renmt.Idautem relatiuum quos no uenatores t fed 

 potius Viperas referre Montagnana uifus efl exifli ' 

 malTe t atq^ ideo Ecbidnas / fiue Viperas a Galeno 

 MaraHfos nuncupari,Sed cafu potius § rationetetia 

 errore ducentein ipfam inciditueritatem* Qus,n, 

 a Galeno Echidn^tfiue Vipera: nominantur x funt 

 ueri Serpetes a nobis Maraflr uulgo uocitati x quod 

 nos non temere/aut leui coniecturat fed inexpugna 

 bili argumento conuincimus , Ariftoteles libro de 

 hiftoria animalium primo de Echidna in hunc mo 

 dum dineruit« cxAA,' or ^ev «XX« ^oToKovcns *Q(piKr 

 h' d^i E^x^/J^vflt fio^vov ?caoTflR?<'HoceftutTheodo^ 

 rus uir grasce etlatine doctiflimus efl interpretatust 

 uerum quum cxterx Serpentes oua pariant, Vipera 

 una animal gignitjn tertio quoq? eiufdem libri uo 

 lumie Arifloteles de parru Echidn^E ita fcriptitauit. 

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 519« TTfoV otWhXct <^icx.(po§ctiToi jxtv V«f ocXXa V^V 



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(ToLa-oL £Y ctuTw •ar^wTotrHoceft/ut idem Theodo-' 

 rus tranftulit.Serpetes etiam tam ab his fupradictis 

 ^ a fe differre apertu eft. Vipera animal edit poft^ 

 intra fe oua peperittquum c^tera Serpentium gene 

 ra omnia oua edant in lucem.Quam etiam fenten^ 

 tiam uerba illa Ariftotelis ex arabica translatione a 

 Nicolo fupra allegata de Tiris itra fe tenetibus oua 



