V. 



REMBER.TVS DODONASVS 



LECTORI S. 



B s L VT I s noflris de Stirpilim 



hiftoria commeniarijs Telitonica 

 Jingua ad illuftrifsimam quondam 

 Hungari^ Rcginam D. Mariam 



P. Caroli V. Imperatoris maxi- 

 mi fororemVon{criptis,decreue- 

 ram amice Leftor Stirpiuin imagincs feorfim excu 

 fas edere:adie(Sisintcrim Annorationibus, in qui- 

 bus nouat^ in plcrifq^ difciplin^ Herbari^ & iudicij 

 riiei ratione reddidiirem Jd fatis e{Ie ratus non folu 

 Medicin^^eftudiolis^vcrum etiam HerbarumStir-- 

 piumqjcognitionivcre deuotisac deditis. 'Quid 

 cnim opus eft cx GalcnOjDiofcorideyPliniOjalijsq; 

 multa coll^jcre confarcinare & in fuos commenta- 

 qos tranfterre, cum Galenus, Diofcorides & PJi- 

 nius in omnium manibus fint? faltem eorum qui 

 Medecinae & Herbariae difciplinae diligentemna- 

 sine Meieru uantopcram^Namfine Galeni^DiofcoridiSjPlinij, 

 uphonefltr^ ^^jg ctiam Theophrafti, aliorumq; quorundam 



tiohaherino vctcrum Jccuone, ncmo ad veram & exquilitam 

 f »''/• Stirpiimi cognitionem peruenire poteft : vtcimque 



onmes agros,omnes regioneSjOmnes motes colies 

 & valles, omnes vicos & omnia Jittora perluftrct. 

 Ab his fiquidem autoribus pendet vniuerik huius 

 difcipIin^B cogtjitio. > 



in ?«f /^*^' % Potifsimum enim noftrum ftudium non in hoc 



"^Jueliri v^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^'f q^^m multa g pcregrina,qukm di-- 

 dcbeu ^ uerfafintherhai-umgencra,quamvarix&mi4ltipU 



ces fingulorum (pecies fplum cognofcanius(quan^ 

 & hoc ftudij genus non omnino fit contenmedum, 



&non 



