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540 THEOPH. DE CAVSIS 



fatis gcrmcn cclcrias clicitpNam 3t tcpor ipfe non parnm con- 

 fcrt adpr«coqacm geririinationcm.Argamentnm hoc qDoque 

 cu{dcntifsimum,^aod fi quis hybcrno tcmporc fcmina cucnmc 

 r^s feratin calarhis,rigctq; aquatcpida,& foli cxponat, & igni 



admoucat, ac poftca cu rcmpas fcmlnandi fucrir, totos cophi- 

 nos dcmittat in terra,prarcoqacs admodam facict-Et ha:c prxdi 

 £tas caofasfortiuntnr. Figuram autcm,A fpecicmfua apium 

 Tnutar,fifatam concalcctar,cylindroq; fapcrluuolatocoercca 

 tar.Fitctcnimcrilpam,quoniamincrcmcntam tranfirc facilc 

 Deqae3t.& vafis qaoqae,in qoopofirum farrir fpcciem imita-^^ 

 tar.-quodpropterca cuenit)qaianotrimcntum,CDm prohihc- 

 tar,arcctarq; i vafc circamucnicntc,fcrtar ad id quod adaocef, 

 libcrtatcmq; pcrmcandi conccdit:fit cnim vclut rieali cuiufda 

 deduftioJtaqaefpccicm vafis ambicntis capeffit. Eoenxthoc 

 idrmqaodammodo&gcncrianhnalium in magnitudine,par- 

 Uitate,brcuirate,&longttadine.QmppciI]aformata iam fuotj 



ha:c vcro cam gencrcntar^formam rccipiant. Quaproprcr cu 

 apiam transfcrrc oportct,palam dcfigcrc tantum prajcipiunt 

 qaar.tam apiom cfFiccrc hbcat. Radix cnim totam locum hnpU' 

 rcfaciUpoteft. ^^ 



Qmhns ritttonihut & raMcfSi&germina augcn ccntingah 

 Ct^rq; fcilU^hntifcoile tnferta mehu^ueniant. Ct^rite 

 infico rutamferant.QH^mq; oh cattfam cini^rdatctims 

 CQngerat0r^eminaq; tnHohant fiercere.Qu^ exfemim 

 nihii^sccrfhilioraidnlcioraq;€Ha(lant, T^im c^UiidetTa'' 

 £hene immutents^r» V^put V 1 1- 



HVic proxima qoodamodo cft in mitigandfs arboribos ra 

 dxum aa£tio.Cam cnim tranfircliber^pofsfnt,alimetiq; 

 obrincrccopia,ampljastuminlongirudinc,tamin crafsitadi-. 

 nc augefcaiit. Mccno & qai fcmina plurainlinteolo colligata J 

 fcrucrit^radiccs & germina faciat ampliora.Qaamobrem lcrc 

 reqa3cdahacratioiicconracuerunt,ccuporrum»apin^atq>alia 



quxda.Plusenim valent,qaxplura,atq;ex his omnibus nata- 

 TZ vna cofiftit.At fant,qax vi tcporis,quofcrantar, diucrfam 

 fpeciem capiant, ceu rapa, fi qais protinus ab arcafcrit^ampja 

 cfFiciturtquod idco fir,quia plenios radicatur,dilafaturquc am 

 plius- Mclioracoadut.&qns Icntifco, aotfci]lxinfcrtatcrr.r 

 mandarorhabctcfcnim vtraq; humore, calorcq; aliqac, & nt 



velur infino quxdamOmnino quicquid in alioferi pofsit,mc 

 lias rrddirur,cea ruta in fico.ficcnlm optima poiTc ficri crcdl- 



tar.Cortici infixa fcrcrc.& tcrra occultarcconfocacrr 



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