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Afpice,quamlongodiftcndat pcd:orc lanccm 

 Quae fertur domino Squilla. 



£go putauerim illum Cruftaccomm nomina confudiflc. 

 uoiuifleq} itelligercpro SquillaLocuftam,aut Leoncm,qui 

 dominis apponi confueuerint,perCammaros autem illos 

 lcilicet pamos defignafle,qui Locuftamm ingentium colla- 

 tione,ueluti minutili,ignobilioribus conuiuis apponeretur, 

 inuniuerfum Cruftacca abouis commendatiora funt,pin' 

 guefccreqjfolet pleniluniis.authore autemCaleno totum 

 Cmftatommgenus obcamium duritiem difHcillimecon* 

 coquitur,falfumqj humoremadgcnerat,fedaliquanto mi* 

 tioremipfisTeftaceis,dcquibus mox agemus.Cacriautem 

 Si Cancelli,qui caudam non habcnt,latocp corpore 6C ualde 

 rotundo conftant,quiqj colorc mfefcunt,fiC appenfi Uneis 

 apud facellum Hadriani pontis uenundantur , Herticis ^ 

 lenta febrclaborantibusmireconueniunt,quoniam humi- 

 dum,leucque5C ualde refrigeransalimentum pr^bent.pra?- 

 fertimfiCutiprcEcipit Galenus)inaqua prjedecocfli magna 

 cxparte falfugincminnatam cxuerint.huncCancmm.qui 

 GraecceftCarcinus,fiinpatellauratur uiuus.fubcanis fyde- 

 ris ormm,quum fol in Leonem Zodiaci trafit,a rabido canc 

 eommorfis mirificeaujtihari Aefchrion Galeni pr^ceptor 

 a/firmauit.Pelops autem Medicus Galenoetiamfamiharis 

 id a qualitatematerix ipfiusCancri.nonautem a pecuhari 

 cius namr^ proprietate prouenire teftatur,cuius cpinione 

 nemo ferc /ecumseft. Sed DiofcoridesintcUexit defiuuiar 

 libus Cacris, quos cum uite alba concrematos admifta gen- 

 tiaiia,rabie afFed:is profperefemperexhibuit. 



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