animaducrtcrunt  crrorcm:qma  xJibrariuiubarumln  qut^tii\
tuor  librisaquxnon  pofluntdccoqui ,  red  caufamcrrorii-'*
ignorantcs.SuntGuivniL&funtquiaUuvl,variique  cxpo-^
lianAvdi  er  nctes  fomnia.Vndc  Manardusvireruditifsimus  etuinho
tot  mfyr;.  valdchallucinatuscft.Etcnim  volcnsiprcemcndare,  maio
todclmu-  rcmcommiiitmcndam,tah6(jucrurpicatuscrroremeUcii  ^
hbris  aqux,&  no  in  iuiubis,declarauit  no  quatuor,ledccn-
tura  aqux  hbras  fumcndas  cfle.Et  pofito  cafu  quod  pro  dc-
ccm  imubarum  hbns^cfretbcnc  fumcrccetura  hbras  aqu(j:
fcd  tanta  quantitas  aquar,  quam  fubftatiam  poflct  accipcrc
cx  quinqnt  drachnus  violarum  &c.  paucis  fimplicibus,qux
in  ifta  dcicriptione  fcnbutur?Et  quomodo  bcnc  ad  lantam
aqux  quanntatcm,nonamphus  auamduxUbrx  zucchariJ
Error  igit* cft  in  iuiubis:quia(vt  diximus)n6  habct  cllc am*
plius,quam  rcxa?intanumtro,Et  lic  vnilormiterhabent  tc-
rccundacxcmprariamanu  fcripta.Caulatamcn  huiufmo-
dicrronshxcfuit.Lceebaturncmpcindiftis  cxcniplanbus
illadiftiofcxaginta,abrolutc.abrquenumero:vt  in  oluri
bus  nos  legimus:fx  vidclicct,Accipc  iiuubaru  Ix.vcl  hc:  Ac
cipccx  luiubjs  Ix.Minus  pcriti  librarii  quidern  imprudetcr
fcparantcsl,ab  x,intcr  vtrunq-.  ftatucrunt  pun£lu>liuc  c6-  o*
ma:^ic,l.x.vcHic,l:x.vtin  priorib^excufionibMcgitur.Hinc
dc  facih  fucccflorcscrraucrunt,intclligctcsl.  Pro  libris:&.
x.pro  dcccm.Kinciuniorcs  imprcfrorcsfortihcantcsmcn-  n
dam,unquamadclariorcm  intclligcntiam>adl,addidcrunt
tb.fximprimcntcs,!b.x.Scdrc  vcra(vtahas  diximus)  crro-  -
rcs,nonimprcfloribuslibrorura,  fcd  ipforum  corrcftori*  >
bus  imputandi  funt.
IViubarum  fccundum  aliquos,duo  rcpcriiTtur  gcncra,  vi*
delicctalbum^crubrum.Apudnos  vcrcgcnusrubrii  tan  r
tiim  habctur  .Et  licct  antiquioribus(vt  nonnuUi  aftruunt)iu
iubxfucrint  incognita:,hodic  tamcn  omnibusfcre  nationi  i
busnotilsmit^  lunt.EtvtPhn.i4.cap  libri  15.  naturahs  hi-
ftoriarrcfert,  antc  Augufti  tcmporaiuiubxnonfucrunt  in  t
Italia.Grxcc  quidcm,&  ctiam  Latinc  Zizipha,&:  forica  di-
^ntur.  Arabicc  autcm  (  vtiu  Scr2pionclcgitur)Huncn,&  u
Zulai2ci(qua^i  zizipha)barbarc  &  corrupte  vocantur .  Ar-
borcnimziziphorLi,idcft  iaiubarura,  Ipinofa  cft  valdc,5c
non  multum  diffcrt  a  quoddam  rhamni  gcncrc.  Aprili  U
mculc  fcritur.Plinius  Aathor  cft.
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