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2)e B E n : 
‘ quid ejl ? Gramm ejus ejl magts Cicere, decUnans ad Al^ 
^ hedinem quandam ^ hahet MeduJlam lenem un&uofam. Calidum 
^ in tertiOj ftccum in fecundo. Ejl mundijicati<vum ^ proprie ipfius 
^ Medulla^ ^ inciftuum Humorum Crajforum^ ^ apperit cum Aceto 
^ ^ Aqua Oppilationes Vifcerum, ^ in Jachir ipfius ejl Amaritudo, 
‘ plus ^ Styplicitas' A<vicenna goes on to enumerate the other 
Virtues of this Simple 5 but what we have here quoted is fuffi- 
cient to fliew how much Alpinus was miftaken, in thinking that 
Avicenna meant by his Ben, the Coffee Fruity that is the Bon or 
Ban which Alpinus had feen in Egypt. His Words are thefe. 
^ Avicenna de his Seminihus meminity fimilefqy ‘vel eofdem ufus a 
^ te narratos de his Seminihus Memorise prodidity ipfumq\ Semen ca^ 
^ lidum in tertioy ficcumqj in fecundo Gradu conjlituity quod tamen 
* ^erum non ^idetuvy quando Semen fafore dulcefcat , cum pauco 
^ Amatore nuUamqy Acrimoniam pra fe ferat. Nihilominus ipfum 
^ OhJlruUionihus Vifcerum frigidifq-y Tumorihus Hepatis ‘vel Lienis 
‘ muUum conferre docuit j fed ait Stomacho Naufeam concitarey pi-- 
^ tuitamq-, purgarey atqj muUa alia hac Semina prajlare Experientia 
^ penes ^gyptios didici! All thefe Effeds mention’d by Alpinus, 
are to be found in that Chapter of A^icennUy of which I have 
tranfcribed a Part 5 and therefore it is fomething ftrange that 
J. B. fhould not have difcovef d, that this was the Place in A^i^ 
cenna which Alpinus referr’d to. ^ Htec Alpinus ex Avicenna 
^ citaty fays that Author, non addita tamen Nomine quo Avicenna 
‘ ‘vocaty neque haElenus apud Avicennam reperiri potuimus Nomen 
^ Bon wel Ban : nec fcimus quo Nomine ejus meminerit" 
Our two foremen tioned Criticks have both taken notice of this 
Millake Alpinus. ^ Notat Alpinus, fays Salmafiusy Avifenam 
^ fupra fcripti feminis meminiffe fed ^erior ut falfus fit. Et fane 
^ ita ejl. Nulla Buni ^el Grani Bon apud Avifenam Mentio •, fed 
^ Ban pro Bon accepit Alpinus : Nam ^ initio Capitis Grana ilia 
^ Ban ‘vel Bon appellata meminit. Sed de Ban falfum quod apud 
^ Avifenam de Glande unguentaria intelligendum. Pro Ben quod 
^ legitur in Verjione Gerardi Carmonenfis Alpagus ad Oram repofuit 
^ Ban ; hoc igitur Ban pro Bon interpretatus ejl Alpinus, non fe^ 
^ rendo Errore. Calidum in tertia^ ^ Jiccum in fecunda Clajfe 
‘ Granum Ban Jlatuit Avifena quie ejl ‘veterum f^v^oQa,Acly(^ 
‘ Ad eos Gradus calidi ^ (icci non afpirat Buna. 
Velfchius has told us likewife in a few Words: Alpinus 
‘ contra Ebufinam nofirum difputaty non huic Semini fed Ban 
^ Glandi 
