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DE HiSTORIA Α Q^V Α Τ Ϊ L Ι V Μ ANIMALI VM. 7* 

 HIS TORIA Q^V Α R Τ Α 



JD Ε ANGVIUA, 



Ν Ο Μ Ε Ν . 



Β Italis AngHilld,a Germanis Arf,a Latinis,M.Varrone autKorc/eo ^ r « 

 prisfoma , angue prafefirat Anguilla; a Graecis vcro ΐγχιλη quintifs pifcis 

 noffcr vocatur,^»*/? vt Euftathius cxplicat^ViAi/i^o^hoc eft m /«top» 



Athenaeo aUt &Emfta thio tcilc/dccentnintcrdiihdbet vn penKltimd,ut 

 Avtjntsrdn nero m antcpenultimd ut *7^fAt/f,Eifdemq? authoribus d declmatur ali - 

 qnudo per.v.utws ^χίλνοζ,αίψαάο pcr.f ,«τιΓ? tyxUtos-tfer.v.naquc fingulares,per*. 

 Htrotflurdles cdfw mfleBi } plurbnd dntiquoru fcriptom decet exempldJ Ab Ariilotclc pf£ Α 



terca/ atque a Baeotiis,non pcr.v.ty^Avsfed pcr.i.iVfc/*' 5 fcribitur. descriptio. 



Pifcis cft Anguilla(£ « J?,vt Athcnaeus,atqs Euilathius llOtarii t } cdm α pifce diuerfam facere uidetm H# 

 wifrfeijnquies h Vexdbantur AnguilU ac fifies gurgite Udfto) Arift.PliniiqllC tcilimonio; 1 Longw & lftbrim } Ita 



vtviuesjdetinerimanibusn^ i^tAi/^hoccft vtfcfe 



Piautus exprefsit/A»gA e/V^«<r,No fquamis/cd tcrgore tegitur.Quod quide,vtiPlinius fcri 



bi t y m Sicuti MHrcrnis mttijfimn efljic AngHillU crdffw f eoqnc uerbtmri filitos trddtt Vertiw praitextatos-,& ob id,mult* his di 



citnon injlitutam, C a pi t c cft tenui, fere rotudo,atq5 acuminato;nonullis(qu3e falso focminse credu 

 tur)deptis,quibus crafsius;latiufculumqs cft.Detes plurimi cxilcs ; acuti,in antcriorc maxime 



oris pa rtC, multiplici ftltordillC.EtVt author cR ΑήΑο^ΒτακΚαβ kMnqUe iptaternashahet fimplicesfoeo 



deatqpAthcn^o tcilibus 0 e%igm;l\irt% quas,tece hcerent finnajttmqtie R«rf.Colornooibus vnus ? a- Β 

 quaru.n.inquibus dcgutron^variatur.Qugenanq^dcflucme acpuraincolut,vetrefunt ca- 

 dido,dorf6quc cincraceo,fiuc fubcoerulco.Quse vcro inimpura ac ilagnati comorantur,ve^ 

 trc fubalbo,dorfo vcro fubuiridi vcl fubnigro apparcnt.Et vt ab Ariil proditu cftlguUm ( φοί 



fijcibuf conttngit fducit)hdbent Jed exigua : r Ventreatte exigtto fint, s ¥cl iccori hxrttffmgue inefl fdHcv ,flurima eo cdrent, u $e 

 orfitn enbn α cdrne non fvngucfcunt ,V 'nde fdUcu as momento febum ejfe folet f Vlmio atqjSoIino ailthoribus^ In Ga, 



ge dmne dd triccnos pedes duge tur-, Athcnxiq? Sc Paufania? tcftimonio/co^*(Quar,vtThc6 cdocet,^i» Cd 



fea Vceoti* fdlude oriutar.Et Athcnaeo atq? EuilathlO tcile^ Strymoni<e(Q^% rcfcretC AthcilXO^m Strymone 



rhrddeefiumine ndjcumr)exbnia magnituditiis ejfe dicutur.Nos aut qua viginti libris maiorcs ncqs vidimuSjiic 

