THEOPHRASTUS 



TO pei' deL<j)v\\ov TO Be (f)V\\o/36\ov. Kapirov Be 

 (frepei, TTO\VV Kal iraaav wpav rrepiKaTaXap 

 yap 6 7'eo? del TOV evov TreTTei Be VTTO 



TOV 8' ci\\ov oo/jiOTepov d(f)atpovcn Kal 

 eaTi Be TO fJLeyeOos I}\LKOV amos, 

 Be 7Tpo/j,aKpo<t a/it"yoaXcoo7^9, vpcoj^a 

 Be avTov TTOLwBes. e%ei Be evTos Kapvov, wcnrep 



\ / -V \ >/ "V\\ 



TO KOKKV/jir)\OV, TTM^V \aTTOV 7TOA,V Kai, fJL 



Tepov Tijv Be adpKa <y\vKelai> o~<j)6Bpa Kal i] 



Kal evTreTTTOV ovBev yap evo)(\ei TTO\V Trpocr- 



tl O f V v ? 1 '?' V 



evpt^ov oe TO oevopov Kai 

 KCU 7r\^6ei TTO\V' 6%ei Be Kal 

 ia"%vpov Kal Ka\bv TTJ otyei /zeXai/, wcnrep o 

 e ov Kal TO, dyd\/jiaTa Kal Ta K\ivia 

 TpaTrefya Kal Ta\\a TO, ToiavTa TTOLOVQ-LV. 

 6 'H Be /3d\avo<$ e%et /nev TTJV TrpoaijyopLav drro 

 TOV KapTTOv' (j)t>\\ov B* avTrj TrapaTrXrjaiov TO) 

 T/}? fivppiwqs 7T\r)V 7rpOfjLr)Kea'Tpov. eo~Ti Be TO 

 BevBpov euTra^e? p,ev Kal ev^eyeOe^, OVK ei 

 Be d\\a Trapeo-Tpa/J,fjievov. TOV Kaprrov Be 

 K\v<f)eo-i xpwvTai ol /jivpe^rol KOTTTOVTCS' 

 ydp %6L TOV Be Kaprrov avTov d^pelov. eaTi Be 

 Kal TW fJieyeOei Kal TTJ oifret TrapaTr\i]crios TW T>}? 



Be Icr^vpov Kal et? aX/Va T6 



Kal ei? T? vavTrrjyia?. 



6 Be Ka\OVJJL6VOV KOVKtCXpopOV eCTTLV 6/jLOLOV TO) 

 TT)V Be O/AOLOTTjTa KaTCL TO CTTeXe^O? 



Kal Ta (j)i>\\a' Bia<pepei Be OTL o pev <j>olvi% 

 Kal aTT\ovv CCTTI, TOVTO Be rrpocrav^rjBev 

 Kal yiveTai BiKpovv, eiTa rrdXiv eKarepov 



conj. R. Const, from G (recondunt) ; 

 UMVAld. 



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