£)e CambHsdmerfif. Lib. f.^ i/| 



fcli f>rxbu{ifRtexiccanclum,canitjTi FatQ iief^q (|uqtu|>€rTOicnU'»?nE\ morft eftJp,R.^^i'fiu^ 

 ':• . Feri canesrcpcnuritur.Ariflotelcs. '„ ' .• ' 



De Hecoba in cancm mutata,nonnihil attuli fapra iii voce<Cynoflema,intcr nomiha prQpria a cariefa,^a. VL 

 Oaidiuralib.13 Mctamorph. Hippamon cancm habuitMa§netcm,non:iineLethargum , quicum hcrQfuc^ 

 fcpuitXiscftjVtindicatUrhocepitaphioquodPQlIuj^reFcr^jj ^'vdplfA^ lW«3(wwroi/ap'i«^^^ K<qn.uv( 

 A>;3w§yig^,(^5^fy.7JV7iBA:C>5r,PolIux6cCiclius. " , 



In tcrra In dor um haud prppe marc in ucuitur canis qui femper pateft VQcari catulus. Isq; dQmefticus cfl; ca-? 

 hisic6loremaculoi^«iynciper(imilis Pilofusitaq;rcperitur,acdepi!iS;,Yttonf^ nec gcmercfcits 



aucfufpirare,vtretulituobisHifpanusquidam,quiinaximampartemIndia:p.eragrauit.lcaq; nullaraemittitvo= 

 ^cem,cumctiamhecatur:&comparvideturfc3ctur3elupi,Editautemacbibit,vtahusc?nis}elt^^^^ mi-r 

 tioritalo cane:quibus cft dom.efHcus,mouettantum caudam gefHens.,& falicns,quod efl: indicium amorisip do^ 

 minum3iond. Dclndiciscanibusmagwis&rqbufti£.,infradic^m inter Vcnaticos. PetrusMartyretiaminde^ 

 fcriptioncNouiorbiiCanum quoruudam nonlatn^ntium n^cGrtinitji^uiiq dbum quoque veniar^t;, Etalibi,ca- 

 mim-nonlatrantiumroftrovulpino. ; /, " . . 



Mofchouiticaratq; Litusnics fylu^aliqiiibusiQlocisabundaotc^riibusaibiirimi? tum etiam fufcifiiic grifc^ 

 colorls, id nigredincm paium vcr^^cntis, quiadcxtei:asn{itipne§eu?^|ijf^lsQ vuipe$ ^ppel|^qtyr. Iph, Bqneru^ 

 •Liber BarQ. . ' 



' 1'alamedesagricolacanemhabuitqucra Vlyffemappellabatj&G. Blon^us, nefcia exquQ authore. Paulok 

 confuiicumforteeuenilfctjVtbcilumcumrcgcPerfa gererct,dQraum ecuria regreiTus, filioIan;jt fuq,m nominc 

 ) Tertiara,qus tum crat admqdum paruula,ofculatus,& trifliem animaducrtcns,interrogauic quid ita eo vultu ef; 

 fet:qu^ refpondit Perfam periflc:decelfc-ratautem catellus,quem puellaiu d^IicjjshAbuerat,nominePcrfa. Arri--? 

 puitigitur om jn Paulus, eq; fortuitQ didtQ , quali certamfpem clarillimi triumphi anirao prsefumpfit, Val. Ma- 

 xim.(.5 PhQly-es,Muidicuntureanes,Qrenigricante,C«lius. ^JioAutf JtJvgfjoiTn/pa^o/, Varin.apudHcfychiurn pl^e- 

 nms,or7wfi<>'o: ov ni fyi^ixocA/xstf^xTvi t^^3v,o('3 cp^vAa-jcaV, (malim^pJAatitwprQparoxytonum, vt canes cullodes intelli-. 

 gantuf.) Id^ a5oALty«vexponit :xe/.vvt^(v,idcftinquinare,&forteindepholycsdidifuerint,quodo 

 inqninatahabercnt Nifiquisabaliquolpco fic4i^i:osfuiflg.maU|» PjbQlpnquidem YrbsAreadi^el}; Ph^^ 

 ciuldem regionismonsfyluofus. • , - ^ 



Salcntini canes a Varrone probantur in paftoralium mentiorie; 



ScyllaPhorci &CrtftheidosNymphse(fecundumaliosHecates)filiafingitUrapoetis, Inguinacius in c^nsK, 

 mutataelfefabulatur OuidiusMetamor.lib.i^.EtVergilius A.eg.(5.marinoscanesdicitdeSeyIla loqucns. Vidc 

 Onomallicon noftrum^&GyraiduminfinehiilQriiEdemariQisdijs. liluni Scylla rapax canibusfuccinita Mo-^ 

 loifis, Vergiliusin Cuhcc. ' 



