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And. Matthioli Comm. 



SPINA ALBA. 





Spinse" albae Q' p ' natn albafcplafjanj^irabas(ut plerunquefolent)imitati,Bedeguar appellant . Sed nonparua inter hos, & medicos 

 oniid. ' &oriturcontentio,qu&mminaculeatarumgenere,quasplurimasgenuitnatura,Spinaalbalegitimi, notisomnibusadjli IC 



pulantibus>appcllari poffit . Vcrumetft tantam litem tranfigere nequeant ; interim tamen pro Spina alba alij aliasbcr- 

 bds oflentant,& quifquefuam ueram exifiimat . Quandoquidem funt eorum complures,quifibi certb perfuadcnt , Spinam 

 albam eam aculeatam berbatn effcquam aliqui Carduum benedikum uocant,alij uerb uulgbberba Turca.Sunt alij,qui Car 

 linam uocatam,id eji album cham&leontem , Spinam albam effe contendant . Inter quos inuenio monacbos , qui in Mefuem 

 fcripferunt,quorumfententiam,fuperius in cham&leontis utriufque mentione,utfalfam reprobauimus . Sunt pr&terea,qui 

 Spinam albamefje uelint echinatum Carduu iilum, & Spinis rigentem qui Htrufcis in lacle cogendo coaguli uicem e.xplet. 

 "Xpn defunt infuper qui unam,uel alteramfylueflrem,ac (pims horrentem plantam , pro Spina alba nullo difcrimine acci- 

 piant.Quo fit,ut omnes ij nnUo ueritatis lumine dufti, in huiufmodi tenebris oberrent . Errat, meo quidem iudicio,bac in re 



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