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Mpelos leuce,lioc cft, Virfs alba^quar &' Bryonia S' Dryonfas aColumclla,6^ MaJon ab pu [| ., f . . 



'aliciUjbusMocat,EchedorisabHjppocrare,Mclothron(utputar)aTiKo^i].raflo,iiicorona/ * * 

 foJio admiira, Qindam Ptilothru diVuhtrquia pcUcs confici huius acinis,QUenudmodu <^ La 



brufcae pofllnt.Huius farmenra,Iong{s & cxilibus intcrnodij.s gcnicufata fcandat.Folia pam^ 

 pinofa,ad magnitudincm Hederaediuiduntur^ut Vitium, Radix aIba,gradis,Raphano tittiL 

 lis. Semen in uuaj^raris acinis dcperKiet,fucco rubcntc.poftea crocino . Succus hadids colli«W 



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Vod potcrat a lcgcnbus in fcriptoris huiiis Bryonia dcfyderari,quos fcilicct naulcs Iil 



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beat,iSrquibuslocisinucnicdafit,C6lumcllaRomariusfcrjp 

 pleuitdiccns » Quxq; tu;is auda^timitatur NylTe uites ^ Ncc mctuic fcrttes; nam ucpribus im 

 probafurgens Achradas , indomiraft^^ Bryonias alligat ulmos . Bacchi uiribus fimilcm,&' ia 

 fppibus fpinas^&^aculeatos frutices alligantcm dcfcribensrqujetora ferccft candidseinhoii 



fcriptoreBryonid^hiftoria.MonuitilludobitcreriamRomanusillcauftor, confucuiflc 



res ob quotidianum & multiplicem cius ad uitaE-rcmedia ufum/ylucflrcm alioquin ftirpem in 



horrisconfcrcre:nceogcrcnturinculdslocis,5£finrcrfcpesquxrerc^quodnoninniorbistantu 

 ucilc cnTct/cdin fanitatis ufu limplex^Sc: falefcruatum ctiam pbccrct. Quod hicprimum indi^ 



cat^diccnscomcdi e terraprimumprodcunrcs Bryoniarafjiarngos» Moxctiam in primo Pail 



!usAcgincradeomnibusafparagisagcns*EtintcrlannosColumclIalib. i^capftc.r.mulca-. 

 rumherbarumcumfloribus <Sc coliculisfuiscondicuraindoccns. Quxomnia apoftcriori-* 

 bus ncglcvfla, dubium nobis modo utriufiipBryoniacnomcn &:h!ftoriam faciunt. Cumtamc 

 nihil ubiq; notfus , *S:medicinaetia noftri tcmporis^barbaris uocibus in his utcnSjCOgnita re, 

 Bryoniam nonfaciscognofcit, LaudauitmagnopercBryoniaeafparagos quo diximusloco 



PauluS AcginetahiS UCrbis, n^ ot kno w ^j>*/»!r?«r hxad^xyoi X^sl^ocy^ct ^ tcfti J[i9\jfH7ikt\ oXi/o T/«- 



foiJil TTfcTTQ^ei JIX juScXXoy T^i^ffviT/ T«y airo t5v x«)^avwT ♦ fcgcrateoloco is fcriptordehis^ qui nuc 

 priiianm.a/paragidicuntunmoxcafubiccic. EcBryoniarafparagiftomachoquidemac^^ 

 dacifunr,6(furinanld<fnt: parutli tamcn nutriunt: &'ficumconcocjuunfur,olcruiitafparagrs 

 in nurricndo cfficaciores (inc.Quodtocum adfanicacis ufumperrinec, Nam in mcdicinapro:- 

 tfrhas aliseabeodcm in fcxto uires ucricj:Bryoni3cail7gnantur.Omncs ranicn exhocfcripto- 



reaccscpcae^inquibusminuscfTicacemcandidanigramjdiequamoxdicctur^tradir, Nccaliud 

 in rcmcdiorij ulu difcrimcinter eas tradidit.Quibus aut rtoris &'parribu? intcvfe diffcrant^fa-* 

 cilc erft cx fcriptoris huius hiftoria cognofcere : pr^-fcrrimcji ex foliorum figura, &f fruAus co- 

 Ipre. Sunc enimin aibafariuaeuiafimiliafolia, pilofioraramcn : in ni^ra hederae, priiiatimcg 

 Smilaci : fruclus in utrac^quidem acinofus , fcd \n caridida '7rv//#V rufFus fdlicet,in nigra anttf 

 macuricaccmuiridis,cum macuruicnigcr.Habctnigractiaradicis cercas nocasabhocfcriptO- 

 rc craditas , quibus facillime difcerni ab alia pofljt» Non erit,ut diximus^difFicile in fepibus ^$t 

 intcr frucecaquvTenribus utramcj;Bryoniamdcprehcnderc; ubic^ cnim nafcuntur:&f cum dc- 

 prehcndcricaliquis, fi uoluericantiquorum cxcmplo carijafparagjs in fanicareutipotcrit: iln 

 minus,mcdicinxfcruare. NumerauitPlinius. u, uoluminecapire. 2. Bryoniiealbxeafdcm 

 huicfcriptoriappcllari6nesOphioftaphylcm,Mclothrum,Pfilothrum,Archezoflim,Cedrd 



ftim,&:Nadon. Verum ultima hxcDiof. nullaefl: nifiquaeineo ChcIidionIegifur,Nadoa 

 legi dcbueric : aut ediuerfo lcgi in Plinio oporteat. Omnium huiufcemodi nullafaris ccrta orf 

 goefi::procterq^Pfilochri,quxadepilandiscorr]s,quemufumhabcntacini cius,fa<ftacfl. Ejc 

 ^uopocuitetiani6c' Mclothronfieri^Siquidcgraed jj^nUBfa dixerunt AftMM*" & tnxw^^Trif^ccrct^ 

 ideft,coloruminfecliones Sfconcinnarioncs. QiiodcorijsforceexBryoniapalbaefrucru acc^ , 

 derec. Sedin hoc fcriptoreper, 6),MeIorhri3n,in illis per, 0, fcribitur . Potuiteriam Ophiofta- r 

 phylcdici,quafTanguina uua. Ideriim ea uoxgr^cis indicat. In fcpibus enim uirigineo (olio^ 

 ^ adnofo frUifTu nafcitur: in quibus 8^ angues plaerumcj lacent : quafi crcdidcrin t aliqui^ut e?tf 

 fariuisuitibus uu2ehominidebcntur,ftcangaibus naturaillas eolocoferuaucriu 



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Igra Vitis quam atiqui nigra Bryoniam uocat,alij Ghironion Ihk ckn ti^nt 

 \ ampclon,ali5 Bucranion,Romani Oblamcniam,alii Britanu:^ 



tem^alij Betifalam,DadPmdclam,ali] Pcgriiiam,AphriLauothen, 



