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inprofunddSLfatiTrocolorenigricat, commanducatuni intcrWoIaf«dentCS cn- 

 teidCjivft^tenaciflrimcadhxrctproptergUumofamuifcofarnc^ fubftamiam : fapo« 

 rem inter mafticandum remittit praeter glutinofum Ientorem,primum fubdulcem 

 S^modice uelutiadftringentemjmoxualdcacrem, Sk: flgufteturpaulo diutius Mtm 



guajmucroncminftarCariophyIIorum,obftupefacientem,5rguftatidoronicihaa 

 lif um in pafato relinquentcm. Eligito paruis 6c cortici ruffb aut candicanti adhuc 



adb<crentibuscoftans,purum,fplendidum,profundi,donecintegrumcft3coloris: 



cumterituruerOjfloridiflQmi^AdulteraturpIuribusmodiSjRubricajaridacolopho 

 nfa,S;:pauca fynceri Cinnabaris quantitatemixtis,quod in magnos paftillos & ob« 



longos grumos formatur,ut pendentiij in arbore micarar um natiuain figuram refe 

 rat atj^ acmulctur,fed dolus facillime dcprchenditurcolore turbido ,liuido ,rubri' 



coCooC minimeflorido: pr^terca ctiafaporis ignaufa. Acrirnoniaenim atcp doronj 

 cihaliiuin guftucarcf,poftremoinoIeoftatim rcfoIuitur,6CcoIophonia^d prifti* 

 numfu!uumcpco1orcmredit,adfLindurauafisdefcendenterubrica : fyncera uero 

 nec^oleo,necpaquaeinter difroluendummifcetur , fed aquam^in qua coquitur,)a« 

 (fieamreddiiin palhdo,cumrcfrigeratur,uafi€Madhacret. 



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PR O P O L I S lachryma eft rcftnofa BetuIx^PopuIf nfgr^ BC alpfnce arbonim 

 gemmantibuSjOculis aut germinibus innafcens S^adha?rens4 apibuseolleda 

 ^inalueariiscircaoras&Iadituseorum fufpenfa , quahycme omnes rimas am* 

 ploscjp aditus contrafrigoris iniuriamobturantjCuius quaiuorfimtdifferemi^.Pri 

 ma e nfgra populo coHigitur tantum , fecunda exBetuIa tantiim, tertia promifcuJ, 

 cx nigra alpinacp Populis dC Betula/actle tamen dignofcuntur. Populo enimnigra 

 dcfumpta,cui Acgyring cognomentu fl t,coIorc eft flauo aut fuluo , manibusa tra 

 €tzn mollis fit, dC m longum trahitur quemadmodum uifcum. Odorem habetfua 

 iicm,iucundum , caputmulcentem&^ fomnuminuitantemueluti Aegyri, hoceft 

 Populinigrac gcrminaprimo uereenata,atc^ Styracinon difliimilemifaporeciufde 

 Populioculisrcfpondet. Quac uero e Betulafumpta eft,Semidea,id eft,BetuInca 

 <npoftcnnnnominetur.HaccBetuI^ocuIorumodoremfpirat,quiAegyrononeft 

 jibfimilis:colorcmhabetinterflauum,cinercum & fubuiridcmmedium, at^iam 

 didac inftar in manibus mollis RtSC diftrahitur , paulo tamen ficcior exiftit qu^m 

 Aegyrina.Quarta uero qu$ ex nigra alpinacj^ populis,^^ Bctula coIIigitur,utriufffl 

 colorem,odorem,faporem dC confiftentia mixtas habct^ideocp mixtac nomenpoil 

 liacobtineat^ Tertf am ex alpinac Populi lachrymaapesfaciunt, fedrar^,iifc^tan« 

 f um locis quibus nulla populus antBctuIa , fed Alpina folummodo abundat. Eft 

 propoIinatura,ut oleo refoluatur ucluti cera^ponderofior tame denfiorcp eft, nam 

 in aqua liquefacfta fundum petit:cera uero aqua: fupcrnatat* Eligito fn quouis gc" 

 nercodoratifljmam,fynceram,S<: minime admixtam ceram liabentem, qupd fi ccra 

 doli caufa adikiatur,in aquarm propolis coniiciatur fufFicfeatem,fii: coquatur, ita e- 



nim fyncera ad funduxn uafis defi:endet,cera uero aquae innatabit , quac refrigerata 

 fecileaurcretur* 



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CAP. X 



ST Y R A X nafccntfs in minore Afia arboris cuiufdam lachryma eft , in par^ 

 iiaa micas aut grumos concrefcens, fubftahtia refinofa,pinguis,in longum, ubi 

 fncaluitjduc^ihs, in oleo rcfblubilis admodum,cumgrauitate non pauca, odorata 

 ucluti propoIiSjprxfcrtim cumprunis imponitur, cuius tres cognofcunturfpccies 



coIoretantumdsffcrentes,primacandicat,altcrarufl[aeft,tertianigricatfi'muIcpIi^ 

 uet,rufta f oris plus rubet quam intus: candida,acnigra per totam fubftantiam cun^ 

 demcoloremhabet, reperitur etiam flaua quxdaminternifFam&candidammc' 



dia.MeminitprxtereaDiofcoridescandidac pellucidx^ Styracis gummi fimiU- 



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