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mcralUs ^ mclior quo mag.-s rufFa,qao-^ magfs ufrus rcdolctis^ac pura friabfliTcJ?» Diofcondcs A 



€ciamLib,j,Cap.75jntcrmcraUadeSaniarachaagcns,huncmmoduinquir.EligendaSanda 

 rachacrt,qu3eadfanctarcflammcoco!orerufFclcir,fragih's,pIana,purac^,5t^cinnabariscolorc 

 ahquOjfulphuris ccia utrus olcns» Alrera dcindc fidiria &'adul£crina Sandaracha cft,quf cx co^ 

 daccruirafir-^quafahciuspiAorcs quaiiicdiciufifunc^De qua Phnius Libro quinquageii- 

 nioqumro-jCap^cyjtafcribit^Fitadulrerina&cxCerufra^infornacecoda* Et Viiftruuiusfepti 

 mo fuscarchitcclurae comcntario , Ceru(ra,inquit, cum in fornace coquiturjmurato colore ad 

 igncminccndij SandarachafitXapfos itacjarbitror Arabes jquodSandarachaelTegumiputa 

 ueruntjCu eandc uetcres omnes intcr bpidcs metaliicos connumerarrnt ♦ Id quod ex eo etia col- 



ligiporeftjArabesomncsuircsquasPrifciuerjSandarachae^quf mctalluc/tatribuuntjfuf qua 



c^ , quae gummi eft^adfcribunt^quod fleri non poiTet fi diucrfae clTent ♦ Vix cnim duas res inu 



nies quarii uirtutcs exaequo fibiconuenient,QiJodautc Arabeseafde^ quas GrxcifuaeSanda 



rachae tribuerint,facile oftendcmus ex fjs qua: utric^ de ea fcripferunt Jnter Graecos aute Diofc^.^ 



haec traditde Sandaracha. Vircs cocfluraraq^ t2k{dc Auripigmcnto habet.Refina exccpta capil- Sandara<Jb» 



lidefluuiafanat.Cumpicefcabrospenitungucs, pediculofisexoleoprodeft^panoscumadt- uires 



pe difcutit. Narfu 8C oris ulccribus accomodata eft , 6^ cii Rofaceo caetcris puftuhs 6c condylo-* 



matis.Dat&rcontrapurulenrasexcreariones cummulfo^&contrauctercruifimjCU rcfina it\-^ ^ 



cenditurperfiftuIauaporeciusinosartracfto.Voccpurgat cum mcUclinifla, 6^fufpiriofis cii 



fefinadeuoranEadcueroinier LarinosPhnius,ubifupra,deSandarachaquoq3fcribit, inqui- 



cns, Valetpurgarejfiftere^excalfacere^pcrrodcre^Suma eius dos ftiptica» fcxplcr alopctias cx a 

 <ctoiUita»AdditurocuIorii medicamctis.Faucespurgatciimellcfumpra . Voccm limpidaSc 

 canorafacit.Sufpiriofis tuflientibufc^iucundemedelcum refina terebinthina in cibo fumpta^ 

 lamiftis ArabudeSandarachaplacitaconferj^S^nihil quod apraedivflispirgncf oflFcndes, Sed 

 ne plus sequo ucrboflor fim,unus Auicefia,qui Lib.z,Cap.(?i7.dc Sandaracha in hanc fenten- 

 tiafcribit,fufficiatjn ipfa eft ftipricitas 5^proprictates retinendifanguinc.Deficcat fiftulas qul 

 documeafuffumigarur. Eiusfiimus prohibetcatarros.Fluxum dcnic^fanguinis 5^ afthma Ocfi^My* 

 humidumfuaexiccarionearcet»Vtunrurealuftatorcs,utdifFicultatcanhclitisnonincurrant^ 

 Qtiare, utflnc tandem faciam, errafic Arabcs uerifimilccft , Sandarachamgummiftatucntcs, 

 cum cx uetcrum decrcto potius lapis fit mctaUicus* 



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^ AccharuantiquorumeftidjquodDiofcor^GalenusacPh^niusdefcribir^fpcciemmcUisefi^ 



dicenreSjfiir ob cam eriam rem de eo inter mellaloquuntur . Diofcoridis aurem harcdc Saccha- 

 ro lib*z.cap.75*funt uerb^ ^ Vocatur 8c quoddam Saccharum , quod mellis genus eft in India , 

 fflicicj; ArabiaconcredJnuenitidinharundinibus concretionefuafahfimile, &:fub denribus 

 inftarfahs confringfrur. Galcniuerolib.^.dcfimpircibus medicamentis^ cap.^r^deSaccharo 

 hxccftfentenriajSvchariiautuocatuexIadiafoeh^cicjiafportatArabiajinharundinibuseon- 

 crctUjcftc^ mcUis fpccics.Haftenus Galeni uerba rccitauimus» Plinius eria lib,tt,cap*s,de Sac- 

 charo fcribcns ^ nihU a fuperioribus uariat , eius h jcc funt ucrba : Saccharon &' Arabia fcrt/ed 

 laudarius India»Eft autem mcl in harundinibus coUedum , oummium modo candidum^dcn- 



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tibus fra<Tile. Amplifiimu nucis auellan^ magnirudine,ad medicinx tantii ufum.His quoc^ fub 

 fcribit Alexander Aphrodif?us Iib.z*problem*r4^itainquicns*QuodSaccarIndi appcUant, 

 cneUiscoaguIumcft^folecogenterores^conucrrcntccj^admcilisdulcedinem^quodidcm mon- 

 tc eria Libano fieri ccrtum cftrfit Saccar id proximu falis gkbulis candidii , firagilc^uim id quo- 

 cjj tergendi purgandic^ meUi fimilc habct» Saccharon uero hocantiquorii nihil differre a fale la 

 do in primisoftcndit Archigenes^anriquifllmus medicin^ profefibr,quiidIndiciifaL\&harua 

 d!ncumeluocauit,PaulusirideAcginctaIib.z»SaccharufaleIndiinominat»aitenim»EtfaIIndi 



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quoqp*4*vJanon.capite 

 abrridisdeportatur,coIorefalis,duIcedinemeUis*CurautcSaccharu falclndu nominarint, 



nulla afia caufla cft^qua quodfua concrerione fali fimile fit,candoremcJ: acfriabilcin co ^iccii^.^ 

 tem^Sircudiluiturhumorcaliquo^liquefaflrionem-^qufinlalefunt^unahacfimilitudincoften^ ^ 

 dat.Dic%lcftiS^hbcSaccharigenus^qdexlndiafcelicicf Arabiaportabat.Candu^ nimia^^ 

 folis excandefccntia muItiiobduruerat,EftautefalIndus/euSaccharuCandum,ah'ud aZuc 

 charo noftro Candi atqucTaberzeth^Nam Zuccharum Taberzeth noftro rempore non por- 

 taturcxIndia/edexZuccharonofiTOquarcruclquinquiescxcoiSo^luceUimaioriscorradendi 



graria,Tcplafiari] Veneri facere didicerunt : harundincs quoc^ immittentcs , fupra quas uidcri MfH' ^^^ 



utnauicx Orienrahbus reaionibus inuc(ftun\ 



poflirconglobarum : & gofapio inuoIuentes^tnaui< 



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