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■:urin pUntUfdporcs omn€t,pr<tter/alfUm,^e£i€ntm 

 THtn.qMare falfttgo aliqMbus pldnlis aliquatenM ac 



cidat,amaritHdo urro ali^nibiu pUntarum partibut. 



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Vm aatem/ap 

 piam,qoamobrcm cxtcri 



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ncs in plantis,& frnaibus fic 



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ficripotcft Nihilcnimin gencrcplantarumfalfam percipitar^ 

 fcilicct ita vi in Ic talcm lortiatur (aporcm. Sunt cnim qaoru 

 fammam partcm duntaxat lalfugo qusedam obdacit vt ciccr. jo 

 Caura,qaodfallumnullam alimoniam.nollam gcncratlonem 

 praftarc potcft . Argamcntam,qaod nihilpcnc locis ciofmodi 

 gignitur Vircs cnim illud crodit,ac cximit, vt facultas gcnera- 

 di vctetar.Qaod igitar cstcris.nc gcncrcnturcaufx fit,id ccr- 

 tc neq; cx fc qoicquam crcarc poffe,ratio cft. Nam & ca,qux «n 

 mari nafaintar,non finc dolcedinc,aat aliquacstcrorum fapo 

 ramqaalitatcproacniant,atq;confiftant: vtpifccs,* rchqDU 

 animalium gcnas,qaod mari verfatur.Ergo caufam i»vniacr- 



fnm hanc opinari dignias eft.lllud cnim cx quo futaru aliquid 

 fu,commut3bi]ccnc,neceffccft:falfumafficincquit,atq;inco.,o 



matabilc eft:qoamobrem neq; perfcaum quicquam , ncq, aiu 

 qaid vllo pado gcncrari cx co potcft . Omnino in jinga"^ ' oc 

 confcqui foIit.s,illad ctiam confcntlrc apparcat: vt fo],& calor, 

 qoia in omnibashumorcm leaifsimam,atq; ad alcndum aptusi 

 mam atffahitrfalfas,qaianatarap5dcrofas,minimeq;Cibo lao 

 n. • ii^k^o,jr»r xAAr.nnnAnnlUm nntrcdincm,nai- 



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ita fint,aacrfam p.nitu. i plantis cffc qualitatem cius iaporis 

 ncceffc eft.Ad h.TC,quonlam genos plantarom "°"^'Y/';„ J 

 trcmcntorum cgerendorum obtincat,nihil attrahat cibi , qac 3 

 minnsaIcrepofs.t,venfimilecft.Qoippccgcftioncmqooq;»^- 



lias aliqaam labfcqui oportcrct .non lolis V* P^°°°J"'» "/„ . 

 famma crumpcrc.Lata enim vb.qi,n agraq; affcrnhamoribus^ 



lncomplcxatamcn,tnconglatinaraq,. Dcmocrito pl^^"'^ ,^ 

 nuUam adfit fcalcnum,Icd angulos omnia imitcntur.lixciip 

 taram vctcntpcrmift.oncm,licct animadacrtcrc.De ms » 



tmx In vniucrfum pr ius cxpofita funf,qa«ret fanc «''J"'"'^ 

 ^ r ,r _ . _!/-. -..-Lk„,r^. .,i}n„;hns laicaf.NamH in- 



obrem laHug.i innaic(,aat lODnaicj 41.qu.uu, '";"- v „^5^- 

 trinfccas fif,aliraento,natarxqj conucnirchaad «incrc 

 nietur:fcd fi extrinfccas vcniat,& hoc qaidcm mious, qux ^^ 



dam itcm vndcat^; cx qao. Aot cnim cx acrc, aoi ci v i' 



