Aldrovandi, Ulisse; Ambrosini, Bartolomeo [Hrsg.]: Vlyssis Aldrovandi Patricii Bononiensis Mvsaevm Metallicvm In Libros IIII Distribvtvm (Bologna, 1648)

Mufei Metallici Lib. II. 241
AsusnondesuicnamSacerdotesmatrisDeoruni,nempe Cybclcs, qui Galli vocabantur,
5ainia testa,non solum didyinos, scd etiam caudam salacun amputabant; quemadmG-
(iummemmitPlinius.&Martiaiisctcinithuncinmodum. j '■ L,b-l^
■^tbjiijstejl ijutre Snt/iiattliinttBtitUtcssa. l%-
TtaxeruntautemadhuncvsumtcstamSamiam^quiaeiusviiInusinnoxiutnforet,*; i/,JS/
1 gej\:sadprpscindendum,obsui tcnuita(cm,&duriticm, celeriorcsicr. Istiboni viriid ...,
seccruntimir.ationeAtys,qucmArnobru5narrat furiirumplenum,&pcrbacchatum, ' * ;.~
| cumsehumiproieciirCt.subPimi arrcpta tcstula, quamAgdestis instigator amentia; uerJ'('*m-
gcihi!xir,'iii'i.!sibipra;secuiste.ParitercxtatapudLuciliunicitanteHonio,lepid5car- ^,,
I mem/Ie viio,qui vt cruciaret vxorem,in quam ingentcs irarum motus concepcrat.ridi- ' '
, culoj&stultovltionisgcncrecaudamtotamiibipraisecuit.Verbasuiitharc.
Etujlam /nimt■S.ui,/,->H.j!hii^UUtatdt
. PrtaditcMtUmtisscJqfu/iiampittiattmbo.
Item, Marco Cadio cirea Turios viiitp, lingua in contumeliam testa Samia fuit prar*
i _ cisa,quod excmplumpostea M.AntoniusTriumuirinproscriptoCiceroncsecutus est.
1 pra-tercavtebanturAntiqu)terraSamiainpoliendis,&acucndisarmis,vtsupcriusin **/&'"?<>•
1 BubricaDenominatornmcxplicatuiniiiit.ScriplitVoIaterranusTerramSamiamcoIo- ^"disAr-
1 ribusemminseruirc,cuiTReophi'iisttisrcfragaturdicensiIictttcrraiia;c(itpuIcl)ra_j, **"•
1 pjnguis,dcnsa,&le*is,nonvsurpaturtamenaPi<Soribus,quoniamipsiterrainraram,a-
' speram,&macrampi3ura:niagisidoncampra;dicant.
PostrcmohaxTerrarantopereab Authoribus cclebratur, qiioniammcdicis viribus
■ non cateat: etenim Dioscoridcs, & Galenus, cjuia virtute resrigcrandi, & astringendi
' polleatjillaminCcliacis,Prosiuuio vtcri, Haimorrhagijs,Dysenceria,&inTumoribus ysiuinme
mammarum,&restium pra-icribunt. Demitmsudoresimmodicosinaqua cohibere__j, juim-
&venenatisSerpentummorsibusresistereperhiberur.CeterumambigctaliquJscJrcaj
species temeSamia;, qua;nam inmcdicina potiorem vsumbabcat,anCollyriou,aru
Aster, quoniam Galenus Astcrem, & Dioscorides Collyrion commendauit. Vtraq; ta-
mcnsptciesamedicamentis non est arcenda.seddiscrimenintcrhos Authores forskan
ortumest, admentemAgricola;,curnpluresinSamoTerrarum diftcrenria; repcrian-
^tur, nam facile alia Terra Samia ad mantts Dioscoridis, &alia ad manus Galeni
peruenit. ,
DE TERRA CRETA NVNCVPATA. '
Cap. V.
jEQVIVOCA, SYNONIMA, ETYMVM.
CRET* vocabulumnonsoIumindicatTcrram,dequainpra;sentiaacturiiii-
musjscdetiainlnsulamMarisMediterrancioIimcentumvrbibusnobilitatam,
&celebratam.AbhacforteinsulaTerrahccnomendeduj;it,Iicet Sipontino
dicta feratur a crescendo, quoniammacerata intumcscat, vel qnia fodina euacuata_>
dcnuo ibicrcscat. Potius credendum est hanc Terramnuncupatam fuissc a Crcta Irtsu-
ia, qua; hoc candida;Terra;genere abundat i& nostre iententia; Galenus, & Aetius fa-
• uent,quiillamTerram,qua;n'obisCrctadicitur,*p»''*»' jii-patroiiymitwaCretaln-
suiaappellarunt. Ideo nuperum Candi^nomennonaliaforlitanrationehuiclnsula; Cret* Ia"
iuitinditum,qiiamacandore,qucmproculnauigantiumociiiisSolum Crcta-osfert. /"''' *™*
PiiniusenimalborumiiiCrctamontium meroloit ParitctBritannia Albionolim ab ^*
albicantibus procul cretaccis collibus cognominata fiiit. Hodic vocamus Cretam Ter-
ram,non modo in pr.tdiAa Insula natam, sed alibi etiam cftbssam, huic tamcn substan-
tia,&co]oreiimileii):Quimuishocoomenadaliaseuani.CretaseoIore multumdissi- '
i)iikstranshtumsit:siquidemCreta;variorumcoloruminonstrantur,vtinferiusmani-
fcstabitur.P]iniusaIiqiiandoCrctammetalIumnuncupauit,sedidpra;stititvtopina- Lj
mur,veiprofodinahuiusTcrrar,veIgeneriiw»siamptometallinomineproomnirefos. "r