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A fcclamus , quonwm vipera: coneipiences initjo Veris 3 fjeturoad menfem vfq, Augu- 

 ftigeftant, 



L O C V S. 



EG A B ANTolim Marfipopuli,qui in Italia Serpcntes impune vena- 

 bantur, & contrcdtabant viperas ob cceli teperk m, & molliorcm foli 

 naturam,innoftroorbehaudquaqu3m gencrari.Quod Galcnus iuftrs 

 decaufisfibiperfuaderenonpotuit. Inhancquoq^ fententiam venic 

 Leonicenusjquidethyrofermonemhabensjinltaliaoptinias viperas 

 pro nobiliflimisconcinnandis medicamentis 5 nafci arfirmabac. Ec Re- 

 nodeusaddit; non roodo in Icalia^fed etiain Gallia, & prascipue in agro Putauienfi ver- 

 farijex quo loco numerofas viperse Luteciam pro varijs pharmacis, a-duehutuur.In Lufi- 

 B tania,&Hifpania,exAmatoLufitano,vipera;infinitsenondefunt. ApudlndoscfTe vi- Jn comM 

 peras,narrat Chriftophorus Acofta Africanus:fiquide in Malabar vipera* mul.ra?,& alia ^io/e, 

 Serpentu genera vifuntur Jtem Syagro promontorio Arabic. proxima eft Infula,in qua, In j t yj m 

 vtreculitArrianus,CrocodiIi,vipera?plurim^,&lacerta?permagnaeverfanturJnMe- m ^ t c ,, 

 litenfi Infula vipera? non defiderantur,vbi D. Paulus Apoftolus a vipera demorfus nihil 

 roali paitus eft, vc in A&is Apoftolovy traditur, Numerofe etiam in Cypro,& Chio na- 

 fcuntur, Circa Amyclas,quas antea Grseci condiderant, frequentes viperas morfu in- i n polyhif 

 fanabili efle,narrac Solinus, Quamohrem vipera? in vniuerfo terrarum orbe viuunt, vt 

 fcripfit Harodotus;& Bellonius vcritatem eft aflecutus,quando pronunciauit fe in An- 

 glia, Gallia,Italia, Afia, Gra?cia, & ^Egypto viperas repcrifle . Cordus tamen in Dio- 

 fcoridem fe nnnquam m Germania viperam confpicatum fuifle memorac, Item Arifto- &* Mirak 

 telesviperas inCreta nafciinficiatur, Nihftominus Serpentes inGrscia Bcllonius 

 Verfariafleuerauit,quivuIgo chendre nominantur 5 qua? vox ab echidnadetortaeflc 

 videtur.ItaqjAriftotielesfQrfican atteftari voIuitSerpentes n5 ita perniciofosdiuagari. Locapccu- 

 G Circa locapeculiajia ab his feris adamata, notandum eft, loca moncana a, viperis li- iiaria ' %& 

 bentcr fcequentari .. Idcirco Diofcorides prodidU rutam inMacedoniacirca Haliac- perarum. 

 mon fluuium erefcencem cfle venenatam 5 cum hic locus montofus fic, & viperis, fca- ln Medit. 

 teac, Nafcuntur etiam copiose in Luganeis montibus Patauinis,vt tradic MarcusOd* Ther. 

 Ausy qua* pro theriaca componenda , optima» ab ipfo celebrantur . Infuper nonnull» 

 etiaro propeaquas ftahulantur : hac de caufa Martialis meminit vipera? verfantis circa 

 populos arbores hume&is locis gaudentes, & fuccinum ftilla ntes , qu£ tandero m ele^ 

 #ra inclufa perijr, his verfibus. , ^ . * 



Flentibus; HeludumYamisydumviperaferfhi tw 



Fluxit in obftantem fuccina gemmaferami • *•*< 



£>m dum miraturfingui \fi rore teneri, 



CmcretoriguitvinclarepentegetH.. / 



"Re tibiregaliplaceas:CleopatrafepulcrQ % 

 Viperafitumulonobilioreiacet. 

 D Ampliusnotinullas maritimis, &arenofis locis deIeaaiTtur,quaromcarnes pr.o antido, 

 tis a Galeno reprobantur , quoniam a-grotantibus fitun inextinguibile arTerrc foleanr, 

 Vnde ratione huiuslocilegitur pulchcrrimum epigrammade naufrago in arenis iacen- 

 tc iclu vipera? lechalicer vulnerato huius tenoris. 



ts£quoris infanas euafit Maufragus vndas y 

 Trislius dfrafalepr&bet arena folum. 

 Dum iacet, ecce graui prejfus prope litorafimn^ 



Nudusydr infefio fejfus adufcfreto. 

 Vipera trux perimit,frufirafugis tquora fruflra, 

 iieumifer,in terris debitafata tibt. 



Alioqiiin^hycmeaduentante^profedepropriahaibefti^latcbraseliguntjvtViranius r * 

 innuitcancns. & * l+Gwg. 



Interit i & curuis frttfir* definfit htebrtf 

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