H/rt«Serfv& Drae Liber II. 4^5 



^ X)raconisc!atiilitnoviraPonuui<. Bqlognetoin patrio BonouienfiGymnnfioMedici- 

 n* t ->rdtnari>profeiforw.& PhiloiophQeximiQoitendercmus; ipfequoq; liatim n_» 

 h>t"ic venitfententiam s ,cxputredinehunc Draconcm noti prodijlfe : proptereaquod 

 plures huius generis ammantes aliquo tempore conjpicerentur. 



Ha&enus yariosexpltcauimus modos,quibus.3liqujs probabilibusmotus rationi- 

 pusDracQnisnoftri bipedis gcnerationem infinuarc porcrat . Sed.cum.nec aliunde 

 huc raigra0e,ncc euni pluuia decidifie, ncc cxcongrciju animahum diuerfe fpeaei 

 dirnanaife» neq; ejc putri matena eenitum eifc fuse >atcq; probatum fuerit , S ipereft Nojfra opi 

 tandemvtnQttramaperiamusfententiam. Jd.e6ihtima.tqjm Mufa?oIlluftriuV<niSe- mo circa. 

 nattts Bononienfis, hanc Draconts bipcdis in Agro Bonontenjicapti icouem. inueTii- gcncratio-- 

 nius,&ditigenterconrpicati,illicQhuncingenereangutuinmo.nitcosegenit,um fuif- *«w bni;ts 

 lefufpicatifumus. Qua,rccum hancicQnct^ExcelleMititfmuisyir Ioannes Augullmus, dracums, 

 (UucchiusChirurgiaein Patrio BonontenuGymnafio profcftor , necuon Anatomicus 

 uifignis, & inter eejcherrimos M?dicos non infimus aniuiaduerteret , abfq; vlla diifi- 

 cultate, & ipfe in noftram vcn it feutentiam, hu nc Draconem , in genere ferpentum-.» 



fy flVQnftriferum f. ufk-. Idq; oh raritatem tta.htli.re potfumus : cum neqj ante, neqjpoft 



fiiit utioncm hilhislieftia?, a.lia confi.imlis Fera in tota Europa, vifa fuerir, Ha?cautcm Hk.4, dc 

 omflio Antiotelis Hoctrinaj ett co.nformis : nam fcfiptis mandauit in generaUQne Scr-. gfnc.anim* 

 p^k'un'»raroscon£ingerie ei rores . hac de cau<a m hoc ^trarG gencre rara producun- 

 tucmonftra; redditq; rationem,quoniam,angu^s farman^ vteri valde longam habenty;- 

 &Oua fupm.de n,onacer_uatim. defcendiint , veluti \h gallinis euenit . (^uamob <nu 

 g£r$ntis.fcenis in^ouis anguiii, rarus elfe per bubetur ; ficuti victfftm in 6\.is galJinarum 

 fetti*) geminum, & monftrofum, frequentiorem confpican Hcer , D<? Serpenie bici- 

 pitc monftrfofo acTtwm&ttt in primo capite pi lmi hbti .- TrictpitemqiiQqj. anguem, in. ja mu ' ts ir i 

 n}o.n.UpusPyrei\eis mtei fectum fiitife Arnoldus tradit.:Sotus Apollontusj in ruftQrijs, cepsvbi vi 

 fi-r.pentisbipcdismeminit, qut rttu Crocoddi gradicbarur. Puererea fi lectoradde- r[ s 

 icrtpttonemhutus noftri Draconisbipedtsfuperius recitatam confv?g at } magis, atq; - 

 magis hancbeftiam monftnferam fu ife affirmabit.* cum duos tanru^v pcdes afeinui- 

 cem per fcx digitosdiitinctos tali ordine hibucrit,vt dextefcuudaipioximior, finiftcr 

 ^ve^captti ctfec prop,i^cjui;or, 



C' Quarecum idquwqj a nob.is mtrnrum fiierit Clarifl5'mavir •• Sebaftiano Regulo, in 

 patr io Bkhi mienfi Gymnafio^Priilofophia? profeif >ri ordtnar^OjC^ui iam pra?le<5tonurri 

 quadrag^fimum attingit annum : Monftrum hocSecpentinum cx, Quocn!ormis molis. 

 n3tum.eflfefta.tu1t ; ldeoqianaruraVobmateria» abu ld.antiafn jmedjum corpons an- 

 gfeliiicraffameotun^Gum bi.nts. ped;tbii5.per.pei.am locatisjtamqua.m duabusfupernua? ^ 

 materiac appendtcibus, eife procreatum ; philo(ophatuseft n . v. ' 



yn^equemadmoduin ,in genereSerpentum3mon > ftra(untrari0ima»Vtpau]6antc 

 (nitexaratumjvice veifa in ga;lt*tt«cea familiavprop.teralJatas rationes , monftra frc- 

 ^uen|tn*i,macontinguutit; iivt-erQ\ia?miemorandus fuit llle gallus Draconis. cauda infi- 

 gnis,quem. viuvm in aula Screniflimi Magni Hetrutiae D,ucts Francifci M^dtcciobfer-. 

 iiauimus:t4riseniro ^agDanimistcrrificoiuo afpcdu titriorem incuticbat. Qaput nfoiff * m *~ 

 Cfifta «arnea.vt in yu^garibus g3lIrs,omabatur,nec pa.lea? crant carnca;, (ed.v^«qj tyC^ rm f HS 

 fhim 1* e o n ft aba ur c o a>s ga 1 ea? m i i ir tui> xw .u,la 1 1 bn si H a b f ba 1 1 n, fr o ut e du a'S. pe nn a s , ■ Cdu<ia * ra * 

 fet||)^tius pmaa rum ealam^ 



'9W^)^Mtif»%fi»iBrw«^tf»^ pltni)as:reiuui|i.mas , ;r.jtu;g 



PHetayrufi» ede^anr^wecn on ,& a ;lwtBfi.a ccr ui.cc>qiiia:pripc^ioi3h.uiufmqdi(ct^ccatcxor«> 



nStusVf^Qoiyrio^ corp.:insfcre.fubftjfcU3 , fed rjdicesrieJinarumeraraalbEBjpennse -»^^d 



vc^Qita era;nt iQnBiar^ vc vehttr tjquamas icmoJarc«.tur , prope v ro,p vgoium , qr a- 

 citidaicxit, ti#itCofi.iOTierat rotundum.; &fuba)bi4um^ Ca.tida ,noo:tP«re auiuu^cx 

 pfumi\*bii^ato^^xartTofa',i.rt;u ca-uds qa3drupedum ? !&;pilisnuda errit> quaftnex-- 

 trifftvl^ateftioccumgo^ebat caudica.atemj^auda lu^Cffiruie^t^tibiaj vcJut.ocfcis cranc 



* sntoasV " g5 s ^imctifj] 1 btran c m 



-Dfiditifei)e?itrffaiD fo^asft^Aiioi^ t^m ei'ar» • 



qo^i^llaf^tMatQB cantlatri^^tt^biqhisijBRd^^Qllc^Eantur V*nto pa^rs; tilarum, 'Dm erant 

 prona » qya? ex h.atura? praefcripto m nl i^ mterius vct git } in hoc extcrjpt cQnf^icieba- ^admtrada 

 fCll^fl^^f^^Vf^ ingalU?nc 



erat,, firttofi. 



