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 fuper etymo og.ahums vocabuU.Mul.eres.iuquit Varro,,ioftr ? ii.urices maximc.uaturaTqTfem? '* " 

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 30 Apu c.o.mtcr res manuas.de qmbns.niS conch? Veiieree fpec.es fnut.nop habeo quod d u uem 

 Aludhaeftgenusconchyhoruquxappellauturporce^ 

 capKede cnraapoftematnm ,n .■adiceau. 1S :& tertio Can.cap.te de cura afcit*, Andreas Bel W& V?. 

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tui a S.Iacobo.De Cochiea margarmfera vulgo dida ; ab vnionum coiore fnlendoreq; , ( nlm vn 1 



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 bus*placent:nullumq;purpuraeveftigium.Qusomniavideiitur ab antiquamyrrhinadiffidere. veru^ 

 temporum varictas St opificu.tum vfus h.ocpepererunt s &c. Vtcunq; res fehabeat, & precium", ■'& U'e* 

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 conftantifamainoctogintavelcentumannos,quafih^reditatumloco.Inde eruta obducuturvitro,ne 

 combibant.Succiautemquibuscortices exci p iuntur,nonfatisnotifunt.Pingunttir etia antequS vi- 



^« trufuperaddatur.Incertumeftanexcoquantur9bnitoremacduricie.iV5aior^inpreciofum,fedmul- 

 tumabantiquisdegenerant.Etquamuisitafit,nontamenminuseftfuperbumhisccej«are, quaauratis 

 atq; ex argento vafis,Hec totidem verbis Cardanus. Addiderim ego teftas tandiu -fepultas,pneferiiini 

 locomediocriterhumido,venfimilee(re,itamarcidas&mollesfieri,vt maiTalutiaut araillxinftarfttr 

 fubigiq; 5 formari,&tornarifiglinarotafimiliterpoiTit.SedMurrhina?Piinijamplitudon ft u 

 exeedit abacos , nec crallitudo fere maior eft,quaneceifariavafipotorio.quodconchvlijs dcfoffis, aut 

 fa«a§ ex eis argille non conuenit . eorum.n. quae arce aut voluntate hominis fiunt , definita magnitudo 

 non eftJnueniri etiam in pluribus locis murrhina cum fcribit,humoreque pncari caiore fubterra den- 

 fatum: lapidetife ( non argillamjiion artefaclu aiiquidj qui efibdiatur.infinuat.Sic & cryftallu inueniri 



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