tiisremcurfi panthsrafeaparclaHithoemverocurnlupo&yuIpe. Plinius ethm hocfdem 'npi genus Intdilgit 

 fincdubiojCurnciicitthoem cfTegenas !upi: naiu fi ccruacian^ iotellexifrcj dcciarBdcc : (|-i£ndoquiden! ceru.uifi 

 &noQerat&nom!naucrar,&cleeiusobHn!oneicripfcraL Quod autem e;* tribii'.r eigcneii,qLia: Ariftoteiesthoi* 

 videlicetpugnarecumleoneSf canibus,& cane eUe celenorem , mirari de tanta eius inconfideration-e dcbe- 

 mos,&c. MeminitpantherisHecodat.&Gal -n.fed non stavrgenusanimalisapertam fit. Quanquam GalennS 

 fTgnificare videtur genus illud lupi ignobilepotius quara ceruarium:fcctbit enim efle nonnullos homi 

 luint>S', vt edant carnesleonum, 6c pardaion, id eft pantherarum .'31108 vero effe qui cdaoc carnes canum, & panr 

 th^ram&vwipium. Etiterum, Genusiilud quod Arabes vulgolupum Armeniumappeilaredixi, ltalianonha> 

 ber:&fimul& rc& iiomine careot Irali. Qaamobrem fuit ncceifcant G arcoverbopanthcremdicere.auc lu^ 

 pum Armeniura cutn Arabibus,aur cicalaaj cum Thurcis, aut nouuiiiin;ponerequodplaruSt:itaq;canarium i 

 dixilupum (hoepriusfecerat GazajacanisfimilitudincHucurq; Niph. 0w£?, -rorv^vje^», Schohain lo. Iliadi Et 

 rurrusm 15, ew'«v, yjw^jjeiwi/. E{i:autempantherion,voxdeminuta^panchere,hoGeftparuuspandiet: quamob- 

 rem ipfe crtam thi em dicop:.ruum ellcpaniherern, qaamuis apijd Latinos de paruo pani;here nemo memi- 

 iieiir.Rcdetamfn ficappeIisbirous,d5ilinguendigranaapardali,quieferarnaior, &Latinis fccminino genere 

 pandieracft. Tho iS,fcraF paru.^in monnbus, He*ych. OppianusecJamintcr viles& imbeciiiesferas pantheres 

 nufnerar^, cum fel!bus,gliribus& ieiuris. lib. 2. de venatione non procui a fine. Quamobrem conijeiat aiiquis 

 genettas qooq; dfdas.de quibus fupra poliequum (eotfim fcrrpfimus,aIiquod minimi pantherisgenus eiTe^Car- 

 (danus nuiftelis adnumersc : ied roufteiarum maximss dicere, pantherum minimos, nihilforfitanprohibebit. 

 Quinetiamzibctticatum,vtvuigonoroinant,dequoftatim poll: pardalim fcribam ,ad hoc genus referendum 

 quidamexiftiraat. ©«V.sAuHsTrav^K^©-^ Varinus.Tho?(inquirEu{hthiusinlib,ii. liiados janimaleftleGuibus 10* 

 inimicuTm, & lupo fimiie, rccundutn veteres, vnde & vulgo force Lycbpanther vocatur. Et rurfus in lib. 13. Vete- 

 r.-es(mquit)Th6eratradunc Hya^n^fimilemieffc&cumfairuingredi, idqiftatim vtnitumeft: ( lBcl^\m f^ir» 

 tHAj^oiTvcy j Ttxy-evix^^oi/BaJj^ft:} quamobrem erramus qui vulg^ Lycopantheres ftras dcgeneresf a^^we??) &fru^i- 

 bus veicentcSjputamuseiTeThocsjqut vcladueffnsLconem atjdaciapr^ditifinr. Hxc Euftarhius. Homerusqui- 

 demlib.ii.l^hoesceruurn ( (agitta percufiam,ctimi3m fangnine exhauftus fugere amplius nequit J laniantes, 

 fapernentuLeonisdiLfugerccanit ifidoruspantherero propantherainept^accipir. Ego Fra'ncfordia:aiiquando 

 (^quaGetmania; V bsad Moerium eft,emj5or*um celeberrimum,) venaies vidi pelies quas-Ieopardorura dice^ 

 bant.maculol^squidem &eleganres,fedmult6 minores&diuerlasabillisqua^in Gallia videram leopardorum 

 pellib us, ex Africa aducdis : qusc candldiores funt. 111« vero, quas Frarlcfordix vidi , magis fufcaj erant , oblongje 

 anguft^q;,vith6 iroplanegeneciseirevideanturj&Germanicenomtnaripofllnr, klemlepparden, hoc cft psrui 3 ^ 

 Itsopatdi.X^nophoa lib. de venar.ca.penitlt. Looaes,inquit, pardaleSjlynceSjaraV^jj^ec, vrfi &aliachuiurmodi 

 ferac,lnlocis externiscap:unturcircaI^angaum montera, & C^ttumiupraMacedoniara : aiiaein Olympo Myfio 

