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non poffe,fatcbuntur omncs <jui polypos vidcrunr,& ouorum in infc 

 riori alui loco fitus neceflario conuincit alio quam brachij acetabulo 

 oua cdi.Quocirca vera mihi videtur eorum fententia,qui fiftula pa- 

 Libn%M rerearfirmauit.Inquaopinione fuit Ariftoteles de molhbus omni- 

 %7 7 6 ' busloc l uens ' Pa,:i ^inquk,eacorporisfuipartc quxfiftula dickur,& 

 eum fccutus Athcnsus oydl\ JU ^a^A^V^ mXui ^ovov ^Av- 

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 9ropo?^ot^ri,^jric7vl coago^r. Polypilefecomplexilongo tem- 

 pore coitum abfoIuunt,quia fanguims lunt expertes ? pariunt autem 

 flftula,qui meatus eft in corpore , oua racematim. Hicme cocunt, 

 veie pariunt in cubihbus , vcl fictili vel in aliquo alio cauo oua 

 fimilia labrufca? florentis racemulis aut fru&ui populi alba^ , mira 

 fcecunditate,quibus ruptis,maxime diebus quinquagmta poft,polypi 

 paruuh erumpunt phalangiorum modo , quorum forma tota mani- 

 feftaquidsmeft,fed nondum membra fingula perfpicue diftin&a 

 fiunt^nonnulliqucadcoparuijvt nulla partium conftent diftin&io- 

 ne,fedadcontacl;ummotiagnofcantur,magna pars propterimbe- 

 cillitatem & paruitatem pent. Ouis polypus foemina aliquando 

 incubat,atiquando cubihs oftio affidcns iuper ea brachia exporrigit. 

 Foeminam & marem a partu ita fenefcerc debihtarique ferunt, vqfa- 

 ciIeapifcicuhsdeuorcntur,& a cubilibusdetrahantur, vnde genus 

 hocpifcium breui interire,nec vltra bimatum fcnpflc Anftote- 

 Lih.9. de Ics. Oppianus itidem fcripfit polypum longo coitu ita debilitari 

 ^rozl'^^ 10 ^^ 1 Vires omnino deficiant eamque ob caufam in arena 

 AwfMp" iacens^pra^da fit reliquis pifcibus,quos antea nullo negotio deuorad 

 fet,fceminam vero ob partus dolores emori,quoniam nonfeiun^ 

 ctaoua vtreliquipifces/edcompada racemorum inftar edant pcr 

 anguftam fiftulam. 



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