LIBEK XIII. 



375 



De Galeo laeuL 



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 habcat, galeus lccuis dicctur. A noftris Smijjole vp- 

 catur .A Romanis^<?/a? columko.Galeus !$uis ab acan- 

 thia aculeis doru uiiiert, roftroque eft breuiorc,fed 

 htiore, oas rictu minus lato, maxiliis in angulum 

 obtuium deiinentibus iine dentibus, ted horum loco os afperum 

 dedit natura,veiutiraiismulcis,i:oraminapro nanbus habec, his alia 

 minora funt poft oculos.Branchiis a fuperiore non dirTert.neque pin- 

 narum numero autlicu,niii quod cauda ex tnbus coftat pmnis : nam 

 inter fuperioi em & inferiorem media vna iiitenacec. Coiorc eft cine- 

 reo,partibus intcrms fuperioii iimihs.Hunc galeum beuem eiTe, quav 

 quam tota cutis admodum la:uis non ut,docct lpfa generandi ratio, 

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 geftant,vt caaicula:,qu£ poftea ln vtrunque vteri finum defccndunt, 

 moxanum!gignitur,vmbilicoha?recead vuluam,ka vt ouo abfum- 

 pto parcus non aliter quamin quadrupedihus contincn videatur. 

 Adhxret vmbilicus illc prolixus capice aicero ad parcem vulua: infe- 

 riorem, velut exacetabulo annexus,alteroad medium fcctum,qua 

 in parte iecur eft.Nos fcetum cum vmbilico matri adha^rete pingen- 

 dumcurauimus,vtacanicuiis,vu!pibus, aliifq; galcis difcerncrecur, 

 cum nullus ex gaieis alius iit,cuius fcetus fecundis, mcmbranifquc 



