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 beatur,plusfubducitquam hdulccuinfipotites . Qiiod ucro AloclundamelU p!u« Tubducac 



aIuum,tcftaturinprfmisDiorcor.ubifupra,itafcribcns.Ciircfiriaaquauc,autcOiftomcllecx- 



ccptaaluumpotafoIuit.[dquodPliniusetiamIib.i7.cap.4.confirmatdiccns.DcuorantpilIu-» 

 laecummclIisdecodOjauttcrebinthinarcfinajadpurgandaintcriora.At quid opus inreina- 



uifefJa plus fquo ucrbofum cfl^eCPcroemus itat^ ad fccundli ^ monftrcmuft^ Alocn non obcflc 

 ftomachOjUtMcfue infanit,fedcundemagis roborarc.Hocquoddocet Gal.lib.c.dcfimplici-- 

 busrncdica.cap.ii.incummodufcribcns. Aloceftprseomnibusalijs medidnis ftomachoaC" 

 roramodata atq; utilis.Quod& Diofcor . fubfcqucndbus uerbis fignificauit, Aloc mixtaalijs 

 cux purgando runt^minus noxia ca ftomacho reddit . Praedi Ais fubfcribit Onbafius in Com- 

 pendiomedicinae cap.de AIoeinquicns.Aloeacutiiquidenoncftcatharticii,ftomachoautem 

 aptifllmii.PHniusquoct;lib»27.cap.4.itafcribcns.ConfirmatftomachuAloc,adcoutnulIauf^ 



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Afljaquanoftripafllmnuticadaluulcniendam utuntur,antiquispcnitus incognira FuitJ 

 i cognita fuit,certe cam in nicdicinj ufu no probaucrunriquandd nuUusaliqua de ifta mcn 

 tionc faciat,fed tantii dc quadam fpccie Iign^^,quaf fvfiyl , id eft,fiftula ab eifdcm nomina^. Qua 

 proptcrdiligcntius aducrtendum,nccum in libris Gr*cohim Caflj^m fiftulam fcriptum inuc- 

 rtiemus, ahcrl putemus intelligf,dc qua Arabcs atc^ rcccntidf^s loquun! . fn qurm fahe crror? 

 Leonfccnus,uir dignus cui multum dcferantbonarum literarum cupfd» j in cpiftolaad Mcno- 

 chiu,plfrofcp cx medicis iunioribus incidifl"e fcnbit , fec^ cognouiircaii,qui coi-ticc Cafllf fiftu- 

 Ix Arabic3e,adcitandamenftruautebantur,cumCafl;iaIigncapotiusad cundc ururti recipere 

 dcbutflentjCxDiofcacalioriiGrsecorummcdicorumautontate.Etcum nullus fermefit Medi 



^oru qui non fciat lignea didam,ab alia Cafllia arabica cflc diuerfam , non ncccfl^driii duxf plura 

 dc iftac re commcntari. Si qui tamcn forcnt,qui ifta non cupcrcnt; iUi utriufcj dcfcrfprioncs cort 

 fcrantjd: mox quod diximus deprchcndcnt. . 



Vnu tii qd maiori rephenfione dignit cft hfc prf terirc tro potUf,h6c.f.Nott dhimaciucrtcruc 

 fioftri fcculi Mcdici uulgarc noftra Caflll lignca,a ucra multu abcfle ♦ tcira cm eft inodora & pc 

 nitus afperncnda,immo nihil habct quarc Calfia putari debcatf id quod Diofcor.atq; Pliniillc- 

 gcnii,remc^ fpfam in manu habcnti,facilc conftabit.Diofcor.ctcnim lib.i.cap.ii.dcclfgcnda ud 

 ra aC optima Caflla fta fcribit. Eligfto rubef<?enrcm,amabiIicoIoris bonitatc praeditam, corallior 

 lapidi firailcm,angufta uaIde,Iongam craflramt^,& fiftulis pIcnam,erodcntem in guftu,5f cun» 

 feruore aliquo adftrfngentc,aromatutn modo odof-atam,ufni odorcm rcfcrcntem . In eandcnt 

 fententiam 8i Oribafius lib.i.de uirtute fimpliciu fcrfbit.Eligenda Caflla cfr quar rubea cft, bo- 

 nicolorisjcorallfo fimiliSjtenufs nfrida , ualdeIonga,6^pinguis in fiftulis , $i tn guftu crodcns, 

 fi3pticacumigncmuIto,uelutaromatiifimilisodorc.Vbi,utobitcrmone5,non dipticis Icgen 

 dum,fed</lH;(TJ(>ciJ,idefl,erodcns.NccdiflentitadidisPliniushb.a,cap.i5.Addcquod Cafllattf 

 iiuitatccoriicis,odore,5^guftu adeo fimilfs eft Cinnamomo,ut duplum cius Diofcor. d( Gal< 



no lib.de fimplicibus medfcamcnris ad Patcrnianiicap.7i.tcftibus,pro Cinamomo po 



nipoirit:quorumcertcnihiIinCaflria noftradeprehenditur,adeo utuixcredibi 



Iefitnoftrahanccircue'iaCaflia,fedcammagisquamDiofc.falfo Calli 



am appcllatam efliefcribit , miraff cum rcliqua fimilitudinis, qu$ 



guftu nccacri,nccodorata,inli3ercntcmqf mc^JulIae corsi 



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plilt^, barbara em uox eft Turbit,&' a poftcrioribus medids quaecuncf ea fit C\c appcllata. Nam 

 quodapudDiofc.Iib.4.cap..<c?.dcPiriufahapcucrbagrfccinfcrtafunt,QuamuocantTurbirj 



id a pofierionbusfaaueft^&^Diofcor.adietltfi.cacniminnuilisuefcribusgraecisautJarinis lc- 

 guntur codicibus,ncc eiia le^ dcbcnt.Proinde cuffl gr^ci nihil de ea ccrti iradantincccfll* eft, no 

 ftrae »taris Medici eius radicFs defcriptionem ab Arabis pctant . Quod etfi tentaucrint , non <ii 

 tamen quod ccrti quicquam de ca radicc apud eofdcm oflFendcrcqueantjquando quid pcr 



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