ANTONII MIZALDI

Talpx c«r•litoribut■•lcfta.

IngeniofaGricorumwachina adtalpas expu-jnandi».

Varia abigedaruavtnC'candaru tal-parumarti-fcia.

Auxilia& fecretaaduerfus hortefestaIpas,for-

»icas ) culices,mufcas& ranas, tamoleraquam

arb©res& fruciuseuertentes, laedeiL.

tes ac depopulantes. ,

CAP. X.

OVia talpa;in plerifque hortorum locis ttumulando & fodiendo, proindequ^e terrafeminibus onuftam, vel plantis veftitam eruen-do ac euertendo,olitoribus,iufta caufa, moleftaefolenteffe, ac illis negotium quandoque i'iex-pugnabile facere, idcirco auxiliares machinasaduerfus exccecatam lllarum aciem, exrufticisGrarcorum & Latinorum armarijs,huc proferre&adferrenongrauabor. Paxamus, vthincau-fpicer,nucem, aut vafculum quodpiam anguflu& folidum perforari iubet : ibique paleas & ce-<driam,vel(vt legit Palladius) cerarn, quantumopus fuerit, cum fulphure includi: omnefquetalparum adi tus & fpiramenta illis diligeter ob-ftrui,nenereafumus penetret. Itatamen, vtv-num tantum os, &. foramen relinquatur, quodamplumfit:in cuius oftiolo, dicia nuxaut va-icuium intus accenfum,fic collOcabitur,vtab v-na parte flatum pofiit accipere,qui cedrix & ful-phuris nidorem in talpje tumulum diffundat.Euartificio impletis fumo cuniculis, talpas cmnesvel protinus fugere, vel enecare deprehcnies.Sunt qui veratrum album aut cynocrambes cor-ticem tufum,cribratumque,& cumpclenu & o-uis miftum,ac vino & lacfte fubactum, in oftas <$cf aftillos coguntj.vc eos talpanuu cauernis immit

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