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caput XII- 10 



TEmpora ftcrcorandi ^ngulisflamipro fna pargationc 

 par cftrprsefcrtim fi;poft illam-ftcrcus fitcontinuo dlfpo- 

 fiendam. Tam cfiam ncc tolcrarc crcbram ftercorationcm ar- 

 borcspoftbnt,fcd obarcfcant vinimij caloris.Haud cnim eade 

 ilcrcorandi ratiocft, qaa: in fcgctibus, locisqac arboribus va- 

 cais;quippc cum in illis ftcrcus difpofitom in parics pcrmultas ^ 

 difgrcgctur,abfamatax4uc:in arbuftoradlccs ipfas fubcat, ncc 

 vis tota caloris pofljt cxcorrcrc . Ita cnim calorc multiplicato 



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pcrit 



ftcrcorc,finon imbrcs fecutiiant.Qopcirca folo pIuuio,crcDraifl 



dlargiorftcrcoratiocommodiorcft.Siticulofisatquegracili- 



busmodicaprodcft.Ob id forfitan,& accrrimum ftcrcus mini- 

 mcrarboribusconacnit.Atqacabfardum appareat,non id vali 

 difsimis conucnircqaodvalidlfsiraum cft. Vcrum eaufam lUad 

 habct,guod fupcrius diximus.Nam & in olcrum gencre hac ca- 

 dcm dc caafa fuccario cum aquationc commoda cft,& in totam 

 quod aqox \fns frcqucns in co gcncrc fitjatquc id ipfam nata 

 ra hamidam conftct . Nec tcmcrc tam cooiofc rigandam olcra 

 ccnfentihxccnimnon fraflom,fcdfoliatcrant» contcndunt. 

 Cxtcram & in arborum gcncrc ftcrcoribas nonnnllls cx vali-j^ 

 dioram numcro vticonibeucrunt,potifsim6 camfraclas ctnol 

 lirc,immatareqac volant,cca faillo,qu6panic;c dalccfcant,& 

 ruclco vacu^rcddantur,&amygdal3e cx amarisindnlccstral 



cant. Vtqac myrtis ctiam vchementius congcrcndam p^^' 

 piant,viddicct Ijpurcitias pclliam,vrinamquc adhibcrc.ca gcr 



mina profiliucrintrqasfi fruaas ita rcddi finc intcriori nocleo 

 pofsit.Qnpd qoidcm abj olex quoqac prodcflc ad Ixtc^ fractin 

 candam cxiftimar.Porr6 quod in principio infit,plarimum W 

 Jcrc crcdcndom cft.Siqaidcm& cacumcrom fcmiua, lattcnial 

 fovc m3Ccrata,dalciorcm facian t fruaum .Hoc fdcm vcl i n car- 

 tcris olcrlbas gcri poflc non incptc potaucris , vcram lapof 



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fitientibas mancnt,nil plus qaam qaod fibi fit ncccflarium qaf ^ 



rant^rigatseqacdctcriorcs rcdduntar, non fccosacilla:» qax . g 

 ■aqnam nunqaam dcfidcrant. Pcricalam ccrti fi poftquam ri- 

 gare ccepifti,non aquam crebrc adhibcas> nam &. priftlnam ali 

 moniac facultatem adimcs, & naliam affcrcns aliam commiltes 

 vtaftaf^pcarborcscxarcfccrepofsint* Fraftustamen pctih 



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