DeCroc.terreft.Cua Lib. IV. 30? 



branchiarum rima appaf et , nedue Scihcum ■, necJUe Crocddili fpecicffl eife dixef im j pf optef ea quod 

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picturaauthoris librorumdeaquatilibUs expfelfaindicat.NeqUevefo Cordylus Atiftbtelis,Crdcodi- 

 lusterreftriseflepoteft^quoniam Cdrdyluspattimihaquadegit,rtaftimin tetra, CtdcodilUs terfeftfis 

 in terra tantum,ad difcrifflen illius qui artcipitis eft natUrae. 



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 gnismunitavnguibus,caUdaionga,Cofpdfegfahdi. Captiiii ( in carcef ibus aqua cifcunfluisjvelinfu-- 

 J0 lis)horummetu,neabeisrapiarttur,aquatad enatandumfecommittererton audent* Exnauigatione 

 Hamburgenfis cuiufdam peraclra annd Domini m. d. x l i x. Nomert qilidem ssfllegarde Germanicum 

 noneft,fedfadum ( vtconijcioJabHifpanicolegartOiquod iaceftufigrtificatiCuivacatjplura de cro- 

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Labyfinthia^dificiafubterraiieapfxpofiti^Egyptiorumnolebantvliopado rtobismonftrari, quod H,a* 

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