, Sc velocius fluminibas, quainuis rapacibns.fe-
runtui;, ita vt illos euadere nihil poflit. His au-
tem crifta nafcitur,iuuenibus mediocriter prominens,
prouedi&vero state grandi or,& val-
n zyu Tt&i <ffiQ%vvzTw 7tonxß^ (peçpvfcu 3 x)
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dè alUirgens, eftque ignita&Ierrata.. Hi vero
iubas Scceruitem altius attollunt,. 8c eorum,
iquamse inftar argenti fulgent, Oculorum au-
tem. pupillae lapides hint tanquam i gn is ful-
gentes. Horum ferpentum vim maximam efle
terunt ad morbos periculofiflimos toliendos,
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jie*(cum enim elephantcm aliquem convuulle-10 dn&ooiv o 7itcf)pog djptpigt » tTiiottv éAè-L
runt, vtraque belluaintent ) ôceoscapienti- (paviav n v d ’dfoaird wiley9 (gun yb'&voTA.vcnv u/xbus
lucro funtoculi» pelles, dentes. Sunt au- ^ xkpdog to7ç sTSuoi efpdxGvTaç,
tem membris apris ingentibus pares, lèd cor-
pore graciliores, & in quameunque partem
verfatiles, roftro autem validiffirao tanquam
ingentes pifees. Montant vero draeones fqua-
mas habent coloris fului ,longitudine autem
Çxcedunt campeftres , barbaq, illis eft çincin-
nata,& ipla coloris aurei, & fupercilia maiora
Jiabcnt quam campeftres, oculi autem fuper-
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& ifti quoque elephantos capiunt.Ipfi
vero ab Indis hoc modo capiuntur : Pallium
coccineumlitteris aurels fuper intextuni, ante
cubicula extendunt: Scripta autem incantato:
ria verba fomnum videntur inducere, his dra-
conum oculi, quamquam durillimi, fuperan-
tur. Ipfi'quoque plurima verba ex arcan&fa-
pientia fiiperincantantes,eo draconcm perdu-
cunr, vt caput latebris exerat, &,litteris pallio
intextis füperindormiat , dormienti. autem 30 tov ctdbvcnv>otç tb* xi, tov cuj^vd xzze&as
inftanteslndi, fecuri ceruicem feriunt ,.fcif
fôque.capite lapillos intus exilantes auferunt.
Traduntur enim montanorum draconum ca-
pitibus inelïè lapilli, Ipecie & afpedlu iucun-
d i, 8c fplendorem quemdam coloribus in-
ducentes: viribus autem potentiaque mirabi-
les, ficut annulus, quern habuille Gygem, vul-
gatum eft. Euénit autem i.nterdum > vt draco
Indum cum fecuri & arte, intra cubile trahens
deuoret ,. etiamiplum pene montera conçu-
tiens. Tales autem draeones montes, qui ad
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ceruas albas pafeebat. Mulgent autem ipias
Indi, quod lac earum maximum nutrimentum,
putant. Inde quatuor dicrum iter progtef-
lî,per felicem 8c bene cultam regionem ad oppidum,
id quo fapientes habitant, qui vulgo
Brachmanoe vocantur, peruenerunt, & cum iis
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duntemanatfe. Comas autem nutriunt, licut
quodam Laced3emonij,& Thuri j:vittam quo-
qite albam cirtundabant,& nudis pedibus am-
bulabant. Veftis autem eorum in fuperhume-
ralis formam compofita eft. Ipfius materia lanugo
eft,quq fpontc liia in illislociscrefcit,alba
quidemrveluti qux in Pamphylia nafcituc.
