Tfe Vermium Armearmn in fungli ^enerntione. 169 



Conftritlos cenenc, non lecusaccapreoli, (eu cincinni, quos 

 ,in vicibus videmuSife incorquenc circum pampinos in orbem> 

 cosque compleduncur ; ubi aucem illce harum pedes arcuacis 

 fuis fic illaqueacoscenenc, eos abrumpunC) alcerum poftaU 

 terum, nec defiftunc, usque dum quacuor auc quinque de- 

 cerpferinc; hocfadoincorpusinfulcanc, illudque mordxcus 

 appreheniiim, &apercumexugunc; nihil faciences reliqui, 

 nificucem exanguem, &exuccam pedesquereliquos. 



Unicam de genere hoc aranear um aluic diu aqua lalis pe- 

 trae&calcemiftisj fuieha:c aidmodum acrox, omnes omni- 

 no, quasei objecicarai^eas, vigip, licec incer eas ofFenderic, 

 qucie ipfi mulcum faceflerunc negocii , & vix expediend^ (alucis 

 crearuncpericulum, quasdamenim nonmfidifficukeradmo- 

 dum fuperavic ; tandem omnium vidor remanfic, uti Ale^ 

 xdnder MagnuSi & quidemXXX. numero aranearum 5 quas illi 

 aliampoflaliam porrexic, Duas eciam ipfi appoflii^: ceftulas, 

 inunarncibo, & inalceramporuimmiflTo.j fedinunamincu-. 

 lic pedes , & exiicca aranparum a (e devi£larum cadavera. Co- 

 meftis his araneis craflbmobcinuiccorpus, & nigrum induic 

 colorem 5 candemque inceriic, procul dubio ex abundancia 

 fijccorum cx araneis exuftorum , & devoracarum forraflls 

 aranearum. 



Pra^cerea aquam, qu^ e fungis pucrefa£lis emanavic, & 

 infuperaliquancumfungorumpucrefaftorum, immificin va^ 

 fculum porcellanum Indicumy illudque inverfb virro probe 

 claufum foli expofuic; ftd vicrum collere aliquando volens^ 

 ^eprehendic , id ica firmicer agglucinacum vafculo, & con- 

 tencxineomaceriei, uc fimul vafculum in alcum (uftuleric: 

 usque adeo apprime cenax vifcus five glu cinum has cupedi^ ha- 

 buerunc. 



Judicium ergo penes omnes eife poceft , quid filuclsin 

 comeftisfungis fic. Exfrudlibus arborem cognofcimus. Sic- 

 ucilli, qjui poft i^ivencum frumencum glandibus non vclce- 



Y bancur. 



