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iEmorrheus ica & a Gr5Ecis& a Latinis dicitur, 

 vocabulumj eft ex duobus , hoc eft , aVo th 



aiixctTo^; , id ert ^ fanguine , & poo^ vcl pS<;, id cft, 



fluxucompoficum,qua(ifanguinisfluorera,veI 

 fanguifluum dicas. Racio autem , ob quam, ita 

 appcllatus fuic, eft, quodlanguispercuflipcromnes cor- 

 poris meatus eiFundicurjVCpoftdicemus.H.tmorrhousicaq; 

 paruus ferpcns cft ex gcnere vipcrarum , vcAeliauusaflir- 

 mac , & in cauernis pctrofis habicac , longicudine pedcm in- 

 (lar Ceraftse xquac: quod vero ad laticudinem actinet, a c^l- 

 pite (quod Nicader flammeuvocat, propcereaquodoculos 

 habet igneos, & locuftas fimilcs, vc Aecius (cripcum reliquic) 

 Viqueadcaud^eexcrcmum icain cenuem,&: ansuftam figu- 



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ram definic, vc &: longitudinc & latitudmemulto minor fit 

 vipera. Colore cft fplcdido,quandoque cinereo 6c arcnofo, 

 vtAetius & Auicennateftantur. Arenaenim vcpluriraum 

 cinerera colore repra^fencac. Auicenna pn^tereaaddidiCjha- 

 beredorfura mulcis maculis nigris&albisvariegatum, collo 

 cftconftriiSo viperx refpe6lu , &: cauda ab vmbilico incipir, 

 quod ex eo cognofcitur, quod eoin loco ica in ardum fefe 

 contrahit, vc veluci rcliquam corporis partem priecidifle fibi 

 videatur, vt autor noftcr aftirmat, 



Vm:m hngapcdem , totojuc gracillima tr.i6luj 

 Coiiftri^limjne ptli coUum, ^ rctmij^iwa cauda, 



E) V p L I c 1 vero ratione cum Ccrafteconucnic ^ de quo 

 fuperiorecapitclocuci fumus: primiim quodin fronte bina 

 cornuaparua, &rcandida habct, qu^e velociftimenunc hup 

 nuncilluc vcrfat,magnaq; cupiditate noxa infcrendi flagrac. 

 i^eindequodno redtocramitcincedit, qucmadmodu devi- 

 pcra diximus , fed riuuli inftar in pratil aliquod cfliifi rcptat, 

 ^ %urara iiter^.S vt Gerartes etiam,repra!fentat. Prasterea 

 ^onaliterquam nauis qua: marefulcac , hoc eft, prouc vnd.-e 

 vel afliirgunc vel deprimuntur,repcac . Anteriore enim par- 

 tem attollit,cii m pofterior cft deprefra,& contra. Ob qua fi- 

 ^iiJtudinem Nicander nauigij vocabulo, vtingrefTum hx- 

 *^orrhoiapteexprimcret,vfiiscftjCumitainquic: 



dio 'videas appcUere dorfi 



VaYuum naui^iunjytcritirmm hh 

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