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Afiftotelcs;riam aluco eft rotundo,brachia vnico conftant acetabu- 

 lorum ordinepQupdisfitnautilu$,querncxhibemus,c|u6dquc fim- 

 plici tefta confter,maxime Ath^nei autoritate confirmatur. Eius hax 

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oV^ct^i' t QciXdofv? $ €yfi§ o)? & / ^p? x w f "• Vidcs hic nautilo dorfum 

 duntaxat teftaccu tribui,eiq; ob id fimplicem efTeteftam , quod eam 

 aqua modo impleat,modo vacuet,reliqua qnx dicit Athenseus cx iis 

 quas fequuntur,nota fient , quam ob caufam conuertifle fuperuaca- 

 neum fuiflet.Ariftoteles non minus eleganter quam iucunde nautili 

 polypi,qucm nautam interpretatus eft Gaza ? nauigationem depinxit 

 nocfcremodo. Eftnautiluspolypus&natura &a£tione mirabilis: 

 nauigat enim pcr maris fuinma elatus , ex imo gurgite cjrert fc tefta 

 inuet(a,vt afcendat facilius,& inani fcapha nauiget.Cum ver6 emcr- 

 ferit,concham conuertit.Brachiamebranacongenitaconncxa funt, 

 quemadmodum palmipedum auiu digiti , fed ha:c crajliorcs & dcn- 

 fiores,ille, longe tenuiores aranearum telis fimiles,hac vt velo fpiran- 

 tc aura , brachiis vt gubernaculis vtitur,fi quid mctueric,teftam pro- 

 Uh. 9 .c4p.x9, tinus mari replet,atq; ita dcmergit. Plinius nautili mentionem facies 

 eandcm nauigationcm defcribit,fed mendumvnum illic fubcfle opi- 

 nor:nam pro pompilos,polypi ouum legendum eflc arbjtror ex Ari- 

 ftote!e,cx quo Plinium hec mutuatum efle certiflimum:nam pompi- 

 lus longe alius eft a polypis. Verba Plinij funt ha?c.Inter precipua mi- 

 racula eft qui vocatur nautilos,ab aliis pompilos. Ariftoteles vcr6 j^, 



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Plinius: Supinusinfumma xquorumperuenit, ita paulatim fubri- 



gens,vt emifla omni per fiftula aqua, veluti exoneratus fcntina facile 



nauiget.Poftca duo prima brachia retorqupns, membranam inter il- 



la mirae tenuitatis extendit,qua velificance in auras cactcris fubremi- 



gans brachiis,mcdia cauda vt gubcrnaculo fe regit. Ita vadit alto li- 



burnicarum gaudens imagine: & fi quid pauons interueniat 3 haufta 



Uk r, dxt^ fe mergens aqua. Propius adhuc ad Ariftotelis mentem acceflit Op- 



TtKwp pianus,nec minus pcrfpicue nautili nauigationcm cecinit. Eft in te- 



ftaconcaualatensipecics polypo fimilis nautilus fua celebris naui- 



gatione.In arena quidcm degit, fed in fumma maris etiam fe pronus 



cfFcrt,ne tcftam aqua compleat:fcd cum in fumma aqua f uerit , con- 



ucrfa tcfta nauigat , tanquam gubernandi acatij peritus homo : duos 



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