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40 z Vlyffis Aldroqandi 



DRACQ BONONIENSIS 

 quq cempore inuentus fuerJc^ 



ERTENTE annpnoftrsfalutisfeptuagefimo fccundofupra mille- 



fimum.j& quingenteiiroum.in.Idus Maij>tempo.recreationisSuai» 



mi Pontifias Gregonj pecimitercij BononiefiSjnic, Praco bipes, mo- 



reScrpencinotibiians (e manifcftauit . Narn penes praediplum Domi- 



niPetronJjdePofijs in Joco MaUuolta nuncupacodclitefcebat,fec! 



tan4em poftdiem Afcenfionis ftedemptoris > noftri eiufdem anni,hora; 



^dcima feptima in via pupijca luxta fepem prjenominati prxdij fpatio milliarisano- 



ftra diftancisQuitate,a quoda bubulco Baptifta noroinato de Camalduio deprehenfus. 



fuit.Is enim Bononia, cum bobus currum trahenubus, ruspetens pedetentim currum*, f 



- - fequensjboucsfifteregradumanimaduertitjvndefumptpperoneinillosfeui^ 



HS£ d *~ &M^l*&i% ' at 1II1 uropre quodam perciti, cV genufkxi^vlterius progredi non a.udc* 

 . . ; /r " bant. Interim,m3gnoauditofibilo,bubulcus circumfpiciens admirabilemDraconis 

 *&i "* figuram deprehcn , dic % & illicp pauore affe&us eleuaca^aftula,ca pice bellua? percuifo^ 

 " animalincerfecir<, 



Sed mirandum eft , quod p/acq nunquam abillo difcefseric locp ; immo boues , 5? 



b.ubulcum corajs oculis* & ere&o capite intuens , fortein illos fe iaqulari vplebar 3 at 



Fraxm f tax J n * cuiufdam propinquicate fortaiTis impeditus, neqj ( ruftico,ncqj bobus v^pfuit 



Vfir, jncommodo^ Yirtutemenimfraxinj ,aduerfuspmneSerpentum genus,cun<aisma« 



riifeftamefsearbicramur. Ec quarauis S e rp eiU , cs a.njma.nces voraciflimij tenui gu- 



Jareferci a cauda?excremicaci,capi^^ 



aluum dilabantur 1 non eft tamen credendum hunc DraConem duobus inhajrentem^ 

 pedibussCipi caufa , capuc eleuafsea ied pocius 3 vcfacijtius in bubyjcum feje eiacu- 

 laripofstto 



Infuper bubulcusmetuensjne animal primp i#u prprfus>xtinc"tu cfset,t urfus ferro» ** 



quohaftula? bubulcoru m a rmari folenr,anteriorem Draconis pcdernabfcidit; itaq; in- 



terfeccus piduo il?i iacuit.Int.erea DominusHoratius Fotana hanc fingularem beftiam 



humi iacensem animaduercens ad ck>&iflimi\ ylyfsem Aldrpuandum,& diligenciflimu 



Amwd'Ad; rei;urn natuiahu perfcrutatorem deferriiuiTit jqui animal co.nfpicatusrarjflimum, nec 



'viwmtW: vnquam in Italia , immo, nec. in Europa vifum, priroo adviuum pingi , deinde fumma.6 



mur* induftriaexficcarJj&inMtifaio appendicurauit;qutmadroodum etiamripdieynuf- 



* ? " quifq, ilium intueri poceft. Et quoniam hicDracoco temporeinuentusfuit,quo norj 



folum Gregorius XIII. a.dma.ximum eucclus fu»t Pontificatum, m cuius Iafigni gcnti- 



litio Draco refulgebat , fedetiam eo tempoie ,quo Draco cpeleftis exoriebatUr :ideo 



Juueros exquifuijrima;doc^rina fic cecimc.. 



Lujhis.terk tentutn^ &, bufeptem y dumabditur annus 



Bis - 3 Dvaco Felfmeojtbilat ortus Agro, 

 Sibilat Eoo quoq\ Cali cardine eodemT 

 Tempore 3 Komanafieptriget Vrbe DracQo, 



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FORMA* ET DESCFUPTICK 



^^Bfe^lii, P M I, R A B I L I S hic Draco a c.apice ad excremitatem vfq; ca udas 



rt . , • ^^Wi^^S' cratduprumcubitorum:aboreadinitium vfqslatitudiniscorporeas 



yf ' V ^ ^fey i^ dodransintercorporislatitudinemj&caudaiprincipiumobferuaba- 



& atttu .«. M^^^^K tur. Peindeadextremitatero vfqjcauda5longitudpcubitalis,nem- 



drakoms^ ^^m^^^k peduorum.dpdrantum,huiufmodi partem adaequabatc Prope col- 



lum etat latitudinis duorum digitorum , & a c apite ad primum vfqj 

 §i9ntcrioremp^4cra.4pdr^ntalis longJtHdinisjSiaprimo pede ad eamvfqjpartem, 

 * yiperae 



