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LlB.vm. DESUCCORUM,
Cap. V. res.reduces retulifse,fe Groenlandise littora
peragrafse quidem , fed nec aedium, nec ho-
minum veftigia detegerepotuifse,ingentes
tamen longorum cornuum acervos , quorum
nonnulla fariflam £Equabant,reperifse:intel-
rtfctum lexifsequoqueexvicinarum Infularum in-
Slilcon- coJ^^s ' iftiufmodi non cornua , fed certorum
tritb»UnM. pnegrandium pijcium promuj cides e.Te , quibus
fefe contra Balasnarum , quarum ingens O-
ceano glaciali copia ftabulatur, infidias tue-
SALIUM,&c. TRANSFORM. 67
rentur : ideoque hafce belluas perpetuo fefe
invicem bello infeftare : accidere tamen
haudinfrequenter, ut hxpromufcidcshiLi^i-
formes interglacialium montium fcopulos
violenter decujja , tandem ad vicinarum In-
fularum littora appulfse ibidem coacerven-
tur,& compluresfub arena maris quotannis
reperiri,teftabantur:^i/cm quoquefe vidifte
prcEgrandis inftarlanceae promufcide inflru-
Uum , fub 12^.1 fgura, quam hic apponimus.
Atque ut veritas pateret Regi , integrum
iintrem iis confertum , eidem obtulifse , ea-
querari munerisloco adPrincipestranfmis-
fa fuifse.
cornu uo- Intellexi deinde , Gishertum van der Pole
^ma. Mercatorem Belgam, & pro tempore civem
Romanum , in fua officina duo comua Mono.
cerotis magni pretii ex Batavia ad fe trans
miftatenere; accefli eundem , rogans , ut
ea mihi talium rerum avido oftenderet,
quod non illibenter fecit. Cornuafunt^w-
gitudinis novem pklmorum Romanorum,
crafitudoinfemz pugnoexplebilis, ftriata,
Ipiris limacum more contortis, quae & in
obtufum acumen terminantur , coloris fub-
flavi, eborisinftar;/.o«(^i?regraviflima, mi-
rificaeinmedicamentisfo«/r^ venena virtu-
tis ; haec enim impofita intra concham ali-
quam aqua fontana repletam , tanta eam
mox virtute imbuere dixit , ut aqua hujus-
modi ab infirmo epota, mox melius habeat,
& experientia fe comperifte teftabatur.
Et cum quam diligentiffime de cornuum
forma & ratione examen inftituiflem,inve-
ni tandem , ea quadrupedum minime efte j
pofle , fed eoruni pifcium , quos defcripfi- 1
mus, cornua , feu potius promufcides efl"e;
ac proinde jam paulo audacius afleverare
coepi , quicquid hujufmodi cornuum alicu-
bi in Principum gazophylaciis latet , non
aliam nifi ex dicftis pifcibus originem forri-
cormMo. ri ; utproiude minime falfum fit, quod fe
AibertoMa- vidifle fcribit Alhertus Magnus , cornu Mo-
gno tbfer. nocctotis fua propria manu menfuratum,
■vMHm. quodincraflTitie palmum cum dimidio, &
decem pedum longitudinem obtinebat,
quod uti quadrupedum etiam maximo
competerenonpotuitob rationes fupradi-
ftas , ita non aliud efle potuit , nifi prje-
grandis alicu jus pifcis , ex ea , quam defcri-
pfimus, fpecie, exmaritimo littoris fabu-
lo , ubi illud pifcis depofuerat aut mare de-
pulerat, effoflum: tumvelpotiflTimo argu-
T o M. II.
mentoadhoccredenduminducor, quodin
nulloregnotanta /?(?/■«»» cornuumcopia^qanm curlnM'^
in /inglia reperiri dicatur. cum enim nuilum f^emo^nM-
.animal, quodhujufmodi cornuformam ex- rotiscomux
primat in toto regno reperiatur, & pleraque *"'*"'"""'•
ad littora maris effofla dicantur ; facile cui-
libet hinc pater , ea ex vicino mari glacia-
ii vel appulfa , vel ab iifdem pifcibus in An-
glicis iittoribus-decuffa , fabuloque tumula-
ta.fuo temporeinventa , & pro Monocero-
tis cornu divendita fuifle.
UnderelidafabulofanarrationedeMo- .
nocerote a Plinio & JEliano defcripto , cum ^i^'s.
nullibi terrarum locorumque tale animal
vifum fit, congruentius hujufmodi cornua,
quae paflHm reperiuntur , non quadrupedum
fed pifcium exuvias e.fe , afleremus. Sed
lisec ■mpe^yo.?.
I Cornu Monocerotis fofiile fubinde reperiri comu M«-
I aNaturainfubterraneis cuniculis elabdra- "l%'i"^
!tum,oftendirHelvetiorumhiftoria. Refert
jenimAnno 15-20. ad littus fluminis Arula
j prope Bruck , in Dominio Marchionis Ba-
i denfis , Monocerotis cornu inventum fuifle fat
j magnum; cumveroid neque animalisali-
I cujus quadrupedis , neque didli pifcis efl^
potuerit, reftat ut a natura , id invifceribus
terrae elaboratum dicamus. Ad virtutes au-
tem prorfus prodigiofas quod attinet , quas"
I AgyrtJE nonnulli,& circumforanei ad mira-
j culum ufque exaltant,Dico eas paribus cum
ipfoMonocerote,animali phantafticopror-
fus & imaginario,pafsibus menfurandas es-
fe:quis eiiim unquam expertus & vires iftius
cornu , cujus animal nulli unquam vifum
fuit ? Ad venena propulfanda quod attinet,
Dico, omniafpodiorum genera , utcornucer-
vinum aduftum,rafura eboris , dentiumque
Rofmari (eft is pariter in extremo Septen-
trionis Oceanopifcis amphibius maximus,
politifsimis dentibus inftrudus , dequibuS
vide Olaum , aliorumque de Septentrionali- oiaus;' ,
buspartibushiftoricasRelationes),haBc,in-
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Mundus subterraneus, in XII libros digestus : qvo divinum subterrestris mundi opificium, mira ergasteriorum naturae in eo distributio, verbo [pantamorphon] Protei regnum, universae denique naturae majestas & divitiae summa rerum varietate exponuntur, abditorum effectuum causae acri indagine inquistae demonstrantur, cognitae per artis & naturae conjugium ad humanae vitae necessarium usum vario experimentorum apparata, necnon novo modo & ratione applicantur. Ad Alexandrum VII. pont. opt. max. /
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NameFound:Alhertus NameFound:Balasnarum NameFound:Dico omniafpodiorum NameFound:Infularum NameFound:Ipiris limacum NameFound:Magnus NameFound:Monocerotis cornu inventum NameFound:Monocerotis fofiile fubinde NameFound:Oceanopifcis amphibius maximus NameFound:Principum gazophylaciis latet NameFound:Romanorum NameFound:Romanum NameFound:Septentrionali- oiaus
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