LATORUM LUMBR.ICORUM Cap. ri L 119 

 limiic 5 conlcicucns, T;cnia dicatur, ut prima (\cgemifta, per n)e lir: 

 ccc. 



Hfs pracmiifis , Tarnia ilta quomodo ab eodcm Splgelio defctf- 

 batui jam vidcndum : [-a) Tignrarn huji^s ammalis inquit ipfe , nobii 

 fstis ujdicarunt Veteres ^ ipfa jolo nomine Tanid^qttod ei commodijfinf}: 

 tmpojnerM/Jt ; jiqttidcm albas linc^s fafctas qutbt^s infantes communiter 

 tnvolvttntur ^ m Italia^ (jr altts pUrUqtte EttropA rcgi^nibui ^ plurimi^ 

 ii»fis,pcr tranfvcrfum y xq/talt inlerva/ia ^ infignitis ^ ^xfi&g^^jjypiijVfl 

 It/n crajiioris tntexto^ corftantibns , ob mollittem ^ firmiorem deliqattQT 

 nem , tam cxacie refert , ut exiflimem Veteres nomen magis propriurtf^ 

 ijuic imponere non potm\fe c^c. Hinc Spigelius Vctcrum loca, de quj- 

 bus ego (upcrius, qux ad longitudincm lati lumbrici , potifllmurji 

 fpectant, atfcrens , cjus capuc cx Rcccntiorum quorumdam Ob- 

 {crvationibus, & proprla ctiam conjcdura , dercriberc ^ggrcditurj 

 fcd cura hic in fotmam trunci corporis infcdi iftlus inqulram , mlflp 

 capitc , dc quo In (cqucntibus , ad ea nunc tranfibo, qux ad (q- 

 „ lum truncum pcrtlncnr, dc quo lic audor nofter, ibidem; Ab 

 y, cjurniodl capirc puto llatlm corpus plani vcrmis prodlre , prlus 

 „ qiildcm latius &: craluus , arque ii ad aJlquam inligncm longitudi- 

 „ncm accrcvcrit, a hitcribus cnTpum , mox angurtlus , tenuius, 

 „ paucloribus & minoribus brerum crirpltudinibus ,donec paulatlrii 

 „adcam^am deiinac , anguftam &C tcnucm, nuJlis ampJius latcri- 

 „ bus crlipatam. Quandoquldem duas partes longas, ab boc vcrmc 

 „abrupras, vidcrc nobis coniigic , quas, prqtcr alias breviores, 

 „Maria, uxor Cafparis Hclvcti , duabus viclbus, nec codcm. tem- 

 ,, porc, cxcicverar. ( b) Harum una, qua: piius cx ano propcn- 

 1, dcns, ab cjus (brore extrahcbatur , manibus, mox , iniifrnls 

 „ longicudlnis pcrtcfa, unguibus dilaccrabatur, quinquc cublrorurn 

 y, iongitudlnem lupcrabat i &: fincm vcrmls , fcu caudx parrcm, 

 „coiuincns, cui extrcraa caudx pacticula, unum vcl altcrum adliuc 

 ,, pedcra longa, dcerar, fortallis antea ab a'gra , inicla , fponr^ 

 ^abrupta. Hoc inccgrum fruftum , qua parce a vcrme rcccnter 

 „abruptum, dlgltum mlnlmum latum crat , ad caudam paulatin:i 

 „ vcr:cns angullius cvadcbar. Eraccjus iubftantia pcr tptum mol- 



