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femicdanicxtccatxdukedincm fuam feriiant, Quapropter nobjsnonpcrrua448<^. 

 bit Manaidus Theophraftum aut Galenum pcr Aegyptias harundmcs Sac- 

 charicannasintellexifTc, QiiodueroncqucSohnus nequcGalcnus ncqucVar- 

 ro fuccum cannarum Sacdiarum uocauerint , aut dFe fcriprermt n.hil impcdit 

 quo mmusexdcmcannxtamfaAitiumquamnatiuuin Saccharumfundant. Illud 

 ctiam ex hbito dicit, nulla ncque authoritate , neque expcrientia fultus quod fcri- 

 bitharuTtdincs,in quibus antiquum Saccharumconcrefcat,uerafi elie harundincs^ 

 duras leues , 2C intus uacuas . PutatcnimManardusucraseflceasharuad/nestan* 

 lum quxapud nosinEuropa nafcuntur &:concauxfunt.Scdmcmini(rcdcbcbat 

 Manardusetiaminter uulgaresEurop:eharundincs (quas illetamum ueras eflc 



credit)ccrtumgenus,quodnoncauum fit,fcdfohdumdenfumc^: quahs quxyash 



Gr^cis a fohditate, ^ Latinis Sagittahs uocatur ♦ Authores ^utem fimphc/tet 



Ktruitio SC indcfinite tradidenmt in harundinibus Indix 6C{adicis Arabice Saccharumcon* 



pgiUiik. crefccrc: ncc dixeritnoftras aut uulgaresefieharundinfi/edlndicas.ctjam Var* 



ronc fcribentc: indiu non mgniinimH ^bore mfcit ttrundo. 



lUiut c Imii j^rtmituY rddicibia humor: 

 T>ukuicuinc<iumtfu(coeontendcrcmc1ia. 



Porro Thcophraftus ubi rcs inlndianafccntes cniimctatjfcntit nutlJ omnino «rboji 



rem nullum fruticc , nullara herbam inlndia compcriri fimilem his qu7t in Grarcia 

 prdueniant, paucis cxceptis , quod Alcxandri , rcs inlndia gcxenus comitcs , rcucifi 

 rctulcrunt, Qiiaproptcr haud mirumalicuiuideridcbcr,Ind/cas ctiamhanind/ne» 

 non pcr omnia inEuropanatis fimiks ctTcHabct timcn Indiacadem arborum, fru^ 

 incntorum5(: leguminumgencra, quicapudnosproucniunt,uttradunt authoics: 

 fcri cnim Nuccm,Ficum| Vitcm, Olearn, CaftancamjPalmam, Triticum , Hordcu, 

 Milium, Fabam,Lcntem,Lupinum, Smilaces (atiuos,6^al!apIcraquequaradno-3 

 ftrarum plantammgenctareferuntur,fcdfpecic&^ magn/tudineanoftris diffirrunr* 

 M/nimc ig/tur abfurdum eft harundincs quoquclndiaf anoftvis difFerrc, qusm* 



uis CannacSacchari, tantum fucci-dulccdinc , crafljtudinc S^ crcbrioribus gcnicu 

 tLiS.ifi, hsaNaftouocata inEuropaharundinc diftent» Pl/nius f ccrtc adco non dubi* 

 •^•«. tauit diucrfas cfte 4 noftratibus Indiac hanmdines , ut ctiam prodidcrit fingula c/us 



intcmodia, aluconauigabih tcrnos ctiatn homincs ferrc : aham cis naturam quam 

 noftris fix: arborcam amplitudincm tribucns : at nc fabulamrcr/pfiffcuidcatur, ad* 

 d/t: qualcs uulgd/n temphs uidcmus. Res cn/m pcregr/nas u/fu raras dC infoh'^* 

 ta: magnitudinis publicislocis rcponi fblcnt : qucmadmodum apud ncs quoque 

 uidcrccft in templis Indicac teftudrnisimmancsteftas,ac horrcndacuaftitatisBalc* 

 ^ucchdrti narum ofla . Ratiocinatur ctiam iri hunc modum Manardus : Zucharum Alhu* 

 ^f^^^ far cft Manna cadcns fupra plantam Alhufar , cm' cafdcm u/res Auicenna tnbuif 



quasGraeci fuo Saccharo» Ergo idcm eft cum Zuchara Alhufar Grjtcorum Sac* 



charum : cx qaibus adhuc colligit Saccharummcllcumcflerorem . Scd m/ramur 



uchcmcntcr ipfum fufFragia ab Auicenna pctcrc, qucm ufqueadco detcftatur , dC 



^ cuius nullam fac/t authoritatcm , ncc fi qua fit admifiurum fe protcftatur , nifi id in 



gratiam amici faciat.Nos uero haud temerc Auiccnnam hoc diccntcm rciicimus 

 ctiamficontranoftram fentcntiam foiberc uidcripoif/t. Idco aiitemhoc Manardi 

 Mor^cr. argumcntum rciicimus, quoniampcrHahofccr, quodidem cftcum Alhufar Aui-' 



cennat,non candem omnes plantam intelligunt, aliis rcAam & proceram qua^* 

 dam plantam , aliis ccrtam TithymaHfpcciem ficuocantibus ; Praterca non cpn^ 

 ueniuntintcr fein dcfinicndo Ziicharo Alhufar authores. Auicenna en/m dicit 

 id Mannam cfte , quoe cadat fupra plantam Alhufar , Scrapio contra authoritatcm 

 Abrionifac , fcribit Zucharum Hahofcer cgrcdiex ocuhs ramorum fu* plantar eC 

 a locisfoliorumcius,hoc cft, qua folia a planta fua 8i:ocuhs cnafaintur, Quarc 

 cumillcMannamcfledicat, hicucrolachrymamcxHahofccr emanantem non* 

 tlum compofita controucrfia nullum fuggcrit Manardo argumentum . Nos ta*' 

 tticn CTcdimus Hahofccr plamam cfl"c , cannac Sacchari non diflimilcm : qusc pcr, 

 fadcutSaccharicanna Saccharum ab oculis cmittat, rcdfuigcncrisa<:minusduU 



cr, quam ucrwm Saccharum^atquc adftri<flionc dC amaritudine ct/ara ab co difF*f 



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