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XII. Num deniq; cum piuribus ad quandam ivrmtib&& 

 delabar, h.e. adearn repugnantiam , qua lapis nofter venefi.* 

 cio per proprietates contrarias refiflic , auc refifiere videtur ? 

 Num ad cvfJLn*$&*v h. e; confenfum aucconvenienciam no~ 

 ftri Iapidis cum lafte bubulo > puroque ad ubera reducendo ? 

 Sed valde vereor* ne ucraque deficiac cadacve , non alicer, 

 quamfi Democricus auc Carceflus ab acomis heterogeneis & 

 homogeneis caufam hujus remedii ullam deducere conetur. 

 Nec minus mecuo » ne idem judicium cordacus Phyficus de 

 hac ucraque ferac, quod Plutarchus in LibroSympofiacon fe- 

 cundo dePhifofbphis > quiantipathias jaditanc 3 olim culifle 

 legitur? Maxime quum difquirunc > cur elephas furens con- 

 fpefto ariece infaniam deponac * Cur vipera fiftacur 3 fagino 

 conta&a cermite j Cur taurus alligacus ficui quiefcac; Cur 

 fuccinum ad fe(e craliac univcrfa leviav prasterocymurn, oleo- 

 que imbuca corpufcula > Cur magnes allio inun&us ferrum 

 non attrahar. De his omnibus antipathi^ veterum exemplis 

 acutiflime Ch^roneus ilie Philofophus: A tJto ^ 



(c*7X0f) oTi 'fioT&.i ffUjuL^looptaiTa s%ovtc& iTrakoX^timv, ttjrioov Xst/ufiwet cTo- 



\av 'k o£$us* Ego verd dico, hoe negattonem fotius disquiftion&s 

 quam cau(k redditionem effe. Id autem cenfideremus ( inquie- 

 ham) multa accidentia e£e > qu<enon recJe pro caufis tamen ha~ 

 bentur. Namficuti nihil racionis aucparum dicuncreddunc- 

 que > qui occulcas io demonftracionibus qualicaces crepanc; 

 lca paululum raciocinando proficiunc,quiancipachias&fym- 

 pachias demonftracioni allinunc, uc quicquam camen dixifTe 

 yideancur, ubi nihil, quod ad rem percinuit, dicebanc* 



XIII. Siccineincer uvajrto^ayitta referecur, quambuicla- 

 pidi evencus comprobac, & agricolas atcribuunc, virctrs in ve- 

 neficio collendo l faa\Tiot\oy*T® 7ra$o$ aucem DiofSorides & 

 Alexander Aphrodifaeus illam nuncupane propriecacem , cu- 

 jus caufaauc nulla excogicarij aut fi quaspiam excogirecur, 

 difficillime 3 uci fufficiac* reddi pocelt Icaque facebor y,- 



