LATORVM LVMBRICORVM. Cap. xllL 315 

 ^fortc in propinquo crat, cuiurquc ipfa uIlHTI olim fuipcclum ha- 

 „bcbar, dclil^arc audacius ca?plc , &: , ne confilium rcmcricati 

 j^dccfTe vidcictur , ruinofis dcniium cavis, petulanii lingua , in* 

 jjfcrcre. Hcu : ubi mcdicam"nis , inconfukd afTumpci , pocnam 

 „cxpcdabac, augmcntum doloris, divcifa accidcrunt j nam,vix 

 „ horx momcntum , cum doiorc fc remittcnte , notat intolcran- 

 „ dam in h'ngux fummo prurigincm , quam , ut a fluore acri falfo 

 „oriri crcdidic, tentata manu mcdcla, rcpcrit tandcm volubilcs 

 „ padim vcrmiculos , numcro quinque, maculofo livorc frontem 

 „iignatos, pedatos,&:, fi arciculorum excipias fcricm , pedicu- 

 „ lis planioribusnon dilHmilcs/ Acccrfi me protinus jubcc, mon- 

 „ ftrorum tam exilium foi tulca domltrix i at , vix intravcram ardes, 

 „CLimilla, gaudio pcrfufa, atque a doloribus immunis, tum lu- 

 „fum natura: mirabilcm , tum vilis rcmcdii rari/limum fucccffum, 

 „ ftupenti explicat. Poflquam autem nudam aciem , tandem etiam 

 „armatam pcrrpiclllo, admovcre cccpi, noravi vcrmiculos illos 

 „ non illcpidc figuracos , mulcb faltcm concinniores quamquos, 

 „in ovium hcpace, quotidlana compcrit expcricntia, vuigufquo 

 „Lanionum, in Icalia, BtjcioU vocat , nuper a curiofifTimo Fran- 

 „cifcoRcdi, dcpidos, libro 6c Injeciis. Illi vero vcrmiculi , quo 

 „ovo, fcmine , aut putrcdinc, enati ? Figuratum ibi rotundulum- 

 „ que hxfiile corpus, quod ovum vocam-.is, nc quidquam credas; 

 j, fed vcrb fupcrftitis cfca: ramenta , fcminio antc aliquo , auC 

 „ ovulo , animata, in planum candcm abfolucumque animal cxcre- 

 „ viirc , minus cclam probabilc. Num forte ex fcorbutico den- 

 „tium tartaro , fpiricus , Arch.ri, vel Idcx , unde uodc rapta^ , 

 „acccrru , vivaces ampullat.rque vermium veficula: , tandem etiam 

 ^r^ftraca: , pcdatarquc cmerfcrint, (<« j alii deccrnanr. Jam autem, 

 jjUtadcfTe viva^ mobilefque animantes confter, quomodo tantum 

 „ crcavcrint dolorcm 1 Utrum fugcndo , trahcndoque , hirudinum 

 „ inftar , nam fudionis fenfiirc (c fpecicm a:gfa fignificabat ? An ve- 

 „r6 mordendo aut veilicando, fibrillarum nervcarum , qua cxefx 

 „cavitacisfornici impendcnt, cxcrcma, fi ulla vis denticulorum in 

 :j,^tanta exilitate fingi potcfl? An denique , icpcndo , feu mem- 



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