Icula<]ua:daminftac 

 pun(5Ucuiurdamcubii velalbi .duntaxatincfl: ^quaiiprincfpiumvitz: 

 vliapibus,vc(piJ,cochIcis,rquiilis,Gamraaris,&:c. 



Efthicapud nosininima fquilla (qux Angl-.cc dicitur a Shrimp, 

 Bclgicc ccn H^rncel ) in rnari , d< in Thamefi capi folica, cuius corpus 

 onininopcilucidumcftrEamacjiijeirnpofitamfirpiaipra^bui fpcdan- 

 damamici/Iimis qaburdammcis; vc cordis iliiusanimalculi moms li- 

 quidiflimeperfpiccremus, dum extcriorcs illius corporis partes vlfuf 

 nihil officercnt, quo minus cordis palpicationem quanperfcnclbam 

 intucremur., 



InovoGaJlinaceopoftquatuof , vcrquinquedies abincubacione, 

 primum rudimcntura pulli inflar nubecula: videndum crhibui, ni- 

 mttum ouo cui cottcx adimcbatur , in aquam limpidam, tepidamque 

 immifiTo > in cuius nubcculae medio pundkumfanguineumpalpiuns 

 tam cxiguumerat,vtincontra6lioncdirparcrct , &: vifum aufugcrctin 

 laxatione inftar (ummitatis acus appareret rubicundura ; Ita vtinier i- 

 pfurovidcrii&nonvidcri quariintci:c(re&nonenrc,paIpiratioJiem& 

 viraepcincipium agerer. 



C A P V T V. 

 Cordis motut culioii; funciio, 



EGovcroexhii tandem, &:huiu/modi ob/eruationibus repertum 

 iriconfido.motum cordis adhuncmodum fieri. 

 Primum fcfe contrahit auricula. &c in ilia contraAionefanguinem 

 contentum (quo abundar tanquam venarum caput , &: Sanguinis pro- 

 pcuarium, & ciftcrnaj in ventnculura cordis coniicir, quo repleto cor 

 fcfcerigit, cominuoomntsneruojtcndjr , contrahit ventriculos, & 

 pulfum facic,quo pulfu immifTum ab auricula fanguinemconriaentec 

 ptotrudit in arcerias , dexter vcntriculus in puimonespervas illud, 



D 5 quod 



