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found under ainaracus, esula, yris, gladiolus, glis, ypia, tapsia. Others 

 have not been traced e. g., ' Arduus et strictus. est ad celestia callis.^ 

 In many cases, though the verse is broken, a hexametrical substructure 

 is apparent, as in Tysis. 



If all the quotations ^ have not been discovered it may be pleaded that 

 as many of them have been identified as one person in the intervals of 

 pressing business could hope to find without unduly delaying the publica- 

 tion of the work. 



If it be asked whether any satisfactory account can be given as to the 

 nature of the work, it may be replied that it consists primarily of a series 

 of glosses upon the Antidotarium Nicolai^ expanded by extracts from 

 Simon Januensis, and other similar works. 



In conclusion the editor has to express his thanks to those friends 

 who have rendered him assistance and in especial to Professor Earle, 

 Professor Chandler, and Mr. Mayhew. 



^ The authors quoted are Alexander Trallianus, Avicenna, Constantinus Africanus (Viaticum), 

 Dioscorides, Gaddesden, Galen, Garipontus (Passionarius), Isidore, Johannicius, Laurentius, 

 Martialis Cocus, Oribasius, Palladius, Rases, Rogerus, Serapion, Suetonius, Theodoricus, Theo- 

 phrastus, Ysaac. 



^ ' Nicolaus Salemitanus cujus sunt duo Antidotaria, unum majus, alterum minus, imprimis 

 commendata; et quorum minore passim utuntur pharmacopolae ' (Fabricius, Bib. Grsec. xiii. 348). 



