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prscfertur abies.Cbmmunia his pino<^,ut quadripartitos ucnarum curfus bf fidoscp h^ 

 beantjucl orrinino fimplices* Ad fabroru iriteftina opera meduUa fecl:ilis . Optima qua# 

 dripartitis matericS5&: mollior qiiam ca^tcraeJntellcdus in cortice protinus peritis. Aj« 

 bictis quac pars a tcrra fuit, cnodis eft : hacc qua diximus rationc fluuiata decorticatur, 

 atcp ita (apinus uocatunfupcrior pars nodofa,duriorqp,fufterna. Et in ipfisautem arbo 

 ribus robuftiores aquiloniac panes^Et in totiim detcriorcs cx humidis opacisd^: fpifsio 



rcs ex apricis ac diuturnsc Jdco Romaj infcrnas abics fupcrnati praefcrtur * Eft per gen^ 



tium quoqprcgioncs in rjs difFcrcntia*Alpibus ApcnninocpIaudatifsimac:in Gallia lu 

 ra ac montc Vogcfo:in Corfica,Bithynia,Ponto,Maccdonia . Dctcriorcs uSneatica & 



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Arcadica.Pefsimac Parna(ia,& Buboica , quoniam ramofa^ ibi & contortse, putrcfccn 



tcscRfacilc.AtcedrusinCrcta,Africa,SyriaIaudatifsima.Ccdrioleopcri][(fi:amatcrics 

 riec tincam,ncc cariem icntitaiinipero cadem uirtus quac ccdro* Vafta hgc m Hiipania 

 maximaccp baccac cius * Mcdulla cius ubicunc]p (blidior ctiam quam cedrus ♦ Publicum 



omnium iiitium iiocant fpiras,ubi conuoluercfeucncatcp nodi.Inueniuntur in quibuf 



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am >ficut in marmorc,centra:id eft duriiia clauo fimilis.inimica ferris.Et quacdam for# 

 tc acciduntjlapidc comprchenlo aut rcccpto \n corpusjaut altcrius arboris ramo.Mcga 

 ris diu ftctit oleaftcr \n foro,cui uiri fortcs affixcrant arma,qug corticc ambicntc ^tas lon 

 ga occultaucrat, Fuitqp arbor illa fatalis cxcidio urbis, prxmonita? oraculo, cum arbor 

 arma pcpcriflct:qubd fuccifeaccidit,ocrcisgaIeis^ intusrcpcrtis. Fcruntlapidesitain 



2 o ucntos,ad contincndos partus cfle rcmcdio» 



De matcrijs,& de magnitudinc arborurn,& qux caricm &:ruinam non fcn^ 



liunt & de perpetuitatc matcriarum» 



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Mpliisima arborum ad hoc eui cxiftimatur Romg uifa, quam proptcr miraculum 

 Tiberius Caefar in codcm pontc naumachiario expofucrat aduedam cum reliqua 



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materic:durauitc]^ad Ncronisptincipis amphithcatrum» Fuitautctrabsclaricelonga 

 pedcs c XX bipedali crafsitudinc aequahs.Quo intclligcbat uix crcdibilis rcliqua ahitu* 



do faftioium ad cacumcn acftimantibus,Fuit mVmoria hoftra 5^ porticibus feptorum a 



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M.AgripparcIi(fla,xquemiracuIicau(a,quajdiribitoriofupcrfueratxxpcdibusbrc 



uior,fefquipcdaIi crafsitudine, Abics admiratiois precipuc uifacft in naui,queexiEgy^ 

 30 pto Cai] principis iuflii,obcIi(cum in uaticano circo ftatutfi, quatuorcp truncos lapidis^ 



ciufdem ad fuftincndum cum adduxit: qua nauc nil admirabilius uifiim in mari ccrtum 

 cft»c X X M modidm Icntis pro (aburra ci fucrcLongitudo {pacium obtinuit magna.cx 

 partc Ofticnfis portus latcrclcuo.lbi nancj demerfa cfta Claudioprincipc,cum tribus 

 moIibus,turrium altitudinc ix\ c^ cxa?dificatis obitcr Puteolano puluerc aduccftis^. Ar 

 boris eius crafsiiudo quatuor hominum ulnas complccflcntium implcbat* Vulgocj aui? 

 ditur odioointa nummorum & pluris malos ucnijdari ad eos ufus , ratcs uero conncdi 

 quadraginta feftcrtijs plcrafquc . At in j^gypto & Syria rcges inopia abictis ccdro ad 

 cIafl!esferunturufi.MaximacainCyprotradituradundcciremcmDcmctri]fuccifafen 



tum tricrinta pcdum,crafsitudinis ucro ad trium hominum complcxum* Germani^prc 

 40 doncs finculis arboribus cauatis nauigant, quaru quairdam 8C trigihta homines fcrunt^ 



Spifsiisima cx omni matcric,idco &C grauifsima,iudicatur cbcnus,&: buxus,graciles na 

 tura:ncutra in aquis fluitat,ncc fuber,fi dcmatur cortex,ncc larix ♦ Ex rcHquis ficcifsima. 

 Iotos,qu3e Romar ita appcIIatunDcinde robur cxalburnatum: & huic nigrfcans color, 

 maoiscpctiamcytifo,qu3eproximcacccdcrcebcnum uidctur»Quanquamnondefin' 

 quiljyriacas tcrcbinthos nigriorcsaffirmcnt ♦ Celebratur &: Thcriclcs nomine, calices 



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cx tcrcbintho folitus faccrc torno,pcr qucm probatur matcrics.Omnium hapc fola un^ 

 gi uuIt,mclior9 olco fit^CoIos mirc adultcratur iuglande ac piro fylueftri tin c1is,a tq u c 

 in mcdicaminc decodis.Omnibus qua^ diximus fpifla firmitas. Ab his proxima cft cor 

 nus:quanquam non potcft uideri materies propter cxilitatem , fed lignum non alio pc- 



nc quam ad radios rotarum utile;aut G quid cuncandum fitin Ifgnopclauisue figcndum 



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