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 ras la noftro orbe nafd,ob cccli temperiem,<Si: moUiorem Coli natura . Id tamen non crcdcre fc 

 Galcnus ait.Omncs contra Aphric3e,pcculiarc hoc naturae malu pOtius, qp animal cfie ceftarf 

 fimi.lidem nonfacis ccrtegenus &:forma Viperaedefcripferunc.alijs Dipfadem: alqs Pr;eftc- 



rcm,alrjs aliud genus 5<:nomen Vipera? afllgnacibus:alijs hac forma,alijs ilh dcfcribcntibusr 



Longiimiit,iiStrabonis,Galcni,dufdcmfcriptorishuius,multoriicjaliorumdi<ftahocIoc(i 

 congcircrimuSj&praetcrlongitudincfuperUacuum ctia: cum ance nos pluraex his Barbarus 



inCorolIariofuorecuIeric, qifaepoceruncuolences ab eoinceiiigere. Nos propoficu noftrum 



Sigmtes^exitcterum Graecomdccretis prt'mumonebimus,calido llcco c^ palam ccmpcramen 



to c(Ce Viperiiias carnes,tocumq^ corpus pcr cucempurgare : ideoc^ ab clcphancijs fufs , folo 



hoc cibo,mulcos ad fanitatc reftituros fuiiIc!jCeftatus libro fcxco Paulus Accrineca cil.Nci mi- 



nus libro 4.quo loco de mali illius curacione agens, Viperinis carnibus uti iubet: ScRRt earii 



copia,nihil aeque in cibo prodeiTc teil-atur.Iubet praetcrca , cofecflo uipcrinis carnibua falc illo, 



dequo pauloante di>fium eft, paricer uti, ncc minus prodcire. Q.uem ille Thcrlacii ideo uocac, 



q? w ToJ ffyfli/^idertjUenenaco^&rferpentehocanimaliconfcdusfueric.Idemconcra ftrumas 

 codcm Diofcoridi,auc non diffimili rcmedio pugnat.Hic Viperae carnibus ftrumarum incre^ 

 menta fifti ait:Illc noii uip eram, fed quem Grxci offv uo can t , luber in EAile gypfo circiili turfl 

 fonijci,(S^in fornace cremarf : rum addico fceno grxco^ mellefubigi: eac^ ra.tione liti . o^/v au- 

 tetn incelligerc oporccc,quc nos Anguem dictmus ommbus notGf. Vtitur medicamcto cria cx 

 afpidibus cofeao.Ex quibus cogicaul a rtobis aliquado eii, no adeo diiferre Viperas ab Afpi 

 dibus.Sirnoitrates Angues no diirirailes pcnifils uires habcrepoITeiquodcj^in Africanis lauda 

 tur,&alrjsantefertiiccitateregionis,5(:cceUtempcramcc6fferi. lubetdeindeinpraeparadisad 

 covflura Vipcris , decrahi primii peilem, mox capuc 6c cauda ampucari: quia minus, auc riihil 

 carais harpartes habent. In qua amputanone danat, fabulofumc^ e(Ce dicit, quod quida prse- 

 ceperunc,certa aliqua menfura aUfereridas Vipcrae partes illas cHe. Qiiod ramc antiqui ocs te 

 iwa funcjcamq? digitorii quatuor fore dcfcreuerixt.Piinius lib.jp. cap.j-. cuius h^c uerbaiunc : 

 Qiiatuar digfroriimenfura iitrinc^ prairdfa » Paulus Aeginera prinfio quarti uoluminis capirc 



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 *ia cc(latur,5^ q? certa mertfura amputadae ill^ paitcs {jrit. Caufsa ^rh amputari< 

 hisparcibuscaro,5^obidinurilicas,coieAura9facisadmenfuraell:ideoq; 6c 



cgmeca quacuor fere digicorij dixic,qui pcr Iaticudinc,& utiri manu k comixxgv] 

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"ius,tuac in frufla dilTeda coqui oporcere: rtullo alio fenfu,cp uc 0gnificccur,opdrcere Viper3 

 cu5|cerari,dctraclifcp intcraneis omnibus tuccoquCndadre.PCrfuadcmurcp in cofaciI^,q?hic' 

 ^eiilus a rd neceifitacc non abhorret^q?qi intcgra adhuc Icc^io in aliquibus haec eft, 8c q? Plini-^ 

 "^eodcmlocoaitjOrcmprisincerancisdifcoquiinaquajaucoleOj^fc.&prseccr Pliniu Paulus 



^cginecacodeloco.Cuiushxcuerbafunc: a^*;yi^ivT«/ J(\ TavivToVjiSfc^Qiiodeft^ablaris 

 faaeis,quorunullaficridecraci:io,nifiaperca5^dilacacainfcrioref*arrepoceracjdeoc^ nos,rc! 

 «ilocura,excpds incerancis coqui Viperadixinius.Addiderirchuiccosfturc-raliqui^q a D/o 

 ^^"l^^Ofi dicunt,ruta,5c' porru.Neq? ab re fucric,fufpicari iri toc rerucenfu,poruiire librario- 



^^«ncuriaperire,autamboh3ec,autcoruaIterri.DubitanduiIIiceria,quoIocoDfofcori, aic 

 ^'>pcdicuIos gignerc qui uiperinis carnibus,3utcaru iure uefcant,fieri ne id.an contra notv 



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