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tis, Cvcumis dicitur ,Hetrufcis uerb Citrulus,omnibus notiffimtts . Siquidem non ex Diofcoride modb,fed ncc ex alijs iieteri- X O 

 bus hatlcnus quenquam repcri,qui Cucumis Gr&cis propri^ aUvs appellatus,notis ttllis reprxfentet. Sed qubd Gracio-huos 

 uocabulo nojiratem Citrulum,& Infubrium Cucumeremfignificenhfacile comjcipoteft ex ipfo Diofcoride . Quippe qui lib. 

 \i\\.CucttmeremfyiueftremaJferatfrutlufolo,quemoblongisglandibusnondiffimileparit,dfatiHodip^ 

 folijs,floribus , acfarmentis fatiuum prorfus referat . Verum ciim huic ille per omnia reJpondeat,quem nos Citrulum,alij 

 uero Cucv.mtrem dicunt,nonpoJjum non liberepronunciare,Diofcoridem'hic citruli nobis uocati,non autem anguria uires 

 deJcripJijie.Ouamobrem hac inhifioria aperte ballucinari Brafiuolum putamus , qubdprocul dubio exiftimauerit ,uete- 

 res Gracos,pr&Jertimque Diofcoridem, o-Uvos appellatwne anguriam,uelHetrufcorum cucumim reprfifentaffe , Quando- 

 quidan ajjignalis iam rationibus acccdit & TliniJ autloritas, qui li.x i x.cap.v .Cucumeres, ait,in Italia uirides,& quam 

 minimi : in prouincijs qudm maxinti,& citrini ,aut nigri . Vlacent copiofijjimi^pbriasgrandijfimi Mefia . V iuunt hau- 



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