1^4 THEOPHRASTt DE CAVSIS 



tc pabnlu attrahere pofsit.Quippc harc omnia cu ad copiam all 

 mentUtam ad facalratcco<jocdinimiram acfiaaant:qaaproptcr 

 foUjs quoqi fradam intcgerefolcnt.Cuitaq;tegminc3& aqaa 

 qaoad fatts firpotiantarjxtijtcncriq^vtdcbcntjrcddantar* Ec 

 dc vitibos di£lu f atis iam fif - Omniu antem maximc rcs pccalla 

 ris intcr corasagriculroru fal cfic vidctur, quod radicibus pal- 

 maju accumal3mr.Na& ad gcrminanduA: frai^ificandu pcr- 

 utilis eft.Mcdicadicnim,tutandiqjrationcfi cinfraodi qaicqca 

 adhibcatar,nunimc miru,vt cinis fico,& ruta;:facit ctcnim ficci 

 ratc foa^vt radiccs ncqj vcrme,ncq;putrcdinc fcntiant.DcfalciO 

 vero aat falfagincjqua adhiberc confceucrutCalij cnim faJiagi- 

 nc,alijfalcvtanturjfimplcx ratiorcddipotcft,qaod palmaelo- 

 ca falfaplurimu concupifcant:& argamcntu^qood vbi palma- 

 rum copia cft,ioiu talc fpc£iatur,vtin Africa,Syria , atq; alijs 

 traftibns Quofit,vbifalfogononfit,opcproximafalis iubac- 

 niat. V crfi hacc ratio comoni vtiq> iurc dici dc omniUis potcft» 

 qose loca qaacrnntdiacrfa,initio a primis.fummisq; gcncribas 

 fumptOjVC aqQatilibas tcrrcftribas,difFcrcntijsq; coru, Singn- 

 Ikscnim locaaptifsimanatora dcdiiTc ccrtu cft , vt&animall- 

 bas:qaippc qa;rftio & ratio cade cft ■ Cxtcrum fi qold dc his^* 

 qaoq; propriu cxponcndum fit,in folo atq; radicibus qu^rcda 

 caafa cft.Hxc cnim qaalitate qoada cx falc afFiciuntnr.Enimnc 

 rdfolu Icac,foIatamq; rcdditar,radiccs vcgctiorcs^crafsiorcsq; 

 fiant:qoippccampIospaballtrahant^aiba/dapatcfa<ftismca- 



tibas:atq;ctiamcaafarcfrigerationis,qaodftctcusproptcr/au 



calorccfficcrcminimcpotcft.Palmacnim quanqaamaeiccir- 

 canfafamcalidumqu«rat,vtffuflusmatnrciccrcpofsit,tamcn 



adic^us rcfrigcrarl ob ficcitatcm dcfidcrat,qoo3d fal fobmini- 

 ilrac . Qoamobrcm apod Babyloniosfalis vfas , non ftercoris 

 cft.Caalam vcro,qaa fal palmac tantummodoprodeft ,natorx 

 proprietatiimpatariparcft.Materiescnfm radiccsq; cios sr- 



boris plurimam i cartcris diftantrqnaproptcr falc rcmoriaf,aIi- 

 mcntum vbcrius trahant,qao & fibi iatisfaccrc,& arborcm to- 

 tam augcrc facil c pofsint, 



S^lnejhia cult^ mttefcer^y^ ^e palmattcrum acie chU 

 turaamygdciUrum. Cafut XXllU 



Acit ctia calras tcrra?, vt omnium radiccs validiorcs rccca- 

 rar» Hinccnimnonnullacxfylucftnum ni-mcro in vrba- 

 uom habitum tranfcunt. Et ftcrcus quoquc vchcmcntifsijnom 

 hocidcpotcftcfficcre,vtfcce3pcIIiu,& vrina qaod ftcrcorsn- 

 digcnasmyrtisftatuirar. Huiufccmodi quippc ftcrcus fobjrc 



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