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Irrifam cmm fe a pcriris \x\. Ephcftia inqirit,quod Caprinu fanguincm tcrrx Sphragidi mifcen, 



exDiofcorJcA(onecrediderit»H.«cefi:iIladequaantcloqaunfaniusuanitas.V€rtcin 

 riden tuum tcla NicoIae;qui in librorum fuorum inirio tcftatus cft , non fe illa quae va his fcribit 

 cx alioru uanis opinionibus didiciffejfcd uifu^cxpcriracntocjjUcI concordi fcriptoru narrario- 

 nccompcrtahabuifre» Vbiergo caprinumfanguincjlcmniaetcrraemifccri Diofcoridcs uidit^ 

 Irrifcrc Lcmnrj GaIcnum,Diofcor*aucoritatc dccaprinofanguincintcrrogantcm.QjJam^, 

 uthocquocjobitcrnotcmuSjnonredeinCoriandroloquutumDiolcoridcnjfcprimo fimpli- 

 Cium Galenus arguit:nc fcmel tantum abcrraffe Diofcoridenputcs» 



N6nhaecaPIinioNicoIacIcgifti,quiparce,modcfl:c<^dcIeip(bpr3pdicans:qufuana,fu^^^ 

 cg Gdc fun t/obitcr uel notat,ueI rcijcic,ucl in his autorir fidc appcllat : tu audita ab fe^tum lcAa, 

 tuAi uifa diligenter acfumma cum fidediftinguit ► Quac dubia fcriptorum uarictas facit^ calc - 

 gcntium iudicio cxaminanda rclinquit:ab fc uero ignoratagcncrofcfatctur : ut plane intclligc- 

 repoflls^PliniumRomanumhominemgrauiflimumfcriptorcmjnaturaejfifartismiracularc-., 

 lerentcm,folo Diofcoridis,^: quandoc^ criam crranris iudicio ^ multOi^ minus cuo taxandum 



carpendumc^ non c{Ic« 



CISSO, CISTHO, LADAt 



PropterCifrumCifthumcjjortacft (utillcinquit) tempcftasifta: nccullafcrccft cabcrna^^ 

 quae Lconiccno ifto^fuo cum Diofcoride exultante , non Cilfum , Cifthumcf pcrlbnct : nuU^e 



fcholafticorum aurcs^quas fua cum Ciftho Cifl^oc^ non obtudcrit^atct ad faftidium fadctatem 



«qp perduxerit : cui non fatis fuit a Policiano noftro tum cgregie defenfum in his Plinium , tum 



feamicc prudcntcrc^ commonitumjfed rurfus (ut qui detcrior fi corrigis ffat^non modo prio - 



ribus calumnrjs incubuit,fed in maiorcs quoc^ ineptfas {nciAvt^ 8c crimina in Plinium molitus 



cftredito criam ab fe libcllo ^in quo non falfa m odo , fcd infcitise &" tcmeritatis plcna cun Aa con 



gcfllt.Cuiufuis hominis eft crrare ( inquit Cicero ) nullius nifi infipicnrfs in crrorc perfcucrarc «^ 



l^eonicenus ucro in crrorcillo fuo^quem probc Politiartus caftigauerat,ufq^adco perftirit, ut il 



luddiccreaufusfit:nefciuiflrcPUniumCi(fum a Cifthodiftinguere: pluribufc^argumcntisdc- 



monftraturum fe poliicctur, quam in dii^atis prius fccerit:tumUbeIluni illum fuum Plintj crrcv 

 rum titulo infigniuit^Nos igitur nihil Poliriano aducrfari^q^ui gl*auiterdifertcc^(utcftHcrcuIcO 



roborc)proCiflrore/pondit&:Cifth6:lcuiori(utopinor)uia,3^qu3epatronumbonamcaufs3 



iuentem dcceat,de his in hunc modura uerba facicmus» 



lam illud primum omnium fatis conftatjCiili^Cifthic^ differentias non igtidrafTe Piinium^ 

 quia5^uoluraine Cifll,idcft,H€dcrae uigintigenera IucuIe/itifl7medcfcripfit:quarto ucro S^ ui- Ciili 5^Cifthl 

 gefimo Cifthi duo tantu^ui gcncra: Sf utroqjin Ioco,ita Ciflum a Ciftho difcreuit^ magnitudi- diff^crcntix,. 

 nc^foIijSjflorCjnaturajUtnuUaipfas cognationc^praeterquam nominis uicinitatetcncrj dixcrit. 



Hsecquar diximus , qui utrifq^ in locis Plinium legcc ^ facilc intclligct in hoc non c r^aflc • Qliod 

 iiero in marem,foeminamc^Cifllim diftinxerit:quoniam communis ea fir^primacj?intcr iyluc- 

 flrium planrarum difFcrcnrias^mas fcilicct,& fccmina^utPlinius , ^('dehiftoria plantarura pri- 

 ino Theophraftus affirmat ) iam 8c hic palam cft,ncc in hoc quidem errafl^e Plinium : utq^ obi - 

 |crnonuidifliNicoIaumThcophraftilibrosintclligas,qui.<y»uoIumineCiflumquocj;inma- 

 rcm acfccminam diuidit.Sed qua frontcPUnium negat^S^ Theophraftumc^Floris quocj^diff^e- 

 rcntias in Hcderis^hoc eft,Cifl!b Plinium pofuifl!e,quis , nifi Lconicenus , uirio dabit:' An quia 

 fiorcs Hedera non habetc^At Hederas florercpafllm uidcmus:5^ plantarum primo Thcophra- 



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ftus fcrihit * An quia florcra fimilem eirc dixit fylucftri rofae c' Aft huius florifi 

 ipfafidcmfumerelicct.Etcodem^tf^uoIumincThcophraftusnonalrjmagisplantjutriufc^Hc 

 ^lcraeflorcsfimiles cflredixityquamfylucftrirofaejquamuis minores: StTmariquoqjHederaeflo- 

 rcm ad purpuram indinatum» Scd S^fylueftri rofac fimilcm cfl"e Hcderac florem non incongruc 

 diftumeft^coIoralbcns^figurajIanugOjfoliufcuIorumquoc^numcrusconucniunt^magnitu- 



^p difpar: tum maris flos ad purpuram accedens . Sed tales efl!c florcs Ciftho Nicolaus aflcuc- 

 rat:atcjidco deccptum in Ciftho 8C Ciflb Plinium clamitatjmo ucro contra*Nam (ut Politia- 

 iius quocj beUifllme notauit) Hedcrx flos concoIor,u tricp cnim albens , fed mari in purpuram 

 iicrgcns:Ciftho uer6 difcoIor:mari ffquidcm rofaccus.C^uod fincc Politiano quidem credcn^ 

 dum Lconiccn* putauit^atfuu DioCc, diligcnriusinfpiccrcdcbuit:quimari quidcCiftho mall 

 punici florcm(quo nullus rubentior)foemin^uero albidu pinxit^Sed tam fincoculis , tam Cmt 

 mcntc in PiinJcrf ,ut nec Pfiniu intellexifle,ncc Diofc.aut Thcophraftii. quidc legifl^c uidcaf In 

 tanta ergo ufginrigenerii Hederf diflFerentia, 8^ duoru Cifthi tam graphicc a F^inio dcfcripta,in 



#iorifllmfpIantf,pafiimc^nafccnrisHeder3cflorc,quis,nifierrans,errarcPUniiipotuiflrc!ud^^^^ 

 bit: Aut tanto autorcTheophrafto defipuiflrcCSed3f in eo qcK idco errafle PlinXeonic.affirmar^ 



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