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nerat vt dicit Iſid̓. maxime guttaroris. et cuꝫ ſit in ſe molliſſima exfrequēti tn̄ caſu penetrat duriſſima. Iuxta illud Gutta cauat lapideꝫ nō vi ſed ſepe cadendo.¶ Ca. xxvj. de ſpūmaPumia ē dicta. eo ꝙ ſpumat̉ vt dicit Ill. ex ſordibꝰ em̄ aque generat̉. vn̄ ⁊mrſtum et ea q̄ coquūtur ſpūmapurgant̉. Fit aūt ſpuma ꝓpter intercluſiōem ſpūs ſiue venti intercluſ/ in aque ſuꝑficie motu aliqͦ agitate. vn̄ ꝓpter incluſi aeris leuitatē enatādo aque ſuꝑfert̉. et cito qͥppe ex vndarū colliſiōe gignitur. ſed tn̄ cito diſpergit̉ et diſſipat̉. Spuma maris qn̄qꝫ inter lapides recolligit̉ et ꝑ feruidā ſuꝑueniiētis caloris ſolaris actionemqn̄qꝫ in pumiceꝫ qn̄qꝫ in ſpongiāinduratur.Ca xxvii de piſcibusIſces a paſcēdo ſūt dictivt dicit Iſid̓. li. xij. ca. vi.t̓ram et herbas aqͣticaslābūt. et ſic ſibi victū q̄rūt Dicūt̉et reptilia. eo ꝙ natādi et reptādi ſpēm hēant. in natādo em̄ repunt quāuis in ꝓfundū ſe demergāt. vn̄ Amd̓. in hexameron Magna inqͥt int̓ piſces et aqͣs vicinitas et cognatio ē. extra em̄ aqͣsdin viuere nō pn̄t nec ſolo aerisſpiraculo ſine aq̄ attractu diu viuūt Hn̄t em̄ qͣndam reptandi ſpeciem et naturā. qꝛ dū piſcis natat
ꝯtractiōe corꝑis. in minorē ſe colligit lōgitudineꝫ. et iteꝝ ſe extendēs aque innitit̉. q̄ niſu repellensaquā in anteriꝰ ſe ꝓpellit. vn̄ vtit̉qͥbuſdā pinnulis ī natādo ſicut auis pēnulis in vololādo. ſed aliomodo qꝛ piſcis natās pinnulasmouet a ꝑte poſteriori in anteriꝰet qͣi qͥbuſdaꝫ brachijs aut remisaqͣs amplectēs et retinēs in anteriꝰ ſe extēdit Auis ꝟo mouet pennas ſurſū. et collectū aerē ꝑ expanſaꝫ alaꝝ amplitudinē ꝯpellit exire per ꝑtem poſteriorē. vn̄ ꝑ violentā aeris ꝓpulſiōem a ꝑte poſteriori mouet̉ corpꝰ in anteriorē.Spēs aūt piſciū multipl̓r variant̉. ſcꝫ q̄ ad locū vbi generant̉.et qͦ ad eſcaꝫ qͣ cibant̉. et ad colorē et formā variā qͣ ab inuicē diſcernunt̉. qͦ ad ſb̓am qͣ ꝯponūtur.et qͦ ad ꝟtuteꝫ qͣ diuerſimode operatur ¶ Quātū igit̉ ad ſitū ſiuelocū vbi ꝓcreātur magna diuerſitas ē. qͥdam ꝟo in ſolis aqͥs. qͥdāꝟo partiꝫ in t̓ris partim in aqͥsꝯuerſāt̉. et talia piſciū genera ſūtantiphidiā .i. dubia ab Iſid̓. dictaeo ꝙ ambulādi in t̓ris viū. et natādi in aqͥs officiū retinēt a natura vt foce et cōcodrilli caſtores ⁊ypotami .i. fluuiales equi ⁊ hmōi.a noībꝰ em̄ aīaliū t̓reſtriū piſcesnoīa ſūt ſortiti vt canes marini etlupi eo ꝙ mordeāt alios voracitate imꝓba atqꝫ ledāt Iſi. In ſol̓aqͥs viuētes alij ſūt in ſolo maridegētes. alij ꝟo ſūt in fluminibuset in ſtagnis et ī alijs aqͥs dulcibꝰ