RONDELETII 
DE PISCIBVS 
Liber XVII. 
Qui pifces molles dicantur. 
i. 
I S C I V M genera diuerfa qua ha&cnus 
exeeutifumus,omnia funt,iderf,fan- 
guinc pradita. Nunc id eft, fanguinis 
expcrtia-perfcquernur, quorum tria funtge- 
ncra.-impnmis qu ? mollia appellantur,dem- 
de contedta cruftis tenuibus, poftremo teftis 
conclufa duris.Hunc ab Arifto.inftitutum or 
dinem,& a Plinio repetitum deinceps fcque- 
mur.Mollia igitur Latmi vocant,qua Graci 
•Kci§ts’&/%S n 8' .,' 7 ' _ 
W1 Ky&pM 
~~ 7 , o M vocant,qua emaci 
m-Xvua.,*. rJosrtfS QfA^os 5 3 ^o hKg .J^ tf tfg ^ im qux 
fons came obduda intus folidum contincnt,quemadmodu fana U i_ 
nepradita, v tfepia loligo,polypus.Dicuntur etiam a Gracis 
id ell.molli cute conte6la,cum qua cruftis intedtafunt, Ari 
ltot.l^pilsime nominet.Idem manifeltum eft ex Galeno 
Cur enim mollia dicantur.apcrtids exponens ait 
/xvtsMttiUs exffawrify.wvLfa tefaxaSts# wX*j$ Jl’ «W 
a* o (br(*.!$T<Ljfo S ,\'{Q r’^ a7 £ 
™ ™ <p^ t> JU 3 (Jrn XtnMop ZyJ, 
nvrfytwvn SpuSte 3 (k^pKwk* JV 1 ^.Mollia vo¬ 
cantur, neque fquamas,neque afperam,neque tcftaceam cutem ha¬ 
bentia,led mollem perinde ac in hominibus eft,vt pofypodcsffepie 
loligines,& his hmtlia,qua tangenti quidem mollia videntur: quia 
neque iquamas,neque afperu, neque teftaceu tegumetum habeant 
our ? aute funt carnis.Verum dubitauerit aliquis,pofsmt ne animalia 
aheua Ime iangumc viuere,cum bilis vtraq; pituita, fanguis viuen- 
Vv 