 & Pindo:aliiitioNy af praSyriam,&c. partimaconiticoveneno, partimcquis&armis intcoclufa:, pnrtim fo- 

 ueis. Apud paftorales Afros, prarteraliasfera$,hafcuaturacietesagreftes,di6tyes,th6es (^oTe? ) &7r«V$*j^6?-, Herp- 

 dot. lib 4. Valla pantheras tranftulir, quod non probo. Panther caurit araans , pardus hiando felit, Author PhL 

 lomelar.Hebraicam voccm^n^^X^y^^^^^^^^^-O-^^^e^^-SeptuegintaTr^V^i^^interpret fed hac vocekonem po- 

 tJusvei leacnam fignificarijin Leone cap, 1. demonftraui. Lupus canarius (panrher) cajcos parit laporum ritu, nu- 

 iBero complurimura quatuor, Arift.hift, anim. 6 35. necahbf vfquaro ciusraeroinit, Tioivlyi^ov dXdTnlov^y Ariftoph. 

 in Ranis, Scholia exponunt, •T0'7mv^lo(,7r(^vy/:^.mi^%^n-A3v : (ahqui camcn legunt kisi' d^^r]^'ov : )(u panthetaretiSge- 

 ruseft,quoomnisgener!sfera;capiuntur, vcin pardalidicam. Quacftionem de daiypode (& lepore:) ficutde 40 

 thoe, panthereaelynce, ncghgcntiaquadamantiquisauthcitjbusitaprartcrmiflam putat Theodor.Gjza, vecx- 

 . cuLari haud facile poifint. PTinius ccrce, Oppian. & Ariftotel, lynccs, thoes, & pantherts^diuei i:s!dcis, tanquana' 

 animaha diuerfa memoranr : Item Xenoph. (vt modo rcciraui j lynces & pantiiere?. Pollux ac Herodorus, thoes 

 & pantheres apcrte diftmguuVjr, vt quanquam congeneres feraf,magnitudine tamen,fi non eciam aliter,omnino 

 difterre vlderi debeant:quodaccuratlusdifcutiendum rclinquimusil{is,qui peregrinasterras adierintaditutiae 

 funt.-nosh«cinangu!o pacrise noftrarfcribimus.P athi oN(ai'par.hyo,inq(iit Alber.)animaleti:,quodnaturf 

 deccrero mirabiletri hibet : colorc cnim purpureo nitens adeo refpiendet , vt vifusin ipfo quafi icintUIare videi-' 

 tur.Morruo,pellisquidcmrKber roancclcdintcritfplendor. rasgnitudocicanis, adinoduromaniuefeit,&de- 

 Ikatis cibisgaudet.QuidamanciquoramputauerunthocanimalhaberealiquTdrdiuinitatis. Ollaeiusduriflim» 

 &fcrr;ffima fanr, & ncrui tam validi, vt non nifiroagna violent^a poffintdiruropi,Ha!cA!berr.fineauthore. s 

 Quodficubi taleanimalceperitut.thoum pAntherumqjgeneri.«.e{revidetur: & apanthcreforfan corrupra fue- 

 tJt voxpachio.Ti«6tm non ruigeneriscfteanimal .fedexlupicoitucumpardalinafci Oppianuscccinit. Thoes, 

 0fl6f, ^owj/jfer* ex hyicna & lupo nats, Hefychius & Vario us, Thos animal eft fimile hy^u«, Scholia in liiad. v, ^ 

 . B. ? 



Tho^spertemporaimmutantur^&col jremdluerfumhyemefBftat^ue trahunt,atq; JciUte nudi, hyeroe 

 hirtircdduntur, Ariftcc.&Aeljan. AtPlmiusaliter,Habitumfinquit)noncoIoremmutant: per byemes hirti 

 fcoroati,Soiio.)<jftatenudi.Thtiscorporeiongior&caud3porrc(aioreft,fquamiupus,vcPllDiuSiiccipi£ Ari- 

 ftotelis vcrba. Ego cani potius thocm ab eo conferri puto : natn de cane propius dixerat , lupos eriam & psnthc- 

 res ei coro parans : ) fed proceritate brea£or;,<eIeritere ^que pr.^ftat, quamms crura habeat breuiora .* miiliis enira 

 & agilis eft: profilireq; 1 .>ngius ob esro rem poteft, Ariftm, 6. 3f . de hiftor. anim. Griecc lcgitur, 1\ ThjJihUv S^u (Sc. 

 ii^v y^iv y.oiK(io<;, 77) ^iv\\/oc ^i^^^^^ caudam velexttemu cotpus ,alc'tudirie vir^ 



breulor.-nam&Pliniusitafeictranftulit, nuiiacaud^mcntionefa^ia. Idcm proceritacem de longitudme a ca- 

 pite verfas csmdam accepir, non vr Gs?a pro alcitudinecrurum & reliqui corporis.Sic inter vocabuia rei militaris 

 pf.'Tw/BoAv;v«2B' s<,^flegimiis,&e7r' j/^V, hoceft, mihtumconuecfionemabextteraoagminevel coofra. Lupicer- 

 uarj cenc noftri cauda perbreuis eft, qnod tneminiftedebuerat Gaza.cum pro thoelupuuicetusrium vcrre- 

 ret. Thosinternaomnialupifimiliababet, Arift.Lupolongfradine procerioreft, breuit?te crurum difllmilis^^ 

 Pimljrtflocesfuntquanquam breuia habenxcrura, Var. Thocscoramiflfos leones. Etfubie ■caftuv& paruis do- 

 muetelacbtis, Gcar. Afpe(9:n (Q^o-wW.fiaefdeietantura ,iitte toto corpore) iupuro genitorem teferuntjma-^ 

 cuhi veio pardalin roatrem Oppsan. 



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