288 STr%jPIVMaduerfamnom. 



coquerepuImeiitoolera,colIedam magnam huius copiam, ratus cfleSr&''' 



kntam,olla:mdidit:IIliver6vtent.reca.pcrunt,amar 



fiat run^-nec porro vorarc potueruat,tu ad Prophetam protinus exc a^^^^^^ 



muItis.farmaadieaapulmentumColoc)mtid%rylucftrcsdulcorauit,cdcndoL^ 

 dasreddidit.-quarcoportuitcfreamariflimas. «"Swcomo. 



Meminimus etiam exaae fphericas,maximum Arancium aat Citrium, voatum k&u 

 miPomum,a?quiparantes,etiamnonnihilvariegatocorticc. 



Vidcas& nonnufquam comprefi&rotunditatis^fubflauicorticis.quarum omniuraei 

 dem vires,& dirus amaror. '^ "uimin«. 



. .-^«pifiimcpurilli^/^eponisoMongieffigie.ouunianrerinuautolorinumequantM 

 ticisdurioris,cxviridiinatro&cincreomaculatifunt. 



CrCV^MER lUterijfjl, 



^ Gal. Concombre fauuagc. 



C ^"i^ Noli me tangcre j& IVHde CHCumher. 



^O N immeriro Cucumerem agreftcm vocarunt hunc,potius quam Afininum aatfvl. 



ueflre:quia omniii huiusgcneris platarum ,fuaptc fpontc iniportunoqjadmodu pro- 



iicntu oriatur circa vrbium mcenia,arcas,<S: flabulorum fimcta, in Icalia,6c Norboncnfi, 



Prouincialique Ga!Iia,vbi vel puciulis notiffimus, qui frudum turgentem vixdum dAu 



digitis ludibundi in faciem inuicc elidunt fcminc,fucc6queperamaro & virofo os oculof- 



<)ue perfundunt, Pvepens 5c humilis, non topiariaeft^tota Cucumeris fatiuiefiigic,mino- 



ribusfoli/Sjmagifquc fcabris, ^ crafiioribuSj cineriti/s, abimo dcnrefruticantiumcauliii 



teneriorum,fucculentorum: quibus CKCunte glhte.poil: florcs luteos, pallefccntes, Cuai- 



mcruli in pcdiculis pcr interualla infunt.pruni infhr oblongi,hifpidi,cincrci,colori$qu4 



damtcnus Papaueris gemmantis glomerulos imitantes.Scniine pullo co!ore,veI cinerco, 



nigricantc,CoIocynthidisnondi"nimili/edininore:radicccrafla,RaphaniautBryonii4- 



liquantum fibrofa. Medulla candida minus quam frud:us,aut foliajirigrata^qusprifertini 



5oIe ficcata,flammis admota,tota deflagrat vrcndo. Vndc primum nobis conieduraluit 



ex y'linio,moncntc etiam Prajc.ptoic accuratiflimi iudicij RondelIctio,E i a t e r i v K 



vcrum cx hac plurima,& pauca ci harrentc muccaginc medullofa, non cxipfisCucumc. 



nilis parnndnm effe. Pcrquam cclebre fuit antiquis Catharticum, vt de Hippocrate « 



Thcophraftoliquet,EIatcrium,quafi dicas cxagitans turbafveciens mediamentmujvew 



mentcr namque fupei ne,inferneq; aluu citabat,pufilla doii, nempe oboli,vel icruF"'^^^- 



miffe, pcr fcvel adiedo falis altero tanto,& ^tibij, quod colorando fatis ellet . /w^- 



tiffimum fuit, la?uc,non afperum,nccponderorum,fcd album,necaridum,veicxu » 



vchcmenteram2rum,&lucernxobieaumfaciIeflagrans.C^arnotsleaonplamaru 



fulto,nonrix:andi,fedco2;nofcendicupido, facileretcguntplane peruiamhuiusio^» 



Thcophrallo & Diofcoridc falebrofi intclleftioncm :cum namq; ex Cucumeruii> m 



cus effluat ndmodam tenuis,viridis,aqueus,iqneq; denfatus ina:qu:ilis, ff^^^^'^,^^^^^\^ 



dus lumini neutiquam flammam ales, pauciTq; annismuciduspiitiiTq^tatujw ^^^.^ 



iiobisfmt,vcI Thcophrarti,vel.Diofcondis Elateriu dici no poffe, ^^^'^^?^^rrl,,,ori\? 



iam quxdiximus, reprobi ind!tia,tum quia nec durat,necflagrat.CiiiareiF P ^^^ 



annis cum in GalliaNorbonenfi paraffcmus Diofcoridis &Thcophraitnn^iJ^"^.'^^^ 



rnusq; paradum multis modis:tande rnaximaCucumerulumcopiamcoJUt, ; , 



mus X quibus fuper cribro incifis, fcminis tufi, & crebrb nianibuspica., med^J^^^^ ^ 



muccjginem Pfilij fimile fubter cribrum tranfmiflam cxcepimu3,Cucumeru ^^^^ 



dcm fucco affufo,& aqux fontan| nonnihil, quo facilius gluten ^'«^'^^^'^^^^jjjeineribni 



iflud partim Soli fubdio cxpofitu nigricanshabuimus,partim vcr6i?»eau , , ^j^-jlc 



cxficcatu,ai bidu,& pulld. Vrrumq; tamcn lucernar admotu -'^^^""'rT^ fuperefU^^' 



bat fua pinguedine:quin ctiam,quale nobis adhuc in mufcolo lonsearicw V ^ 



