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Lcucographidalapidemeire^nonlatuitPliniumtquipptquiuolumin^^ Adidccap, 



tarires fpeciem Lcucographidc appdlauit . quonfam laAeaclTec^candidis intcrcurrentibus uc- fupraft)*4+** C 

 nis^SicutLcucogeam^quxlaAcocoIorefimpIexeflet. Sinopircn uero^quscfanguincrs uenis 



diftinguererur,fuafq;uiresinistribu!r,utinteiIigamuspleniusdiftinAiufq?aIiquanto Plinium 

 quam Diofcoriden de eius lapidis gcneribus tradidiflc ; Leoniccnu uero (qua fuit in diligcntta) 

 dc Leucographidelapidc fcribcntc Pliniu non lcgifl<,atq? ideo in eo calumniando ^rauius deli - 



quiflerLeucographidem quoc^ herbam cfle.7. Si.i^Mbvo fcribit Plinius^ciufcp uircs apcric:qua ' 

 lisueroillacflctfcripnifenonrcperiflcinquit^Inquoquaefoaccufatorhicnoftererral^^ 

 calumniaturCAn^quiaLcucographidalapidccfleignorauitc^AfthancbclUfllme^utdiximus, ^ 

 diftinxit^dcfcripfitqj.Noft^^illum^^puIchcrrimiihabemuSj&ruiroi^^ 



dulae^& Anthonio Faucncino praeftanrifiimo philofopho cum hsccprodcrcmus^oftcndimus* 

 An,quod qualis cfletLeucographis hcrba^non repenn!c fc fafllis eftc^Ac dc cius figurafcribcn- 

 tcm aliqucm non vtidivStd eafdcm uircs inquit herbse fuse Plinius^quas Diofcorides lapidi m- 

 buit. Quid ft crrafl!e Dfofcoridcn Leonicenc diccrcm : qui quae hcrba f flccjap/dc crcdidic : qua •' 

 illumrationcdefendcrcsc^AuclihocnonrccipiSjnonnccommuncscamlapidiquamherbae ul 



rcscflepoflruntc^Iafpisfanguincmfiftit^LcucogeaUAisabundanciamfacit^Topaziusucncrc 

 cohibet:fcdcofdcm quoc^cflFeAus SidcritcSjLagine, Ligus^atcl^hcrbarum proeftantplurimap» " 

 Scd Diofcorides inquis Moroxum quoc^ uocari Leucographiden fcripiit * Falfuni hoc qui - , . 



dem:i^loroxum Galcnus fortaflcdixcrit.MorochthumcerteDiofcorides, non Moroxum,iit 

 tupcrucrfcrctulifti» Sed&rhuncMorochthumIapidcmefl*enonfugitPlinfum:quihunc ulti- '- 



fniuoluminiscapicc.io^commcmorat^qucmnosquoq^habemus^&^mulcisoftcndimusin co Moroclithu» 

 tis attncu laAco fudorc manantcm^, 8^ candidas lineas,tamctfl porraceam uiridiraicm prf fcrar, 

 fn pannis ducenrem. At Morochthum hunc^Lcucographidcn quoc^ dici Diofcoridcs rcnpl7c » 

 An idco crrafl^c Plinium prjdicas^quia deDiofcoridis ignoti fibi hominis appcUationibus non 

 diuinaucrit:*An non fatis putas^unum Morochtht nomen adduxifle Plinium , qui Leucogra- 

 phiden,5traIiumquoc^cfrcIapidemquamMorochthumoftcndicCTamet(i quofdamLeuco- 

 graphfden^Galaxjamq; uocaflTc illum Diofcorides fcribac, Pracclara dialevftici philofophi argU- 

 iTienca.Fateair PliniuSjfiguram Leucographidis hcrbo? non rcpperifl^erc:ergo crrac accufance 



Leoniccnoc^QtiodingcnucfatcturPliniuSjquod non ccmere adftruit,quod no rcpperir,quod 

 fion diuinauit , crgo crratc' lam ucl cx ifta argumentorii formuia uiAcrc poflumus , quo hunc 

 hominem carpcndilibid<j3&' nouitaris oftcnrario rranfuerfum fcrat.Lcucographjda ergo 5^1 a 

 pidemcflTc^&hcrbamquoc^ cflrcpoflVjPIiniodocenredifcamus^urPrafumquocfjS^HeliocrcK' 



pium tam herbas^quam d\ji(dcm nominis gemmas defTgnant^Morochchum quoq; idco Leu- 

 cographiden aquibufdam di<fi:um , quod candidas ducat lineas , uiridis ipfc cum fic, Galatiria 

 ucro fccundam fpcciem idco Lcucographidcn diAamjquodlaiftea cum iir,candidaeilla ixxicvi^' 



bant ucnseXeoiftccnu ucro ^qui ncc iftapcnfauit in Icgcndo PUniOjhcbcriorc fuifl^c nofcamus^ 



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PoIiumfuauifllmamherbamMufaPO&: Hcfiodoautoribus^qualiseflct^quibulac pollcrct Adidccap.' 

 |iiribus,1uculcntcr(ucomnia)dcfcnp[TrPlinius»Miraculumaddcns,ijfdenitradentibusauco-- fuprafo.+^.d 

 ribus^quod ter colorem mutcc» Tripolq ucro rarionem ffgura^poccftatc , foloc^ diucrfam fua 



loco pariter afllgnauit. Accufator hic noftcr^omniaferc uerbum cx uerbo quac de Polio dixir, 

 tranftuliflrccxDiofcoridePIiniumreferr,ucruminhoccrrafl>,quodTripoIi]miraculumP^ 



adfcripfcrit^contra quam Diofcoridcs fcceric.SimuI,quodTripolij radicem dari eparicis in fap 

 rcco*ftam prodideric:quod apud nullum inquic,grauioris aucoritaris medicum legimrjam 8C 

 cxhisquocjnon tranftuliflc cxDiofcoridc Plinium fatisconftat» Verum agcNicoIac,cffarc 

 obfccro^ncnoftrafluductoratio, fsepiufuc idcm rcpcrendumfir,AutDiofcornon legitPIi- 



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qnod fupradocu{mus:5<r nihil eftquod tanto uiro iinputcs , Ii Mufseo^Hcliodo , Theo- 



f^Ojtorcj; illis autoribus plus minus,contraucfcribatquam Diofcorides dixcrit. Aucuidit 

 qutdcm(utcuaucumas)fednccDiofcoridcnpcromniafcquiiIIiuifumcft,Ecnonuideo,curf(V 



\\ Diofcoridi credendum magis ccnfeas, quam PHnio,tot,tanrorumcj? uirorum autoritatc fub 

 nixo:qucmc^ ucrfl7milceft,in co tmaDiofcor * diflcnGflrc^in quo uel ratione, uel expcricncia» 

 ucl grauioris uiri auroritaccpmotus^mcIiusaligdjautucriusinucniflepucaucric.Nonpoim 



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umushcrbe,Polij,Tcripolrjue,qufCandci11aficuidercmiraailu.Neq;cmautrcgic>, 

 s patit . Scd quis apcrtam calumnian^tuam non uideat:qui ideo crrafl^e Plinium di- 



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ds,quo"d Muf«o , d' Hcfiodo autoribus,cQ4emUbro , duobus in locis dc PoUo fcribac, con-. 



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