a 4 o DE PI SCIBVS 



%ib.n-c*.ii' eundemque plane ene pifcem,qui amia dicatur, & trocta ab jEliano^ 

 Hxc enim tunc eius vcrba: Pilcis trocta , cuius naturarn nomen & os 

 declarant, dentes habet frcquentes & continences, quibus quicquid 

 incidcnc,perfringere poceft. Dicitur ergo &w rQ %dr\v , quod vorare 

 fig.uticac. Dcmde qua: Oppianus , ex quo permulta mutuatus eft^.r 

 mix tnbuit,ea lple crocta^.Hamo captus folus cx ptfcibus no fc ab ha- 

 mo retrahic,fed lmpellic fefein ferrum , chordam cofumere cupiens. 

 Pifcacoresconcramachinancur longas anfas:illc vcr6,quoniam quo- 

 dam modo valcc falcu, anfas fsepe cranfilic,ac hnea qua agitur conci- 



llkj. «m^ & ad pifcium domicilia rcuercitur. Oppianus vero: 



7IHVV* AcLf^J>ffCLf eft,' kfJUCLf , Jfgf a,\(t>7TS:KS$ , djT CLV 6J(fWN. > 



fitifus cfyjco cm&j&sQy xsmqft&frbv , cl]\^cl o /xtojiu/ 



OfjLulw \ya/ SSlhQ StftffJigjyev , y h ^gtj ccKfcLS 



Xcuf&.s , Triviqjj. TnQv lyaXKdjQyW ccXtyes 



KoluXqv \-7r kyKi^ooi ^bXrycaTifoVyCLXyos ofrbvlcov. 



cAH ami& celeres , ft/ ruuipes Jraude reum&& 



Tr&uemuntfumm&s morfu conjringere fet^s. 



<^At pifiatores iongam,ex auapendcat bamits, 



Qonjiciunt <~uirgam > dentes au& arrofa retundat. 



Subiungicj£aanus:Troc~ta;fuigeneris gregc coadro delphinos 

 inuadunc,maximc (1 quem fegregatum circunuenire pofhnc : planc 

 cnim fciunt dclphinum fuis moriibus verberari afpere folere. Icaque 

 trocta? ei accrrime inftant,delphinus contra reiilit,iubiilit, atq; mdi- 

 cat vt ex dolore torqueatur; idcirco tcnaciter vrgent , fimulq, ad fal- 

 tum delphini tolluntur,hic eos repellere conatur , illa? ver6 nihil re- 

 mittentes viuum lacerant:poftea ver6 quum pro fe quxquc aliquam 

 Hh.i. «\itir eius partem vulnerarit,diicedit. Oppianus: 



7«h5»K: Xm»' ifJi/GfffS ^gtjf TotQy d>octspQot <fyjTtq>(fov\ 



Ty^viS 7 VS ccjlucls x.ikXV(TP(^lij]v , V Sl aXiyouQ 

 Ae XQivGov , hsvvoj, S& >(jj.TcLv1i& Slw&buvj. 



TcLlS LL%I CLLjiCUjPOTifOV &VUU00V SifjgjS , CLfJK^l j' Q/JpKtS 



KfiXvyecLi y QcLjJiiiS Sltx To/^gt, XccQfov ofrbvlts 

 C)^iCL TXiy&KcLQ , 3 ^gjf fAiycb §0U$>\3$ *"X?Q- 

 OiiSli KcOcLffldoS^Qv x/itfifQiov rrynTypcL. 

 /nueniunt diras amias , auas nomine dicunt, 

 Jntrepid& Joi&pugnant y contrdaue feruntur 

 'Roborepeiores thunnis , in corpore molles 

 Qarnes , continuo denfijunt ordine dentes, 

 In amhui horror ineft , huic efl audacia tanta, 

 H&fortem ponti regem formidme nuila 

 qA gregefetuntlum afbiciunt, folumaue <vagantem t 

 sAtaue cateruatim njeniunt ad martia beUa. 



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