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prio teftimonio de Ariftolochia mentit«En prcclari DialcAci drgumeta^ 



qm Tubere terr^ (id eft, prime Cydaminf radicc) fit ut pifces neccnt,Ma 



lo terre,koc eft, Ariftolochf^ rotud^ radice fieri no poteft^Falht Phnius 



qui i3 uidifte fe fcribkrno fallitur Nicolaus,qui audifte fe dicitCAt Phni 



us inquit,radicem Cyclamini id ecia efficcre fcribit. Vcrij id quide Lconl 

 cenetied tertiae CycIamini,cognomine Chamxcifsi, cuius non rotunda, 

 fed fparfa fit radix:ut tandc agno(c;is fine mente te dcbere,quod d^ Rapo 

 terra: te perfuadere conaris» A n ca^cum , uel mendace fuifte Pliniu putas 

 NicoIac,cum Campanos pi&atores JVlalo ferra? calcera mi(ccre,pifces(:]p 

 necare uidifse fe fcrij^itCNum impofsibile quiddam^aut fupra fidem dif 

 %iKc xihi uifus eft PliniusCSed Qt TithymaI5,cognominc Cory mbiten \i^ 

 bro.^.&,2o.et Laducam caprina Iib.2o,eofdepreftare ii\ necandis pifti 

 bus effevfi:us,ide ipfe Plinius tradft ♦ Vcrbafco herba tam fluuiales ^ lacu 

 ftrespifces interimi»Et marinos etia a Phcenicibus hoc modo cap.7. hi 

 ftoria: animalfu Ariftoteles fcribit^Nos quoC^ experimeto,uifuqp didici 

 Tnus,&r Cucumerem afinin5,et uiridia nucu putamin a contufa idem effi 



ccre pofte. Qiionia ergo &: Cyclaminofct Cory mbite,\& Lacftuca ca 



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dea ifta uident, Ariftotelicarue demonftrationes, quibus inexpugnabile 

 ueru neceflario fcquaturCTum concludens pergis,atcp in hunc modum 

 dicis, Aut igitur fatendu eft,duas efl[e radices,qua? eofdem prai^ftent cffc 

 ■ flustautiUuddicendufn etlft, Cyclaminu rotunda^radicis , quartum efle 

 Ariftolochi;:e genus. Vnde ifta obfecro fatendi^dicendiqp necefsitas Ni<^ 

 coIaeC' Primu quidem non duas modo herbas,qux pifces neccnt, fed ftx 

 adduximustmultascp idem efficerepofte, no dubitamus. Num grande, 



'aut mirandu quiddam putes,fi dua? pUiresue herba: idem pofsint^' 'Ociw 

 dc,quia Cyclaminus pifccs necat, Ariftolochiac genus crit quartum C' At 

 quintum dixiftes, Ariftolochia? enim genera quaruor Plinius cnumerat» 

 Pari ergo ratione Corymbites,TithymaIus,8c laduca caprina^ & uerba 

 fcum,&:cucumer afininus,etiuglandium cortices,quia pifces necant,in 

 ter Ariftolochf^ generareponenturtquafi unum effedum,non nifi uni^ 

 us herba? genus prseftare pofsitCQuod nec Anicula? quide dicerent,aut 

 cmpiricorij quifijuam.At de Ariftolochia quod pifces necet, a nullo inf 

 quis autore fcriptu reperitur.Legiftine omnes autores Leonicene cNon 



^tie ego te in tripolio monu!,oportere eum,qui ita a rgu it, legiffe,intelle;2 



xiffe,& memoria tenuiffe omnes,qui unqua fcripferc autorcsrquo argu^: 



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menti hui^s formula & ratio conftare pofsit C Sed n5nc omnibus auto 

 ribus rei ipfius euidentia potiorCHancradicem etianum Campanimelii 

 terragnu,hoc eft , Matum terra? uulgo dicunt:& in pifcatu pafsirri adhi^ 

 bent . Quod uir illuftris , acerrimiq^ iudicf) Sigifmun3us Eftenfis frater 

 luusdux inclyte(cum4ia!cproderemus) nobisretulit. Atquxnam ifta 



peruicaciaCqusc frontis duriciesCquac impudctia cft«;'a cuHo autore fcri- 



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