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bus impaftus cft, pifcem olcnt, hoc pnmoargumtnto ucncficium id dcpf chchditur.C^ 



tero moriuntur totidcm diebus,quotuixcridepus. Inccrti^ temporis ucncficium id c& 

 fe, autor efl: Licinius Macen In India afRrmant nbn capi uiuentem, inuicemcp ibi hohii> 

 nem ilh' pro ueneno efle , ac ucl digito omhino in iiiari ta(Sum mori* EfTe autcm ampho^ 

 rcm multd, ncutrehquaanimaha» lubain his uoluminibusqusc fcripfitad Caium Cscfi 

 rem Augufti filium de Arabia , tradit mitulos terrias heminas capcre ♦ Cctos fcxcentOis 

 rumpedum longitudinis^&Ttreccntorum fcxaginta latitudinis influmcn Arabiscins^ 

 trafle, pinguicjp eius ncgociatores Sc omnium pifcium adipe camclos pcrungerc in co 

 fitu, ut afilos ab his fuoent odore* 



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Deingcnfjs &C manfiietudinc quorundarh piicium, 8c ubi cx rhahu 

 cdant5& ubi rcfponia dantur cx pifcibtis; 



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li liidcntur mira 8c quae Omdius prodidit pifcium ingcnia,in co uolumine quodl 

 Halieuticon infcribitur ♦ Scarum inclufiam nafsis non fronte crunipcre, nec infc 



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ftis uiminibus caput inferercpfed aucr fum caudas i6^ibus crebris laxare forcs , ati^ ita rc* 

 trorfiim erumpcre ♦ Quem ludatum eius fi forte alius fcarlis extrinfecus uideat , apprci* 

 henfa mordicus cauda adiiiuare nixus erumpentis ♦ Lupurh rietc circumdattim harcnas 

 arare cauda,at(^ ita conditum tranfire rcte.Murenam maciilas appctcrc ipfas,confciam 

 tcrctis ac lubrici tergi,tum multiplici flcxuIaxare,doncc cuadat. Polypum hamos appci^ 

 tcrc, brachijsc^ compIed:i, nbn morfu : ncc prius dimittcrc, quam cfcam circumroferit, 



-zo aut harundinclcuatum extraaquam* Scit & mugil cflcin cfcahamum, infidias^non ig 



norat : auiditas tamcn tanta eft , ut cauda ucrbcrando cxcutiat cibos ; Minus in proui** 

 dcndolupusfolcrtisehabetjfedmagnum robuirinpoenitendo»NamutHacfitinhamo; 

 tumultuofo difcurfu laxat uulhcra, donec excidant infidix. Murcnac amplius dcubrank 

 quam hamum , admouentt:^ dentibiis lincasjatque ita erodunt . Pytheas id tradit ♦ Idcni 

 infixam hamoinuertcrcfc, quOniam fit dorfo cultellato, fpina^Iincam prcefccarc^Lici^ 

 niusMacermurcnas tantumf6cmininifcxuscfIetradit,&rconcipcrecferpentibus,ut 

 diximus , ob id fibilo a pifcatoribus tanquam fcrpcntibus euocari 8c capi : pinguefccrc 

 lacftatu , fufte non intcrimi , cafdem fcrula protinus ♦ Anihiam in cauda habcre certum 

 cft, caquc iifla ceicrrimc cxanirriari , at capitis icftu difficulter ♦ Nbuacula pifcc quas tR^k 



30 funt,fcrrum olcnt Durifsimum eflc pifcium conftat qui brbis udcctur : rotundus cft,&! 



fincfquamiSjtotusc^capitcconftat» Miluagoquoties cernaturcxtra aquani oolitans, 



t^mpcftatcs mutari, Trebius Niger autor cfL Xiphiam, id eft,gladium, roftro mucro^ 

 natoeflc,abhocnaucspcrfoflasmcrgi inoccano adlocumMauritanac quiCottaud^ 



cetur , non procul Lixo fluminc ♦ Idem Ibligincs cuolare cx aqua tradit , tanta rhuItitU* 

 dineutnauigiadcmcrgant. Emanuuefclinturpifcesin pluribus quidemCa^farisiiili* 

 lis : fed quas uctercs prodiderc, in ftagnis non pifcinis admirati,in Elorb SiciliaEr (zaftellb 

 non procul Syracufis: item in Labradi] Ibliis fontc anguillas : hsc &C inaurcs ^dditas ge 

 irunt « Similiter in Chio iuxta fenum delubruiri : in Mefbpotamiae quocp fbnte Cabura, 

 dc quo diximus ♦ Nam in Lyciae Myris , fonte Apbllinis, qiiem Curium appellant , tcir 

 40 fiftula cuocati ueniunt ad augurium ♦ Diripcrc cos carncs obicdas Isctiim cft cbnfultah 



tibus, caudis abigere dirum ♦ Hicrapoli Syriac in lacii Vcneris acdituoruni uodbus pa 

 rcnt uocati, exornatiauro ucniunt,adulantcs fcalpuntur, orahiantia fhanibus infcrediS 

 pracbcht , In Stabiano Campaniac ad Hcrculis pctram, melanuri in hiari pancm abicdu 

 rapiunt:i]dcm ad nullum cib\im,in'quo hamus fit,acccdunt.Ncc illa in nouifsimis mira, 

 amaros cffe pifccs ad Pclen infulam,&: ad Clazomenas. Contra,ad fcbpuliim Siciliae at 

 Leptin Africse 8c Euboeam & DyrrhaciU.Rurfus ita falfos,ut pofsint falfamcnta cxiftf 

 marijCirca Ccphalcniam 8c Ampclbn & Pdrbn,&: Dch' pctras:in portii ciufderh infiil^, 

 duIccs^Quam diflerentiam pabulo conftarc non cft dubium, Apion maximum pifcium 

 cfle tradit porcum,qucm Laccdacmoni] orthragorifcum uocant Grunnirc cum ciim ca 

 50 piatunEflTc ucrd illam naturae accidcntia^quod magis miremur>ctia iii locis quibufdaiii. 



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