DF HISTORIA Α (iV Α Τ I L I VM ANIMALI VM. ,s 2 



LOCVS, 



1 hh l 3 -"?- "· Mclanurus marinus pifcis cft;Et proptcrca iure a Plinio ( ΐβ^ ^ m«it pcuiimt ammmtr* 

 tun Circa litora & pracfcrtim arenofa vitfitat,vt author eft Oppianus his vcriibus. 



^/f.i . /o/. io8* m nonmlliflamm fifces in litorc arenam 



2- 1 · Mandunt t & tena qnicytid nutritur in alu 



Mppi,Qoccigcs celeres jfiwipe wythini 

 Ef Cttharc , rriglacpic fijnul } tenHes McUnnri , 

 TrachHronqHe grrges t Bk£lojf<e<iHe & Vlatanuri, 

 Taniaquc imhdlU ,ρΒη φοψε Mormyfos t dtque 

 $combri } & Cyfrinijlabulantur htora ittxtd. 

 "liA.cap 16. Columclla vcro inquicns/R«r> opttmefdxofiim mdre nominis Jnififcti nHtrit^uifiUcet^uoijnfetm Α 

 fiabulenturjfaxatilcs diBifint y nt mernUyTurdiqiie.nec minus Uelanuri;atque »f litoru } fic &fremum dijfcrentias nojje 



cportetse nos alienigentpifccs dedfiant f vti eum in faxoiis litoribus dcgcYc tcitatur , iicin iaxatiliii 

 pifciumnumcrocollocat;Verumficuti, cumcxvcre faxatiliumcenfunon iitMelanu- 

 rus(vt ex hiitoria oftogeiima intclligi poteft)Co]ume]lairi, vti & vetercs nonnullos alios 

 (qucmadmodum incademo&ogefima docuimushiiioria)iaxatilium vocabulo, latiori 

 iignificatu vfum cffc,credcndum ; ficipiiim, vtqui faxofi Jitoris accolamfaciatMelanu 

 rum, Oppiano cimdcmin arenofis litoribus viftitare affcrcnti, aducrfari haud arbitran- 

 dum;quando hic pifcis varias habitare fedcs fojcat, vt te/iis eilAelianus, qucmadmodu 

 ί cx cms vcrbis, qua? paulo poft citabimus^larc dignofci potcrit. 



QJIBVS VESCATVR. 



*HiflM.2.u.i. Tcile Ariftotelc,°Mfter«i ( fiue μ natit rhcodorus, Oculata) alga uefdtuuVt vcro author eft Ac- Β 

 Ρ /ifc.i2.cep.i 7 . lianus/ C«m wwfr tcmfcflates fimt,tx his umunt cibis MelanHri,epiOi efaxis pdrtim cruittrfartim e terra euellun t y ntc 

 tamen wfifordidisfdfcuntXT &abicBii ) qHtbus nonfacile dlitispifiis^ififamc οψφ* nefccrethr ; Cnm maris trdncpiU 

 litas uigetjnfolo fabnlo fabHlutnqnhkntj hincqu^afcunttir^ Vndc & QppianiiS dc CO agCIIS dixit. 

 iif.3f.i39.39. ^femftrqut gtilofa 



Abftinet α cotnis* 



NATVRA, Έ Τ MORES. 



r Ub.i.fol^. Cum no robuftus fed infirmus pifcis fojvt tcilis cil Oppianus d\ccns, r *cuxA?xu'<i μ <λ«ϊΜ 



p«c coi . ξ οι , id cil , imbeciilts^d ( vt vcrtit intcrprcs)f f ««ii ueunmuYx alibi, ! vinb haud magnisfidit . Iurc 



^.3./. 139. 39· timidus cft, vti Aclianus tradit , inquiens , t Tiwdijfimi ptfiium McUnurijfi* timtditatis teflcsh* 



Hu 12. crtp. 1 7. fifcatoresjnequc cnim capuntHx najja } nequc ad cam accedunt. HoC autcm ΠΟΙ1 folum OppiailUS confir 



mat^fcribcns, C 



/.139. 37. * H*tid facile fdrutis Melanurus fallitnr arte, 



Nec cktna capitttr najja t necreUbus antplis^ 

 \inbus band ntdgnis fidit femperque gulofis Abflinet d cctnis. 



*Μ. 3 2. 2. Scd rlinius ctia ante vtrofque prodidiffc vidctur ? cum dicat , x in stdbidno Cdmpdni* ad utr 



chHs fetrdm ucknun in mdti fdtiem dbiettnm rdpimt;iidem dd nnllum ctbum in <j«o hdmnsfit dccedunt. Quod qili- 



dcm tum timori ,tum iolcrtiae affcribi potcft- Cum quam folcrs cffe ioleat, vel eo di giio- 

 fcatur,quod cx ipfa maris tranquillitate pifcatorum aducntum prxcognofccns, profun 

 diffmo mari fc mcrgat;mari vcro perturbatOjintelligcns co tcmpore pifcatorcs ad ma- 

 rc non accedcre,ad fummas aquas cnatct,agatquc, k tunc quidcm circa fcopulos, Sc mi 

 rafagacitatc in fpumis latitans,quas infra^i fcopulis fludus continue excitant ; Qux o- 

 >7ιίΜ2.«ρ.ΐ7. mniaficfcriptismandauitAelianus,^Cumplacitum& quictum citmarc, Melanuri ad D 

 imam mans icdcm in petris,aut algis quiefcunt ? tcgumentoque protcguntur, quocuque 

 corpus occultari potcft,cum in ako aducrfa tcmpcilas cft: ? pifccsque alios vidcnt in alti 

 tudincm cx flu£hmm impctu defcendere, hi tum fiducia implcntur , fimul & ad litus ap- 

 propinquant,atquefpumam fupcr ie fluc^uantcm/c ipfosque cooperientem,fatis cffe ad 

 fc tucndum arbitrantur; Vix dici poteft quam pcrnofcuntjeo die , nodeuc cum feritas ma 

 ris,& immanitas cfFcrucfcit^tum a pifcatoribus non adiri mare;Qua; fic ctiam ab Oppia- 

 no fcribuntur. 