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tfif xojàii opyucLf Ttosciptç. (gaov- fpiritus ineft , vt'i.ntumefcac j 8c plerumqué
'fa ^ (tuxîi tifejtéivcLi tS 7TvéC/Hgèî(§h 3 cSç \zboi~ feindatur terra, vbi eiutmodi lapis concipi-
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Z, 0 3 ~ y ./ * > h qui eius fit faens initiants : qui no&u diem
çxo/Apvç Cf MX1) n s ou wwoi 3 wvw- v cll?t ig n is o fte n d it> q u o n ia ^ ig n e u s eft a<;
(oraLoft) i àAAct td7ç tuç ttsr cutfri nAevxç ]Ç)n- radiofus : fin vero poft diem afpiciatur j innu-
çujutyoïç* ewiïi voxTap ju&p vi/M&tv dvetrpctjvc-iy io meris rutilatiouibus oculos ferit. Id autera
to wop* gç» pS PTvpcri) i@j dxmcôêhiç. quodin ipfo lumen fiilget, fpiritus eft potent
J ?k W* k iftle s» 1 I ® «P3 »A- M occulræ-LaPi<ies “ im E iaûat cl ^ A ^ „ & m mare condit: poftmodum hic lapis ad eoi
70 <h cv mxi\ (faç dimilîiis , omnes diftributione fui fpiritus coL
WV2«W fâ&fipnSty i%0(&. Aîdvtf yè ôwo-, liget ira vt coaceruati lapides tanquam examen
oztç * @ovA« xi OEJQÇejiJ'lw & duAd°cr\l <^tppi- aP^ ^ fubiaceant. Quinetiamadditilleniu
dtf ç. H44 tclvxIlu ojjtuIç j&djiuïiffztç %v?Aey<fç gator Phil°ftratus,hæc larch am Apolloniodi-
• * aVa nz/u mç x f <srvOWe/©« SfedOfi. 'em - xciiullse p; 0&te mlap5aisd<em illi oftendiiïe , & omnes
wïimnq [>ot ] 5* IM Pygmæos âuwm fiib; terra degentes ait Tu- PXa,,‘
Sapnp Gplujfëb» )&j çtjcnv Q ptvSvy&t<p(§h 8- pra Gangempofita loC a incolere, & ficut faÆ/
AôVêsfT®'’ 3 dç TUÜTU &7mv letpfëLÇ 7z/iO madeiplis prædicat viucre,Sciapodes verô[id Sctycdet,
AotM «hüi , i tlut A/Se» mUui , ê ÓOT- cft fMus fau nt J& macrocephalos,
8c huiulmodi monftra quotcunque
*Scylacishiftoriæ decantant,nec aplid Indos, * ScyU* ca.
nec alibi terrarum vfquam yiuere cenfep. Aü- gjj'jj* » fj*%
rum veré quod gryphes effodere dicuntur, pe- eft ad Halu
træfunt aureisguttis minutiffimis confpe-rfse, ncaJ[‘1fyi^ lt
quas hæc fera roftro difeindir. Sunt enim hu- maticui.
iufmodi aues in India, magnitudine autem 8c '■
viribus leonibus pares ,& alarUrn præfidio in aeijrâ'.
leones, elephantos, 8c draeones inuolant, fu- " fTperiocefque
euadunt. Volant autem non mul- j j || m
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fävoou pavienv > etc Judo(j?/u*7 to 3thqxûv tS-
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pennatae funt, fed rubra pellicula alarum coftx
conneélunmr. SpJam vero Tigrim infupe-
rabilem illis elfe dicunr,quoniam fugiendi ce-
leritate ventos square djeitur. Hie de Phce- .
nice aue eadem cum aliis feribit. Quamof
menfes apud Indos Apollonium fuilie tradir,
Inde dextra quidein Gangem, finiftra vero
Hyphalin fluuios habens ad mare "defeendir,
itinere decern dierum a facro monte confe<fto,
delcendentes autem miilta alia vlderunt: fi-
vtyavdut Tivp<jo7g* vlw TiyQjtv 3 durolg avuAoo'cov miarum genus longc diuerfum ab iis , quas
fjyvïw > gTrtihi to iuy(§h aurlto \$wo/e? (siïgA0 aPu^P’PJ'r*Sarboresinnenerant.Suntenimhs
a^euSig. O^ _n_ «_aorg*' t%~ <poivix,(&* mg >o/ pv.iado.g. tu' oju- nig&r sjvillofsqu^ e&pafr uishom, inibus„fi m, irlels:i
v * «sof ^ ,1 ,t > ' I _ Peruenerqnt vero ad mare rubrum. Rubrum Martrultiem.
ntx, Q6tx Toig ctAKotg uttuoiv uvu y&Q ^ On autem mai-e vehementer CsrUleum elfe tra* .
o[ y>Iwctg io7g hdh7g tov A yioTAtaviov dunt, denominatum autem rubrum a tfgc
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yiv 'tyoyïgt,'3 cv dojiTt^ 3 tov T (DctPiv %gensvetj leni vento deferebantur,admirantes Hyphafiis
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890 03001», jfptTiaOT 3 cWTo7g.pro7A.ct pop x^ ctA- atque pr^rupta j vbique refrailus^Vno efticj
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itvéjfjyiïi 9 Suvjugt^ovitg to góp& "tä Tod-
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