 <p ab aliquo fide digno vifas audiuimus. Ad qua et magnitudm^ncq? vbiuis getiu incrcfcut > 

 fcd ϊ nonullis tantu lacubus. sexv non differre.et qyo modo gigna nt vr. C 



Vt Arift. atq? PliniUS prodidcrc^ AngutlU neque mM t ntGUef«mmd efl,ncque pclm cx fe dliqua potejl procred** 

 re.Qui ca cnim cdpilUmcntis&lHmbricisfimiltd qtkefa intadu fibi ddnexd gcrente uidtfe diunt } inconfiderate id άβ€τηηί, dnte* 

 φα aduertdnt ψά parte UldgcrZtur.NcqUe.n.dliqMd eiufmodi cjl } quod dnimdl creet,ntfi frius generdrit w% \ quod in nulld A«e 

 gmlU ttijm ejl: & φ* animdlgignuntjHo in ttterofaw continet,non in uentriculojtd.n.non Jecus qnam dbus concoqmcnwt 

 ptimordidgcnitttra.Qvi dute dijftrentia mdris grfotmincn Atiguillce notdruntjciliect dlterdtn cd^ut hdbere dmflius ^dtqne oblon- 

 gtus,dltcia t hoc φ foemim rcfdniiui } hac nen mdm dcfeminte differentid efl Jed genens . Et Vt idcm Ariilotelcs allbi 

 tradit , Λ No» fiintfxminajed quid djfeth α cceteris difcrefantjfemince dffdUniur. Quamobrcm . e Nec per coitu pro 

 crcanmr,nec fdriunt oUd.Cdptdenim mnqUdm dliqM ejl^ua: dut femengcmtdle,dHt oud haberet.Medtus quoque, nel ftminiftd 

 Hnh* dtcommoddtos ^nulld refcijfa oflendtt : fed hoc unum inter fanguinea, genus totum fine coitufae ouo procredtur. Quod itd 

 rj?c eo confldt drgnmcnto } quod in nonnullisfecHlenUsfldgnis^qud omni ex\-ktuftd ) &> limo detra&o,Angttillee denuo generawr,iibi J) 

 dqtid dccejferit pluttid : ficcis temporibus gigni ncqucunt^ ciw in kcu ferenni.Quippe^qUce imbre & UiHdnt f dlantHr,\identHr 

 tdmcn notiull* hdberefackltdte gignedi } co qnod in dliqmbus lumbricijiunt^is mhn Anguillds generdri creditur . Quod error efl: 

 t& certe ex his ptodek Angutlla ,qtt<e terrce inteflind uoc&tur.Qua fiote in Itttojjtitncfceteue humo praueniut; la dlice dbfolni ex htt 

 uifce fint y dlice fidlptis difcerpisquc 7tHs dppdruewt.Oriutur hac meflina ditta,tu in mdri } ύ influHiis, m inftdgnis putredinif 

 mdxttne ratione^fcd in mdri qtid alga fint;inflagms dUte grfluuiis iuxtd ripds;Calor enim dmplins cas fubies fdrtes fadt ut pit 



tnat.Talis dute φ AngmlUrum gemdtio . Et fi aliquato fccus fcntirc vidcantur nonnulli;Plinius cnim no vlinius 

 fimpIicitcrnaturaefpontc,fedaliqua carumquoqg concurrentc aclionc,cas gigni affcrit , in- €t Ae lid 



qmaisf Anguill* atterunt fefiopults^a (Irigmetd Hiuefcmt } necdlid efl edrnm procredtio. OppiailUS vero COUCUm- nKi 



bcrc etiam eas arbitra tus,fic cccinit, faefdnt 



ί A*gm\\ce{piw > mu\toqueuo\ummeMx<z Concumbmt } lentor dtfiilldt corpore toto^ dhArtft- 



