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vt aflfolct , y,ce^ct r^ y"^ -ne^cry^nx^W^^) a-jTvis 

 *i/uLOif rvfs 3"£3 XiTraga YaX-t^i^yi !7r3jJ.7T05-:AS(jKis rd (rKcc- 

 cCj);,-, jcnjhn in poriu Cnidio appu/imu< , cf/w/i , vt 

 opinor , /p/<2 </frt naucm deducerct iucumlijfmium pcr 

 tranquilUtatcni. 



Nicomcdcn rcgem accepimui fignum a Cnidiis 

 pctiiflc ca conditionc, vt acs alienuni ciuitatis, 

 quod crat in^cns, diffoiucrct , Cnidio» omnia ma- 

 luillc pcrpeti , qua;n rcgi, quod cupicbat , concc- 

 dcrc. Pofl id CPlin fuit tradudum. Nam \bi Ce- 

 drcnus dc Theodofio M. dixifTct, ^i' i-n[ro\i.y\q fub- 

 iiciuntur de fimiilacris ct ornamentis vrbis : inqui- 

 bus tradjtur, Cnidiam Vencrcm in Laufi palatio, 

 id media vrbe haud procul a foro Conftantini M. 

 erat, fiiitrc collocatam. (i) Anfclmus Bandurius(2) 

 indc Romam , tum Florentiam efrc transportatam 

 allcucrate edidit, (3) nullo ad fidcm tcflimonio. 

 Haec illa Medicea Venus, quam alii vero omncs ad 

 Praxitclci fimulacri cxcmplum facflain contendcrunr. 

 DubitJri non poteft, a tam cxcellenti operecxem- 

 pla efTc ducla. Ita, quae fecundum Venerem prac- 

 cipua in lau.ie fuit iVatua Cupidinis Thelpiaci, eo- 

 dcm auvflore Praxitcle , cum a C. Cacfarc, illo 

 inquam Caligula , Romam cfTct afportata , Meno- 

 dorus Athcnienfisro zQyov t2 WQy.^nihis ;ji.i|j(.b';jLej/05 

 nliam fccit , qiiam Paufanias fcribir, fua actatc a 

 Th.fpicnfibub cuham. (3) Conon Athcnicnfis, La- 



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