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efteuidens ad attrahendamaquam:neque enimper vilfros attrahit, 

 quod ineptifsime quidam aiferunt>lanaeillius fiuebyfTivfumigno- 

 rantes. In media carne efl particula carnofa, lingua? fimihs. Ineft; 

 &mutis,&pituitaquardamglutinofa. Callo albo adha^ret. Excu- 

 ticndusefthiclocus Anftotelis lib.v. de hiflor.animal. E^^ov) o fy c*wl 



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<?oi fjj\v h to7s fxva-i tols TXvzXooSsQ.Qucm ficconuertitGaza.Cancrico 

 lorealbido,corporeadmodumparuiinnonnullistefta operti genc- 

 ris nafcutur,& plurimi quidem in Mytulis fohatismeq; id fatis recte, 

 vt opinor,deceptus vocis rS vfv£x\Z fignificatione, in qua pro balneo- 

 rum folio fiue labroproprie vfurpatur. Sed hinc ad alia concaua & ! 



profundatransfertur,fumiturq;ai/ri r ^iXohhs. SicGalenus cauita- 

 tem cerebri meatus per quos excrementa craffiora expurgantur exci- 

 pientem,-zov£Aoj/ nominauit. H uzv o\j viwdeyofxm r*s TWfVs ^iXoTns, w u J - 

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ttf 5 Jjuto ovojmg. h$eUvv^ y yoc^av /uAfjLsiToy.ld eft,cauitas igitur qua? mea- 

 tus hos excipit , quam alij a figura ^Ao^alij ab vtilitate ^o^Jlo^id eft, 

 infundibulunominat,fuperioreparte veluti lacunse vtilitatem pra> 

 bet,inferiore autem,vt & nome indicat,infundibulis fimilis cft. Non 

 fum nefcius hoc in loco ttIvsXov in vulgatis codicibus legi , fed melius 

 ^Xoj/dodbioruiudiciolegas.DiofcoridesdeTithymali characias fe~ Ub.^:ca.i6f 

 mine loquens,cauitatem in qua ftuctus continetur ^vlxois coparat. 



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ousicl 7avlxotQv 3 ivoLs 6 ;(#/= 7ro<r.Pendet in cacumimbus cauliu coma iu n- 

 cifubquacaucolccfoliolisbalneorum fimiles,in quibusfemen con- 

 tinetur.Quare cum mXos cauum locii fignificet, Mytulos 'zfoeX&fBis , 

 nonfoIiatosdixerim,fed inimo maris>fiuein gurgite natos,adeo- 

 rumteftaceorum difcrimen quiin limocccnofo, velin arenofo pro- 

 ucniunt. Hanc interpretatione meam confirmo ipfiufmet Gazse au- 

 toritate,locumenim qui mox fequitur,ita vertit.^f) fjj\o owj (#. osfza. 

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 Tois 0-t.Xvifois xj ^cLyoikQy^, j h %7s cLfj.fj.do^eQ. Nafcitur enim Concha- 

 rumgenus quemadmodum expofitum eft , fed locis variis: nam 

 alia vadis,alia gurgite, alia duris locis atque afperis, alia areno- 

 fis. Perfpicue videsOftrea \vTo7s isvixd&iQ nata , in gurgitenata di- 

 ci. In Mytulis igiturin imo maris natis cancri parui proueniunt, 

 ncc in Mytulis in ftagno marino,aut in quouis loco alio lutofo & 

 & fordido procreatis Cancros paruos vnquam reperias. Nosvero 

 Myias,fiue Myifcas,fiue MyfcosPlinij fiue Mufculos,& Athensir^ 

 IXktIov&s [avclSjCiuc rks fj.vcLS repraefcntafTe perfpicue oftendunt fapor 

 dulcior,in his & fuauior^paruitasjrotunditas , tefta hirta , atque 



