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cedit . Eiufdcm ry y\c*f% fignificationis ignoratia multos impulit, vt 

 crederent nos optima myrrha carere,omnemque que, ad nos aduchi- 

 tur vna cum medicamentis , quae eam recipi u nt , efle reiiciendam, 

 quod nulla fubuindis reperiatur. Sicenim Diofcoridis interpres 

 Ruellius-jTroxX^oKConuertit.cum fubflauam dixifTe debuifiet : tahs 

 enim myrrhas laudatiflima? color eft.Diofcorides hbro primo cap.de 

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 \)7roy\ufo$ %g\ Smruv *Q, Stcwyys , id eft: omnium prima eft quac tro- 

 glodyticaappellatur,accepto cognomine a loco in quo prouenit, 

 fubflaua,mordens ac fplendens.His accedit Phauorini teftimonium. 

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 fe nonriulli affirmant, tranfpolita litera w, & fublata \, effe&us huius 

 in bello palloris eft fuga.His fatis comprobatum eile arbitror y\cofbv 

 pro eo gradu coloris fumi, qui aliter pallidus,fiue flauefcens, vel fub- 

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 vhidi & herbaceo colore,fed diluto etiam a vcteribus nonnunquam 

 vfurpari,vt Ariftoteles in libcllo de coloribus vfurpafTe videri poteft. 

 cuius verba ideo libentius abfcribam,quod ex iis facile colligi poflit, 

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