BACCI - De naturali vinorum historia volume VII

L 1 B E \ S E P T I M V S 345 M o f c Q u ' u t & Sa r m a ti A vfque a d m a re b o r e a l e , qui* vini fit v f us . O R I E N T A L I O R, ac inrcr minus borcaícs Mo f cou ia c i l , regio am- plifiìma , fie dicla à Mo f ca Me t r o p o l i, qux vltrà Tr an f y l uan i am in Pon- t u m, & f up ri Po l on ix fines ad fexag e firnuni fere gradum al t i rudinis pror cnd i- r u r. P i ana vbique pon i t u r, ncc admodum mon t uo f a, fed nemorofa & pa l u- ftns, eY qux difficiles propt creaab externis na r i on i bushabc t ac c c f l us. P ^ p u- lofa a dmo d um, ac gens bei lo f e r ox, & in rel igione G r x cx Ecc lef ixferuans c u l r um, in Venerem prona, ac b i bac i f funa, & cum Cerui f ia vtantur in p o t u, vel aduecìis à tranfmarinis regionibus v i n i s, vulgus aquam pot ar. Ager enim faris fcrax , prx t er quàm v i n i, & olei : pcena ex decreti s publ icis impo i i t a, ne i ncbr i enrur, ni fi quando b i s , aut ter concedi tur. V i d imus quidemMo f c o u i- tas hic R omx legaros ad G r e g o nu in X 111. Pont i f. qui duni noftratia v i n a, G r x c a , ac La c h r ymam quafi a lpernarentur, A q u x v i t is tamen quot idie exan- t labant ìnagnasamphoras. Nec d u b i um , q u in fux cuique regi oni deftinatae f un t g r a t ix : nam fi danda fides hi ftori jseft >RuiTia, qux or i entali fitu ad M o - ^Îfi*!** feouiam at t inc t, & fupernècum Po l on ix r e g n o ,& Pruthenia di c laeft : terra t i l i m* (vt tradunt f e r t i l i s , ac cereal ium in pr imi s, T r i t i c i, ac mei lis feraci (fi ma ef t. N am agro parum c u l t o, acque ex a r a t o , f rumen t oq; f emi na t o , t r i bus ann is fpontc f rumentum ge rmi na t, ex decident ibus fcilicet per meiTem granul i s. Paf cuis v e r ò ,& alendis a rmen t i s , ac pecori p i ngu i i f imas , vt p r x f edumf c e- num t r ibus diebus regerrhinet, cum mel l i f luis he rb i s, ac falubr ium f lorum tan- Melfts sd- t a v i r t u t e, atque innumerabi li apum f obo l e; vt mellis immenfam copi am non m i r a n di mo do in aluearijs p r o d u c a n t ,& in truncis a r b o r um; fed &c e l l as quoque in c o p t e . rupibas , ac t e r r x cauernis dtftendant^ Vt cogantur r u r i c o i x , q u od maius eft; aduo l ant ia int erdum noua apum e x ami na, fuf t ibus, ac v e n t i l a b ri extermi- na r e, vel fubmergere in aqua s , n e adul tos turbent fœt u s. Sed vnde tam ve- getal is virtus in illis floribus, quam uon videmus in t e r r i s f e l i c i or i bus, nec in I t a l i a , ne c in Hi f pan i a? I t a r c o r, pccul i arema l iquame ius c odi ftellameifcin spéciales caufaÌpccial is eius f cecundi tat i s. quemadmodum & pecul iare fydus in H i f p a- f y d e r um n ia p u t a n d um , q ux Mei gignat o p t i mum, fi non tanca c op i a. Et è c on t r a, - v i r m c t . Nu l l um eadem tellus producit v i num : fed elecìi/fimam vi cat im conf iciunt Ce r– ui f i am ; vinicjì cop i am ex V n g a r i a, Mo l d a u i a, ac Va l a ch ia (ibi abundè fuppc- d i t a n t , &c ùm Mo l d a u i a, & Ma f f o u i a ,& i tem L i t l i uan i a i n t e r i or f up r aqu i n- M o l d a u i * quage i imum gradum paral lele fint reg i ones, nu l li tamen eadem fuecundi tas, & L i t h u* & L i t huan ia infoecunda. m a. Sub e x t r e m i s fecus m a re G e r m a n i c um R c g i o m b u s . E X tot vari js exempl i s, & fub diuer focoelo r eg i on i bus , pi ane a rgu i tur, quòdNa t u r a , f eu ma ior i l la prouident ia nu l la in partedefuit fuasam– pl i f icare gratias,etiam in extremis a l gonbu s. Qu i c qu id antiquis prodi tum eft, has partes efte inhabi tabi l cs , & deicrtas, ficut & non dan Ant ipodas credi tum eft, nec extra Co l umnas He r c u l i s , f ic vocatas fui f ie vnquam Oceanum naui- g a b i l e . in his qu idem iam certi fumus, fallò dcrogarum fui f le d i u i nxpo t en t i x, q ux altiífimo confílio pe r f c c i t , d i f pcn f au i t qi cunchs partibus fui admi rub i l is opi f ici) per fe&ionem : qui bus tamen mo d i s, aut quo concur fu fuarum recon- d i t a rum cauf arum, non eft humanx facul tat is int ime penetrare, ni fi cum fum– mo va t cdea r c an i s c i u fmodi rerum pr i nc ipes proceftemur, — Mon c il caufa d o c e n t i , S>um [ l ei opus c a u f x. Y y Qua ndo