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«lenDbis creuftfabor.Qiiippccum inquirenda fint, no folumpoftcain 



uenta,iieramctiameaqu2cinuencrantpnfci,defidiainternitionereruni 

 memorixinduda.Cuius fomrti cauffas qufs alias , ^ publicas mundiij 



liencritCNimirum alfj fubiererituSiCircacj alia mentes hominum dctin 

 tur j, & auariciaj tantum arres coluritur , antcainclufis gentium impetfis 

 iiltraipfas. Idcocp Sc ingenijsquadam fterilitate fortun^ ,neceffe eratanl 

 ini bona exercere.Reges ihnUmeri honoreartium colebatur, & in ofteri 

 tatiene has prsef erebant , opem & imortalitatem fibi per illas prorogart 

 ^rbitratcs.Quare abundabat 8C pr£mia,& oga uitae:pofterisIaxitasmu# 

 di,& rerum amplitudo damno fuit, poft^ fenator ccnfu lcgi cfptus , iu^ 

 jdex fieri cenfu^Magiftratum, Ducemcp nihil magis exornare cpcenfus, 

 poft^ ccrpere orbitas in autoritate fuma & potetia efIc,captatio in qug^ 

 liu fertiliiIimo,ac {blagaudia in poflidcndo, peflum icreuita^ precia, o# 

 innefcp a maximo bono liberales di(f}^artes,in contrariu cccidcre, acfer 

 nitute fola profici c^ptum. Aliushancalio modo,& in alijs adorare,code 

 tamch habendi quo eat fpes horDinum,tendente uoto» 



Ineandemlententiam Galen. in Thcrapeu.Iib.i.Ncmo noftraa^rtatc 

 -ueritaus inquifition/ cft deditus. fed pecuniam, Sc ciuilem potentiam,& 

 inexplebiles uoluptaium dcliciasomnes eoufcp fufpiciunt,utfi quis fapi 

 'cnua? quoiduis ftudium fedetur,pro infano hunchabeant,Et cgtcra,qug 

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Sedhsecomnia tam longo repetita principio^quorfnm nam fpcdiant, 

 aut quo tande confilio a nobis dida funtcNimiru , ut obfoletis hacftcnus 

 atcpobfiruratis diuinis herbis 8c omnisgeneris plantis , dcniq? qufcquic! 

 Uel capx,ucl (ylucgignut,rurfum in ufum reuoccmus , antiquitate & far- 

 tateda,quoa dicitjinftaurcmus, collapfarqpherbarie mcdicina: man 

 porrigamus* Dcinde, nc inter paucos cflet illarij pcritia Sc ccgniti o , ftd 

 totus mudus agnofccret magnalia Dei, quf nufi^ procliuip cft uidere,^ 

 in ipfis herbf s,ta feftiuiter, tot & tam uarfjs coloribus pi^flis , c5 tot fiori^ 

 bus/eminibus ornatis, &: quod ejft olm maximu , tot ttia uiribus pditis* 

 Poftremo,qd me uident urgerc,pofterioris feculi & neoterici Medici,id 

 ipfi multo uehemctius,maiori<^ opera^fcquant.Quod fi mequocp 

 fulforem audiant Medici , cu uideant illi hodie alia fecula inolefcereme^ 



itiores illius quoc^ Comid,hcc rcs aliam uita,alia etiam dietam poftula 

 reliC^listotueteribusambagibuSj&barbarorumnenijSjtotincertistrad 



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pro his genuinai: ac purac ill^ Med 

 nac fe mancipientrPuram uoco,qu^ ex Hippocrate,Galeno,Thcophra 

 flro,PIinio,Diofcoride, Oribafi'o,8(: id genus prifcis rei Mcdicapfcripto^ 

 ribus,& artis ipfius primis principibus petit,agnofcetcp cp </^«V (fliecTrxa-wp 

 difccdantabhis,quosha(flenus,5:quafidiuosadmirarifunc,6«:inpre;s 



ciohabuerunt : difcent inde falubrius acprarfentius mederi , minus ah> 



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