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IxlvHs oQv$ tji\i. Delectantur polypi olca arborc,cuius truncurri 

 brachiis amplexi faepe compcriuntur : deprchenfi funt etiam ali- 

 quando ficum arborcm ad marc natam complcxi & ficos edentcs, 

 vt fcribit Clearchus in libro de his qua? in mari fiunt. Hos olca de- 

 le&ari id argumento eft : fiquis cnimarboris huiusramum inma- 

 rc dcmittat,quo loco fucrintpolypi,brcui mora& citralaborcmi#.?.r*p.j#4 

 polypos ramum amplexos trahct quotquot voluerit. Amant & fal- 

 {amcnta,quodoftendit Pliniuscxcmplo polypi illius , qui Carteia: 

 incetariis afluctuscratnoctu cxirc c mari inlacus apcrtos, atque 

 ibi falfamenta populari. Polypi dura funt carne , quarque mollefcc- 

 re & facile eoncoqui non pofht, nifi diu feruata multumque fu- *#•**•'«*« 

 fle contufaad dirimcndas frangendafquefibras, quibus carocon- 

 texitur. Traduntur, inquit Plinius , muriam ex fe emitterc , & 

 ideo non dcberc addi in coqucndo, fccari arundine : ferroenim 

 intingi vitiumque traherc natura defcrente. Craflum fuccum gi- 

 gnit & glutinofum, vcneremque irritare creditur, tum obflatusa 

 craffo Icntoque carnis fucco genitos,tum ob humoris,qui in eo incft, 

 falfuginem,quam Plinius muriam vocari dixit. Aflus durior fit,eli- 

 xus in aqua &: atramento fuo longe mclior additis oleo , omphacio, 

 pipere.Secundum polyporu genus feparatim non depinximus, <£ fa- 



