ITa cornu Ammonisex vivencium aut animaforum -gcncrc 

 rurfus excjufi : Un um fupereft, uc declarem^ an pro Draco* 

 nice iiiud haberi deheac, Siq.enim Gernianicum incer Agn- 

 coias Brunshufenos nomen obcinec, quo ©racftmffetn vul~ 

 gariter appeliant,& lingua effexunc vern&cula. Sic commu- 

 nis illaferr perfuafio, qua huiclapidi vircucem in veneficio re~ 

 movendo fingularem cribuunc; Tum maxime, quum vapcis 

 perincantationem lac fuum defick omnino., auc ab venefidis 

 erepcum credicur, Id ii accidac, tum jubenc pro eS, qua func 

 opinione , hune immicci mui<3:ro lapidem , uc prifcum lac 

 r^deac, copiaque fuppecac priori. Hxc autem cx ingenio meo 

 ne videar haufiffe J teftes cicabo iiceras , quas fidedigniifinaus 

 ^micus nuperadme dedic; Ubi hunc in fenfum brevifer ac 

 ner vose : ^flm fiale im gtmtin DafjJr i pajp bicfct&wfynfitin fom 

 fcerfow* Srajfe kv fywty §<*H / fonbttlid} fttfnn %k M§t igve 

 £ffr(c§ nicfy gc&en / oSjf r t?on pcftn imrcfj ^ettttg aw$t* 



mvltfm mt&tn. %l$t>atm wtb in dMctpot biefVr @fem gtU$ctt 

 tini) DaraufWe wtidttyiilcf) kty btt Mufypttfyofftt / mtfuhmnftcf} 

 fyitbtt tinfittbttlK+ Siceine cQrnu iliud in Draconken trans- 

 mutabkur J Siccine adverfus veneficia prgfens remedium 

 dabic? 



II. Videbimus erg6 piimum, quem Draconiceti in fjifto- 

 ria nacuraii Plinius (Li&. XXXVlll, c. io-) defigner. Braconites 

 Jive Dracontia e cerebro Jit draconum y fid nifi yiventibus abfcijjo 

 nunquflm gemmcfcit > invidia anirnalis mori fe fentientis : Igi- 

 tur dormientibus amputant, Sotacus , quivifam eam gemm^m 

 Jibi apud Regem fcripfit, bigis vehi qu&rentes tradit , & viso dra*> 

 cone Ipargere fimmfca medicamenta^ atq^ ita pr&cidere : jEJfe au- 

 tem czndore transfacido> nec poftea polirh aut arlem admittere^, 

 H^c opcimus Hiftoriae inc^r Romanos Phyfic^e Audor eGra- 

 cis pocifiimum monumencis reculic. Nam ucrumque no^ 

 men Gr^cum cft » '&pmyb& i & alcerum quidem 



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