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^jS THEOPHKASTI DE CAVSlS 



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trom inljciant,hoc icfcm conantar cfFiccrc: vcrontamen no pti 

 dcm incipiant.Natura vcro iampridcni orfa,paolarin.^; profc 

 qaens,talcm rcddidcrat.Quaproptcrnccidaocr/uma xarlonc 

 .cft,vtCircafoltiftium,aurcirca fydas,nohnufqoamd' omnino 

 per seftatcm mcliorcfcat, vt apod ErctrJam. Tom cnjfm falfogo 

 "acrias agir,caincitq;,vtpotc cum ca ipfa largior fit,hamor au- 

 tcmcontraitior.In Aegyptoqaoq;,&]ocis ciafmodi omnibusj 

 -optimam ficrl ratio cft.Scd hacc larins fortaflc adiccimus,S alfo 

 go autcm fiac^ radicibas trahatur,fiae4 fohs ardorc adfcmma 

 docatnr^ncutra fant ratione immobih'5 cfTc pofsit in tcrra^qoa^^ 

 «!crcdifparareinccpimas.S*d dchis faris. 



^l^tifkpores hHtnidi^jlcciHe intcUigantur. Q^o^q; uinum 

 tx horieo triticone conficiatur, Car item odores non cx to^ 

 tiiplantUi/cde pdrtiljna quibufdam redddntur ^ QModcj; 

 fdporis^dHt odortsjHauitifS aliquorum inftt radicibti^ . £t 

 qnod tanqudm ucntrcs plantarum pnt radices, Q^art (tt4 

 •blanta qH.^dampingU€ii}7€,ut animaliajuffoccntur, 



CapHt XV. 



Llnd aotcm hnmidumnc,an ficcum potius, fingah's fapornm 

 gencrihos datuin fir^dcclarandom nanc cft; vrpotc ad faporu %% 



naturam accommodatiisimum prorfus Acatos & aaftcrus, ha- 

 midiratispotiuscfrcvidctur.quim ficcifatis.Contraaeris,dal 

 Gisq;,ficc!tatispotias,qaimhamiditatJS.Et quidcm humorcs 



cunicraircfcant,dalciorcsrcddanrar:ni forct hsec pro ninilo 

 fintpatanda.IIludqjmelius dici pofsit,omncscx vtraqjrc^hoc 



ft hamiditatc,ficcit3tcq;confifterc:quanquim carfi aherama-^ 

 tcriam magis rcprarfcntct.QmK! fi ita cft^omnel eadcm ori^- 

 ncprodeut,omnesq; in ficcirare pofiti funt, ficot di£lu iam cft: 

 fcdalios fuccocxprcfib,dc iedc iua educimas,vt vaarum, * o- 

 liaarom:alios aqua etiam modica infufa exccrnimus, vt nocu, j« 

 & ficuom,Nonnullo> dimouendo cx propria natora , pntrcta- 

 ciendoq; lcuitcr,porari habilcs facjunt,vt qoi vinum cx hordco 

 tritic6vcconficianr,aatqood zctham Aegyptasappellatrquo- 

 tum omniomprincipiajVircsq; naturae conueniunt : qo«: vcrO 



Vtendi caufa fiant,hxc folerti;^ potius,!ngenioq; hominis tn- 



bocndam.Scdqa^arsj^^^ingcnjomfacidt^ipfapcrfccxifthna- 



rcdignias cft.Saporumaatcm naforalium afFcdioncSjgcncra- 



tioncsq;,pr«diaishisr3rionibas contcniplari ccrt^ oportct- 



His igitor pofiris.cxploratisq; .dubitaucrit qulfpiam > J^)^^^'* 



q; cor non partibus csfdcm omnium fapor > aot odor ^*^'°^' 

 fcd aliorom parte fupcriorc,aliorum infcriorc, ac circa radic<^ 



