nicaadunij cafu forcuicovefe mihi legendum obculic in ce- 

 lebri Voc^hoUrio deU' Academia de/h Crufca ab hujus Compi- 

 lacoribus aflTeri Teredincm, qua ucplurimum fcabieinfefto- 

 rumcocis icacec,in perexiguisi ac mmuculisanimaiculis con- 

 liftere; Ecce ipfiiTima Vocabularii verba : Vellicelio e un fic* 

 colijfimo B^colimiil (j^a^le Ji gener^i^ fC Rognofi in pe/le in fe/ie^ e 

 rodendo cagion^ un acutiffmo pizzicere^ Idem fencire ^poft* 

 modum obfervavi Jofeph.Laurencium in fua Amalchea,dum 

 fcripfic: Acarm,Teredo. Vermicti/m exiguus fubcutanem rcdens» 

 Pidice/io> Ec Lit^ T rredo, Vermis in ligno nafcens, C^ries, Item 

 Acfirm rodens carnern fub cutei P/W/V^/^*Hisicaque fic ledita- 

 tis, iceraca, ftdulaqueexperiencia ftrucandi prurigine caftus 

 fum, an diftas Teredines animalcula vere finc, (erioque con- 

 fului erudicifi^ Hyacinchum Cefl:onium, ejus in experiendo 

 probacas fedulicacis, quae mulco aace cibi Vir. Clar.innocuic, 

 Mulcocie$ ergo obfervafle mihi conftanceraffeveravic^Mulier- 

 culas propriis e fcabiofis filiolis acus excremicace nefcio quid 

 cducere,quod in laev^ manus pollicis ungue,alceriusmanus 

 pollicis ungue comprefliim, in ipfa compre/Tione aliquem 

 parvum (bnum facere videcur,hoc aucem educi a minuciori- 

 bus cuberculis (cabiofis,perfe£la nondum fanie fcatencibus, 

 vel uc vocicanc immaturis; mucua quod icidem charicate in- 

 tcr remiges, & mancipia Balnei Liburnenfis, fi fcabies infe- 

 ftarec, fieri adnocavic. Inde fubdidic non fibi camen cerco 

 conftare,an Teredines e Vermiculorora cenfu forenc, prom- 

 pce camen de eocerciorem fe reddendi occaiiooem dacoram, 

 mulcis experimencis in ftabiofb quopiam, quo aucopfia in- 

 fallibili in affirmacivam^velnegacivam parcem declinandum 

 docereraur. Ncc fcabioftm comperire fuic difficile,qu! in^ 

 cerrogacus, ubi acrius, vaJidiusve cucim fibi prurire perfen- 

 tifcercc, erupciones rnulcas cucaneas, puftulasque minuculas 



