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frrifuni enfm fe a perfris in Ephcftia inqui't,quod Caprina faguinenem tcrrx Sphragidi mifceri, 



exDiofcor,le(S:ionccredideric.H»ceftiIladcquaanteIoquucifumusuanitas, VcrteinDiofco 

 riden tuiim tcIaNicolae : qui i^ hbrorum fuorum imtio teftatus eft, non fe illa quae in his fcribic 

 cfxalioruuanis opinionibus didiciflc,fed uifu, expcrimencoq;,uclconcordi fcriptorunarratio- 

 necompertahabuifre , Vbi ergocaprinumfanguine, lcmniaeterraemifceriDiofcorides uiditc' 

 IrrifercLemnifi Galenum,Diofcor.aucoritare de caprino fanguineinrerrogantcm.Quara^, ut 



hocquoc^obiternotemus,nonre(fteinCoriandroIoquutumDiofcoriden,fcptimofimplic>ii 

 Galenusarguit:nefemcl cantum aberralfeDiofcoriden putes. 



. . Non hsec a PWnio NicolacIegifli,qui parcc,inodefiec^ de feipfo pr^dicans : quf uana,fupra 

 it fldc funt,obicer uel notat,uel i-c!Jcit,uel in his autoru fidc appcllat : tu audita ab fe,tum lckfia, 

 tumuifadiUgcntcracfummacumfidcdiftinguic, Quaedubiafcriptorumuarietasfacit, eale- 



£cnttumiudicioexaminandareIinquit:abfeueroignoratagencrofcfatetur:utplaneinteUigerc 

 poffis, Plittium Romanum hominemgrauifrimum fcriptorcra, naturx,6(rartis miracula rcfe- 

 rentem,foIo Diofcondis , 6>C quandoqucctiam crrantis iudicio , mulioi^ minus cuo taxanduni 



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carpcndum^non clTe, 



f PrOpccr Ciflum Cifthumc^ orta cft ( ut illc inquit) tcmpcftas ifta : ncc ulla fere cft caberna, 



fluacLeoniceno \^o , fuo cum Diofcoridcexultantc, non Ciffum , Cifthumcjr perfonct: nullae 



kholafticorum aures, quas fua cum Ciftho Cifro<^ non obtuderit, atc^adfaftidiu facictatem- 



quepcrduxerit: cui nonfatis fuita Politiano noftro tuip cgrcgiedefcnfum in his Phnium , tutn 

 icamiccprudentcrc^commonicum,fcdrurfus(utquidctcriorlicorrigisfiat)nonmodopriori 



bus calumnijs incubult , fcdin maiores quoque incptias incidit, Qc crimina in Plinium molitu» 

 cftccdito ctiam ab felibcllo^in quo non falfa modo,fcd infcitiac&' temeritatis plenacundacon- 

 geffit.Cuiufuis hominis eft crr^re ( inquit Ciccro ) nullius nifi infipicntis in crrore perfeuerare. 

 Leoniccnus uero i'ii crroreillo fuo,quem probcPolirianus caftigauciat, ufc^ adeo perftifif,ut il 

 lud diccrc aufus ficc nefciuiffc Plinium Cilfum a Ciftho diftinguere: pluribufc^ argumcntis dc^ 

 monftraturura fe pollicccur, quamin didatis prius frcerit, tum-libellum illum fuum Plinii erro 

 rum titulo infigniuic . Nos igitur nihil Politiano aduerfati ,qui grauiter difertecp (ut eft herculco 



, robore)pro CjJfo rcfpondit6r Ciftho : leuidri(utopinor)uia,6f quaepatronum bonam cauffa 



tucntemdccear,dehisinhuncmodumucrbafacicmus. 



• lam illud primum omnium fatis conftat,CiiTi, Cifthic^ difFerentias nonignoraflc Plinium, 



. qui.i5.uoIumineCifli,ideft,Hcderj uiginti gencraluculcnriirimcdcfcripfitcquartoueroSfui- Cifli&^Cifthl 



gefimo Cifthi duo tantum genera.iSi: utroc^ in loco , ita Ciffum a Ciftho difcreuit, magnitudi- diftcrendae. 

 rp,folrjs,florc,nafura,utnullaipfasc0gnatione,pr3etcrquamnominisuicinitatctcnend'ixcrir. 



Haccquacdiximus,quiutrifq;inlocisPIiniumIcgct,faciIeintcII>getinhocnoncrrafl"c.Quod 

 ro in marem,fcsrminamcb Ciffum diftinxeritc quoniam communis ca fif,prftiiaq7inter fyluc- 



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1 diuidit. Sed qua fronte Plinium ncgat,& Tiieophraftum C Floris quocj diffc- . 

 ls,hoc eft,Ciflb Plinium pofuifle, quis , nifi Lconiccnus,uitio dabitC An quia 



ilrium plantarum difFei cnrias,mas fcilicet, 8c focmina( ut Plinius, & de hiftoria plantarum pri 

 moTheophraftusaffirraai^am&hicpalameft, nccinhocquidcm erraflePhnium: utcjobi- 

 fer non uidiflc Nicolaum 1 heophrafti libros intclligas , quu ff.uoluminc Ciflum quocf in nia 

 . rcmacfocminam 



renriasinHederi 



flores Hedcra non habetCAt Hcdcras florere pafRm uidcmus: 6c plantarum primo Theophra 

 ftus fcribit. An quiaflorem fimilemcfledixitfylucftrirofae C Afthuiusflorificaediffcrentiaecrc 

 .. ipfafidcmfumcrcIicct.Eteodcm.e.uoIuraincThcophraftus non alti magisplantf utriufcfHe- 

 dcr^florcs fimiles t-fredixit,quamfylueftri rofae^quamuis minorcs.iSi^mariquoqjHcdcrajflo- 

 rem ad purpuram incUnatum . Scd «&: fylucftrirofaefimifem cflc Hcdcraeflorcm i.on incongruc 

 didumcft:coIora1bens,figura,Ianugo,foIiufcuIorumquocj:numcrusconueniunt,magnitu- 



do difpar: tum maris fios ad purpuram accedens . Sed tales efleflores Ciftho Nicolaus affcuc- 

 ratratc^ideodcceptum inCiftho&rCiflb Plinium clamitat.Imoucrocontra.Nam (utPolitia- 



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punici florcm( quo nullus rubentior )fa:minae ucro albidu pinxit, Scd tam finc oculis,fam finc 



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inenceinPlin.fert,urnrc 



tanca ergo ufgintigeneru 



PliniuinrclIexi(rc,necDiofc.aucTheoplirifiri.quidckg^^^ 

 u Heder? diffcrenria, 5r duoru Gifthi cam graphicc a Phnio defcripra,!!! 



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