& firmata ſunt & ornata. In plantis uero eadē ꝗdē: ſed tamē lōgediſpar ꝗͣ in manibus ratio ē. Quę quoniā totius oꝑis qͣſi fūdamēta ſūt: mirificus eas artifex non rotunda ſpecie ne homo ſtare nonpoſſet: aut alijs ad ſtādū pedibus indige̓t ſicut quadrupedes: ſedporrectiores: longioreſqꝫ formauit ut ſtabile corpus efficerēt pla-nicie ſua: unde illis inditū nomē ē: digiti ęque totidē quod ī ma-nibus: ſpeciē magiſqꝫ uſū maiorem pręferentes: ideoqꝫ & inncti& breues & gradatī cōpoſiti. Quorū ꝗ eſt maximꝰ quoniā illuꝫIicut in manu diſcerni a cęteris opus nō erat: ita in ordinē redactꝰē ut tamē ab alijs magnitudine ac modico int̓uallo diſtare uideat̉Hęc eorū ſpecioſa germanitas nō leui adiumēto nixū pedum firmat. Concitari enī ad curſū nō poſſumꝰ niſi digitis in humū p̄ſſis: ſolo nitētibus impetū ſaltūqꝫ capiamꝰ. Explicaſſe uideor oīaquorū ratio intelligi pōt. Nūc ad ea uenio q̄ uel dubia uel obſcura ſunt.Cap. xiiij. Ꝙ de multis quę ſūt in corpore ratio ſciri nequit.VIta eſſe cōſtat in corꝑe quorū uim rationēqꝫ ꝑſpicere nemo niſi ꝗ fecit pōt. An aliꝗs enarrare ſe putat poſſe: ꝗd utilitatis ꝗd effectꝰ babeat: tenuis mēbrana illa ꝑlucēs q̄ circūnectit̉aluus ac tegit̉. Quid renū gemina ſimilitudo? Quos ait Varroita dictos: quaſi riui ab his obſcoeni humoris oriant̉ qd̓ eſt lōgiſecus: ꝗa ſpinę altrīſecus ſupini coherēt: & ſūt ab inteſtinis ſeꝑatiQuid ſplen? Quid iecur: Quę uiſcera qͣſi ex cōturbato ſanguīeuident̉ eſſe cōcreta. Quid fellis amariſſimꝰ liquor? Quid globꝰcordis qui unus ſanguinis fons eſt? Niſi forte illis credendū putabimus ꝗ effectū iracūdię in felle cōſtitutū putāt: pauoris ī cordelęticię in ſplene. Ipſius autē iecoris officium uolūt eſſe ut cibos īaluo cōcoquat: amplexū & calefactu ſuo: quidā libid ines rerū uenerearū in iecore cōtineri arbitrantur. Primū iſta ꝑſpicete acumēhumani ſenſus non pōt: ꝗa horū officia in operto latent: nec uſusſuus patefacta demoſtrāt. Nā ſi ita eēt fortaſſe placidiora quęqꝫanimalia uel nihil fellis omnino ul̓ minus haberet qͣ ferę: timidiora plus cordis: ſolatiora plus iecoris laſciuiora plus ſplenis habuiſſent. Sicuti igitur nos ſentimus: audire auribus: oculis cernere: naribus odorare: ita profecto ſentiremus nos felle iraſci: iecore cupere: ſplene gaudere. Cum autem unde affectus iſti ueniant