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Rcpugnatetfam VinceiitiusGaprilis oninibii^ atiticjuis medicis qiio d didxiL 

 cet inter mella a Diofcoride^PIinio & aliis antiquum Zacharu cnun]ereturjiKm J 



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jCpnfucuit quidemDiofcorides 4/uerfarum rcrum capitajob quattdam uclnatu? 

 iir^e ucl figurac uel alterius rei fimjliutdinem, inuiccm copulare , ut toto' eius librrprp* 

 grcffu uideri pptefl::fed uno eodem^ capfte de diuerfis toto gencre refcus nun^uam 

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jCuin trib us mcllis generfbus de Saccharo fcribat , clarum efl quod mellis fpeciem 



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Poftquam cnim cgit demellc Heraclio, fubdit : uocatur S^ quoddani Saccharum, 

 quodmellis genuseft ihlndia foelfcicp Arabiaconcreti» 

 f PrimaautempofitioManardi eatenus tantum locumhabet, 

 ^fhoccft) exprcflfo cannarum fucco coAum Saccharum intelligit, quo 

 t,ur,Ea enim cxprimendf ratfo antfqufsmedfcfsincdgnitaTuit: Varroniucro^Statio pHmim^ 

 zicR aliis probenota, AnteaenimledoremmonuimuSjdupICxefte Zacharumjalt&^ HAxdL 

 rum fponte inharurtdinfbus concrefcens ,folecannarum fuccum clfcfente, & fn falfs 

 IpifTitudinem denfante ♦ Alterum uero,quod poftcacoepit ex iifdem harundiftibus 

 exprimf,6(f igne denfarf jhumana induftria naturx ueftf gia fequcnte ^ Qucmadmo^ 

 dumenim natijii SacchariefEcicns c^^oMs calor^-ita faditiijioc eft,nofl:ri Zachari 

 ^flFfciens eft ignis* Matcriaucro utriufq^ eadcm exiftft , uidelfcet cannarum iftarum 

 ilukis fuccus , in natiuo paulatim inucnto circaoWlosmCatuerumpcnSjtumperfc^ 

 qiifa turget : tum etfam folis attrahente facultatc clici^iJs. In faditfo uero Cylindrf ab 

 aqua obitcr uerfati,ut m quibufdamlocfs fiericomperimus,aut aliaquapiam uiolen^ 

 tJa^expreiTus^Cum itacp bC folis QC ignfs calori idCm fit in denfandoaffedtus , utrumcj 



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 rcm 5C(^nuioremeuaderc,quam quac ab ignefadafUerit,omnibus puto noturn efte, 



tohcedimus igitur Manardo noftro,facflftium Zacharum Gakno,eo.9 uetuftib 

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 pr:etq idquod dicftManardus nofter^uulgarc Saccharum Gakn6,ec 

 bus medicis ignotum fuilTejtotis uiribus obtincreconatur, res pertftus 

 taritum efficfente/ed ^ materia,forma,fine 6C uiribus) cfle : quam opinionem 

 ritatemaximealienamellefigillatfmin fequentibuspofitionibusconuinccmus , ca 

 tamen modcftfaSi tempcrantia id Htt , ut ncmo bonus 3^ ucritatis amans calumnia* 

 xi poirit,nos tanti ufrf authoritatem,famam,acfidem inccirere: qucm nos impcnfius 

 femper amaufmus,quam qufufsalfiquihonor/ficcntiflrimamcfus fnfcriptisfufs mcfi 

 tiqnenjjfaciunt* Quod autemin hacprimapofitionedidumanobiseft,candGmefle 

 tnatenamantfqui Sacchari SCuulgaris ,6(:utrum(^ cxcarundemharundinum fuc 



fieri,ppftea fuo loco oftendemus 



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firmat,necp noftram deftruit. Etiamfi cnim nonnulli ne nominis quidcm mc 

 mincrint,nontameninde conftatdfucrfumpenituscireab antiquo Saccharo noftru 

 uulgare , . ' QLUod uero in tcrtia dfcft quofdamnomfnarc quidcm Saccharum, no | 

 tamen uulgarc hoc intelligere:at Saccharu hocnatiuum,mcIIeum efle rorcm,a Man= 

 nauocata, parum difFerentcm:ccrtiflrimisinditiismoti,pcrnCgamus, NuIIuscnim 

 mq.iam ucterum eius reifufp/tfonem npbf s fn fcriptis fiiis reliquit. Scd folus Manar 

 dus noftei Alexandri Aphrodifef diuerfas rCs quodam loco cofundcntis,erronea o* 

 ■pinfonedeceptus ZC feduduSjidlongfs fcrfptfs adftrucrcconatus eft . Quod autem 



Alexandri Aphrodifef SaccharcumMannafonfundcmis ppinid ftlfil fit , &: quod 



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