360 de piscibvs 
fibi incffc fentiat,refupinatam in arena iacere immotam,mortuarque 
fimilem,cuius latera fipifcis contigerit ftupore impeditum euade- 
te non polle. 
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Crctera ex ipfo autorc petito. Torpedines hoc pifcatu vti, id ar- 
lib. 9 .deHfr £Umcntoe ft, inquit Ariftoteles, quod capiantur, qua: inventricu- 
lo mugiles habeant omnium velocinimos, cum lprx lint tardilhm^. 
Neque vero pifces lolum, led homines etiam ftupefaciendi viaffi- 
ibidem. ciunt. Ariftotelcs: H 5 vcupwi cpdxnfK Wt Gj 'Tvs <\ujpu>Twvs 7 wiQQ rcop- 
^ Plinius ex eodem: Maris torpedo etiam procul, & e longinquo, 
vel fi hafta,virgave attingatur,quauis prxualidos lacertos torpefcere 
facit,quamlibet ad curfum veloces alligari pedes. Ego reuera torpe¬ 
dini pridem mortua:, qua: domi alferuabatur, cum in fummis xftatis 
j ^ , feruoribus manum aliquando admouiflem, fenfi frigefccre,vt verif- 
ftoma.cZfis. fimi torpedinis viux contadtum , inter iluporis caufas a Galeno nu- 
In TAenme-l meratum fuifle cxiftimem, quod fortalfe ex Platone haulit, qui cum 
de torpedine loqueretur: Kct) a.vry, inquit , r wXvQa^ov^t vcop- 
7 toisT. Hac arte e pifcatorum manibus euadit: cum enim fe hamo 
captam,vulneratamque fenferir,lineam pinnis ample£titur,mox per 
lineam'virgamque ftupor in pifcatoris manum immittitur , vt pifca- 
jitsK -*** 1 toria arma excidant. Oppianus: 
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lilro 7 . vado maris excauato. Theophrallus citante Athenxo : ©so^pa^os 
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