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 „rumqLic animalium , diftindo coctu , compertiim Iiabemus du- 

 „dum. Exilltas quoquc ccrporis huic fyftcmati nihil addit vcrita- 

 „tis , acque vcrifimilitudinis nihil adlmit: multa cnim dantur aqua- 

 „ti]ium , tcrrcrtrium , volatilium , gencra, tcncritudinc &: incrc- 

 5, mcnrohircc animalculis paria j quin imo millcnaaliquot millia, 

 3, iplis millics minora , varixquc figutcT , quoridie , in ipfa aqua 

 „ pluviali, natanua , invcniuntur i rogo aurcm pra^dido examini 

 „re quoque tradas fcrio. Expcrior [ ut tu mccum ccmmunicare 

 „voIoilli] quoquc ingcntcm acervum particularum fupramcmo- 

 ,, ratarum ovlformium , ubiquc locorum j quo animalculorum 

 „ horum foetus inveniuntur, in liquorc, bilc ncmpe obfcura, cui 

 „innarant, apparcrci hafcc autcm ad unam omncs [licet minu- 

 „tiLlimxfmt] unius ejusdcmquc efle figurx , ac pelluciditatis. 



„Cauda, potius pars infima , etli cum toto convcniat corpore, 

 5, omnibus tamcn cjus partibus cxtcrioribus tcnerior cll:, rudiori 

 „ quippc conradu frangirur adutum. 



„ Loca quibus , in hunc ufque dicm , animalcula harc invenire 

 „tnntrKn potui , v.ifa , dutlus, reccptaculaque bili infcrvicrtia 

 j, funt; major autem eorum numerus in dudibus cholodochis ni- 

 „dificat, qui, hoc in ftatu , ubivis, extra normam vero &c ma- 

 „ joribus protubcrantiis, fpiris , anfradibus , cellulis, quarum ca- 

 „ vitatum diameter pollicis & dimidii latitudincmfa^pius ad.rquar, 

 „ emincnt , traclu , quo hxc animalcula coaccrvaiim congcfta re- 

 „pcriuntur; funtque hxc loculamenta cartil^giDis inftardura: in 

 „dudibus cholodochis minoribus , jacent {ecundum vafbrum 

 „Iongicudincm , triplici quadruplicique volvulo complicata : hac 

 ),facic mulros autumo fijifte dcccptos , atqne proindc animalcula 

 „h^c dcfcripfifTe, ut in longum exporreclos , rotundofque ver- 

 „ mes i verum etfi ardifilme complicentur , expanduntur atta- 

 „men, etiam poft mortem , tepidse immilTa , fecundum eorum 

 „difpofiuonem vcram facilc , aft mutantur iiidemcolorc, ideft 

 „albcfcunt ftaiim. 



„AnimakuIa hxc rari/fimcinhepate inveniuntur; nifi hoc vif- 

 5, cus, tumoribus uiceribufquc infeftetur. Sive autem multa, fivc pau- 

 „ca, magaa , five parva, numcro, &:corpore, exifterent , nun- 



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