Cancrorum 

 conlideratio. 



J08 



Ancl Matthioli comm. 



HMucinantur,qui credunt Cancros a Diofcoride,& Galeno defiriptos illosefcquos uulgus Italorum Gambari nomi 

 nat. K*pKwcmim Cr<ece(uthcc locofcribitDiofcorides)noneumfignificatcancrumperperamuocatu^ui *WdV 

 MultorS error. a ^ eUatur * Gruis;fedqui rotundo corporebabetur,quem nos Hetrufci uulgari ncmine dicimus Granchio. Is Femtus,ubi 

 Marinorvm numtrus propc infinitus babetur,ubi crufiam exuerit,d corpons mollitie uulgo uocatur Mollecca . E s 



CANCER MARINVS. 



quorum genere funt etiam qun appeUantur Macinette:nam & b* fuo tempore cruflam exuunt . Hoc ita effe teflatum reU- 

 quit Mifloteleslib.iiii.ca.ii.dehifloriaanimal\um,ubificinquit .G^iK* f *ivof i*o'vof7av7oi*7tivcwop7oMyior,wTo<r£t*tt 

 toV«V iSv K<tpa£w,*9l Kctpilav isfi^Kii, 70 JV t£v K<tpx.iv»v wyyvw. hoc efl.Cancer folus ex cruflaceis non regitur cauda,& l ° 

 corpu s cum quidem locufiis,fquiUisque longumfit,cancris uerb rotundum efl . Torrb ^«iacos Qppiano fieciatim 



AS T A C V S. 



dkiturgammarus magnus iUe marinus,quem ^omani, & Tyrrheni litora incolentes Leonem appeUant.Feneti autem,qua- 

 fi adhuc Grcecum nomen retineant , eum uulgb Aflafe nominare confueuerunt . Idem diclus eflgammarus d Theodoro Mi 

 ftotelis interprete : quippe qubd uulgarisgammarifackm reprafentent.Feruntamen(nifaUor ) jLrifloteli *V*mV nil aliud 



