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Jl^f THEOPHBL ASTI 0E CAVSIS 



rabilias ccrt^ apparcat,fi qaa dalcis & potari iJonca,vel omnf- 

 ho alcre ncqacai,vel non pc rfc^c hoc fungat ofFicio^vt in aqoa 

 ryrsci agri pcrf^icitQr,quodctia inter hiftorias diiSu cft.Caa- 

 fam vcro cxduobus aliqoispctet.Aut criim cxdcbilitatcficri ita 

 ' crcdcr,qaod minusycram vidctur,qaando acr qaoq; alcre pof- 

 fepotatar:autquodfaporcmaliqacnoxiaiiiliabcat,qai inga- 



ftata homine latcr,qaod ctiam in prsdifta aqoa potcft intcUi- 

 gi.Homrncsenim qai ca laaantar,lcprofi efficiantar.EtpJantx 

 quoq; proximum quendam accipiant habitom.Haad cnim re- 

 i\h caufam in illo cffc crcdideris,qaod gcnas id aqaf nimis alcrc o 

 poisiI,& proinde plantx laborent icionio, rcddaniorqae dcte- > 



riores,vtpotc qax obdaaam pabalicopiara ncqacant faperarc 

 Scd de his fatis. 



^rhortif»isqKaf<ii hcifgattdere' 



Caput I 3r. 



Oca aatem fibi accomoda arbores qaarrif ant non folu ill« 

 ..^qaas opcrofo qaoda pccaliariqj habito naturacreaucritCvt 

 antc iam diximas^fed etia qaarcomani vnlgarig; proacnto ha 

 bentar.Qjiippe cu alijc fiticntcs adament iraaas,ali? hamldos,^^ 

 alia: hybernos cnpiat,all« foli expofuos.& alix opacis,ali? apcr 

 tis gaadcat,(ft alix in totam paluftrlbas,alia: montofis Ijtetar, 

 Vt & dloiderc aatorcs c5faeacrc. S cd fortc no fcmpcr eade appc 

 lant Ioca,ncc vna dccaofa, fcd varia qaada rationc,vt fupcno- 

 xi libro rctolimasrquanqua naturar cognationc quodq; ad iOwU 

 - propriudacitar,qncadmoducaqusfuafp6ti; Pf°°*^""'.^,..P° 

 taneus aote ortos exprefsius natnra oftendit/iqaide cx eiidt ge 

 •' -. o :..„.,„. jp, /;,,«r,lr.rn fHnihoncs asant nccciic 



gnl -^ - , 



^^.fircifare.hnmidrtate.Quarrut 



inBrma aot roboft 



lafint,qaa:4; ima tclluris radicc fDbeff ' J" 



pcrfammaaugenc,aut aHqoa differetia partiu difcrcpct,hac^ 

 fuodifcriminclocuappctut.Sspdciiaplarcscxhiscaoiatin 



de plata intelliguntor,* plcruq; qaod aliahajjcat^alianon n 

 beant,incaofacft.AddoetiaqaodfimiIesIoca cxigat fim.JC'^ 

 difsimilcs difsimilan^cam licet natarac aliqoa diucriitas a • 



1 Qor 



fc{tcra,ideftpinus,aprids.OpadsenfmautnaIlomo^o.a. 



praosexurgit Ergocahda: quidcm amb*,vtaiont:lcd am 



Ja,pinas hamida cft. Argumcntum vcl ex S^""^^'°"^ ^'^fiio, 

 dvtiqjpotcft.tilctiam vbcrtatl humoris locas foif cxpoi , 



conacait:ficcnim cxcoaio confid amplias poliit.icn P" ^^j 