- InScythiacanescumafinisjin rnagnitudiniscomparationeconiunguntuF, quibusad vehicula rotis carcntia 

 naercatoresvtuntur acduo hpmincsin vnovehipoffunt: quodipfumadlutulenta coficicnda itinera inuentun^ 

 eft.Sexigiturcanesad vehieulam ordineligantur,ii quocunq; abaurigaqui Y.nacuramercatore in vchiculo fe- 

 dct,dinguntur,eo plauflrum euchunt,& lutura tranfmittunt. Vnu.m iamHiem 4n)prius laborcm fcrre non pof- 

 funt.Itaq; his lalfis i-ecentes atq; integri canes fucceduht. ncqj tame magna oiieraimponuntur, fcd duntaxat ne- 

 gotjatorem,& aurigam & pelliuin falciculufn Vehunt.-Ergo vnoquoq; dic ncgotiator h^bettandiunecelTe eom4 

 mutarccancs&aurigas,quoadadmQntes,vbiematpellcs,pcrueneric Aehan, ; • *; • ■ ' - • * 



% Turcarum imperatorcra audio GaiiprumregijVaoaut altcrQaintequaiTi ha3C#:riber€m aniio*eaiiesdono mi-. 

 lilfepedore&Vvntrerubeates. , ' ' 



• Bembusiib.6',fcribit in quiWifdam infulis a Columbblnueritis canes pv;ullos0Tc qui mnp. ctiam fintnec k-:; 

 trent. Ifi rtgione Tebeth. ca«es maxmii funt afinis ^qualcsjqui fyli^efires capiunt .Wlias, Paulus Venctus. 



D E M E L I T AE 1 S C A T V L I S, E T A L I I S P A R Y 1 S 



^ui in deUcijs hihentHr. 



PachynoSjciii3EpromontorioiraminetMchta,dequa.cateUiportanturjquosMchta?osvocant, Strabo Ub.tS', 

 Erantolim in pretio &dclicijs muHerum catuliquinarcebaatur in InfuiaMciica.ii tain finu Adriaticonon pro- 

 ^ culKagufiociuitatc:Eanuncpaupeixspifcatorcstantiimhabetineolas:necvlhciuscatulia4^ cclebrantur» 



Blond, ^^SAiTiti:v,Kia//J!jv,a./)CPiv,HclychiuS,VarinuS, MsArrs^cJi-A^iy/iiaj i?>tuv£f^u£A'Wii/, al cfm nf^^H T?£(pvyjJc/Oi, Suid.. 



idefi:Melitaei velMelitericatulifunt,quiadvoluptatemfolum aluntur. Ariilotcles problematum fedionc 1«. 

 Pi-Qbl.rz|..inquirenscurjnanimantii|mgencreaiiaparuo,aliamagnoconfiftantcorporc : Caufa,inquit,duplex: 

 reddi potefi:Autemmlocu.s,autaiimentumidfacit, i,ocus,fianguftuscll:alimentum,fiexiguum: quod etians 

 partuiam cdito norinuUi clficcrecGnantur,vtquicatcllpsin caueolisocclufQseducant. Et paulopoft, Fit vtaii- 

 qui qaamuis breues (parui) admodum fint,modice (avv.uk-^as) tamen .coa^^mentatas omncs ff.ii corppris partcs 

 habeant,vtMcHtcnfescatclli,Katiocnim,quodnon vtlocus,ficnaturafuumcfiicereopusfoleat. Catelli Meli- 

 tenfis magnitudinc idis eft (genus muftck ruftica', quam yiuerram i.riterpretor, Gaza) fed miriQr , Arifioceics» 

 Grarcehabetur, H' d lv7:s,Ui u9ji) 'j^ ^^'c-^^^i^^ idefi,lcftismagnitudinea:qu2t paruurn 



illura catcllum Mclitcnfem.v,{,t;;c^^&7!' pro T0,'>t.<K.pov,ffequenslocutjoapud Gr.ccos. Scd vtcunq; exiguisnon decl| 



'* ingenium,nec in homincs amor. Nam Thcodorifakatoris Mv|icenfis catellus , rltrofcipfum iiV hcri tumulurn 

 inijciGns,cumipfovnalepeh.ri voluit,vt Aehanusprodidit. CatuliquosMchtsosvocantJlon^.achidolorcmfc- 

 dant appkcati f^pius.traniireq; morbos a;gritudine eoru intelligitur,plcrunq; & mortt^jPlin. Catella Mcllta-a, 

 MeA(Ta..sv KUi;/JVDv,prouerbij vfu dicitur ^n eum qui habctur in deiicijs ac lautius m ocio alitur ad voluptatem,non 

 ad vium.Efi in familijs diuitum huiufmodi minifirorugcnus,quo8 illi non ad minifteriuni,{ed anirai caufa domi 

 habent,ErafmusChiliad.3 Cent.5.EtrurfusChiiiad.4Xent.4.eodeprouerbiore-petit-o,Meiir2icatuH(inquit) 

 fic vocftntur mmirum abinfalaMelstajin^er Corcyraranigram &Illyricumfita, author Plin.lib.3. cap.vltirao. 

 jtidem Strabo & Stephanus. ApudLucianum inLapithis^rAeiTSOTicjAlcidamantem Cynicum, ixiAirsLtov Kwji^iov 

 vocat. Athenasus lib.12. fcribic Sybaritis vchemcter in dclicijs fuiflccanes Melitsos. Qui quidera hoc efie vidcn- 



jtur in genere canum , quod nani & pumiliones inter hpmincs , Ha;c Eraf Canis digna thronct, adagium funt- 

 ptumjV£yidmir,aMelita:iscatuiis,YtfupradixiinterpWiicrbiai • - 



