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ceflus fpinofos, breuiffimos ct plcrumque bifurcos, 

 excepta feptirnar et prima: Dorfaies habent eosdem 

 proceflfus longos') ad corpus valde oblique pofitos, 

 apice fuo* ad horizontem fpedantes , exceptis dua- 

 bus vltirrvis<r quae' iam redit T ttdine- fua infequente£ 

 lumb&res* aetnuiantur: lumbarep eninr eos-dem ha- 

 bent procefTus- breuioreS) iatos, ad anguium re- 

 c*tum perpendiculariter pofitos. Omnem denique 

 ambiguitatem roliunt proetrTus transuerfi. In ver- 

 tebris> enim" colli tramforati funt pro transmitten- 

 dis vafis cerutcalibusy in dorjo ad apicis latus le- 

 uiter exfulpti et ob cartilaginum veltigia'' laeuigati 

 funt propter appkntatas' vtrintjue' duodecfm codas p 

 in limbis zutQvrrfimplices(nnf r redLr r etpotiflimum 

 acuriv Ne vertebras inuerfim ponas, vrfuperlora 

 refpiciant, qaae deorfum fpectare debebant, fignum 

 peti poteft , partim' a proceiTibus fpinofis , 

 vtpote qwmaximam parteffi ex dnabus* quafy laminis 

 ad anguilim obliquefpecTantibus' co-mpofrtrfunt'jp'ar- 

 tim veroy er quideffi- fecuriflime omnium , a pro- 

 cefTibus {uperionbus inferiotibu&qite',- quMiRis-fuos 

 fuperfkiaksy quibus 1 fe mutlio recipiunrverteBraej 

 ita p-ofrcos- habent,, vr in fuperioYibus extrorfum f 

 in inferioKibus- autem infrorfiim fpeclent; quae qui- 

 dem compages' in fpina : naturaliter adlruc cohae- 

 rente oculos mirifice ddec^ar. EFaec de vcrtebris 

 in genere. Vr veto* quaeuis fpecies figillatim col- 

 iecTa in ordinem reducatur ;' partirn tentando* in- 

 »e.nics, quae fibi proxime- adiacere debeantypar- 



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