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comeflalaudatrSedfanchiEc mediafuntipfa fenedute Hg?didra,6c vixmillefimoufurpanda^etiafiefFeducediflimono careret: A Pa- racelfoinlrb.de vita loga fcribitur,q> quis per fola imaginatione alterius fanitatc^eger,juventute fenex ii bi attrahere poilitfed hic au- thorinhocimaginationefua fola,non experientiaufus videtur.De Pfy ilis cum duplici pupilla &c ftrigibus q> fafcinet folo afpedu pueros Sc pecudes,unde illud Virgilii.-Nefcio quis teneros oculusmihifa- fcinetagnos,indubitatueft:Sedhcecabfqj contadu fiut,quo arbor juventutifenereftituit:Habetn.h;ecarborfrudus dulces,maturos &; rubeos,qui facile in optimufatiguinetranfeut,cumfint facilis di- geftionis 6c optimi nutrimenti,ita ut nihil fuperflui aut foecu in corpore relinquatdenexveroabudat phlegmate albo,albicpeft coloris &: capillitii,qui humor,color & capilli mutaturefuhotufruduu,&: fmtrubefquifuntjuvenu.HincPhilofdicutJapideprimoefTefene, hoceft,aIbum,deindejuvene,idefl:,rubeum,quiahiccolorfitjuve- tutis,ut illefenii: Additur,q? concludi debeat fenex cum arbore,no fubdio,fedindomo,noficca,fedrorehumida. Pro miraculo habetur,arbores enafci vel vegetare in conclufo loco,attame d ille fit hu- midus,no eftdubiu,quindiuperduret:Arborrsn.nutrim£tu humor tc terra effaerea, hoc ed ! pinguis,quceafcederepoffitintruncu&; ramos, ibiqj folia,dores&frudusproducererln quo naturali opere o- mniaelemetacocurruntjdum ignis datprimum motum, utefficies, aer tenuitate & penetrabilitatem,aqua lubricitate,terra coagula- tionem-.Aer n. inaqua,& aqua in terra redit,fi quid fuperflui illorum afcenderit:Per igne calore nativum intelligo,qui cum femine propagatus fr udus fimiles illis undefemen venit,ceu faber fabricatae efformat,aftroru potentia. No foliim vero prodeft rorida evaporatio arborihumedandas,utfrudusdare,fed& feni,utrejuvenefcere illisfrudib.facilius poffit,dum fcilicet ejus cutim rugofam & aridS teperato calore & humore emollit,replet & reftaurat: Medici h.in marafmo&tabe fenili balnea tepida cum ratione,magna utilitate imperati praferibunt: Si vero res bene cofidereturafborilla eflfi- liafenis,qu^utDaphnemutataeflin vegetabile ejufmodi,unde fenex non immerito juyentutemfperat ab illa, cujus ip£j,uteffet,cau- faextitit.