pirus nialus : &quicquid f iccum tdCcortketcnuvMcttkuy.hxc.n. rcfc&a 

 uehenienter laborant . qua de cauf a marm his auferre prarcipiunt; ut retuii 

 musrautferroper^[leuifrime:periculumnan<jinteritus;ppulceraimmi/ 

 netjqueadmodum + n,radicibusuulueratis;cumfoditunarboresdeterio^ 

 refcunc & ixpc a;grefcunt;ac exarefcut ; {ic. n,et uulnerepartis f uperioris : 

 nox-mi eande^ hi s poile arTeri;credendu efbquae nequeunt tcllerare: &de 

 purgatione f atis fh hsecdixifle • Ablaqueantur aut omnes pene arbores ra> 

 dicefcj ref ecantur poft confitioem dum noueike,f.funt: ut alte defcendat: 

 atcf amplius incrementu f ufcipiant, Sed praecipue illx quibus radix prima 

 parte terra:naturarjfoleat:utolee;ac uiti;a:tatem uerograndiore adeptsecii 

 fuerintannuas tadices; & in uniuerf um :perf uma cefpitu adherentes; refe 

 cari par eft; ut infeWores pluresacrobufticres efficiant': has eni^ illae uetat 

 atcjinterimunt;necalimentufuminiftrarearbcribusqueunt:imouero& 

 ipfa:tamarftu:c]frigore;uehementerlaborant,Arid2epr2etereadetrahen/ 

 dx funuquippe quu$ an exradicibus cseteris ofTiciant; & uermes in arbori/ 



buscreent,Reliquashaudquicquatangtopcrtet,Nec|,n*tamperpurga 

 dx radices funt;cj partes f uperiores; quippe quu plus eas difpoliari danc> 

 fumeft,Necpercipipoteftundenamdeceatai ferre: &flmul undecuque 

 radixprorefperinmo uaudafit:pabulu fuggererepoterit, Sed meliusceiv 

 tefiundic^prodeatdogicudQC^latitudo^quoamplior^eocomodior. Itaqi 

 illatantuparafleoportet;qu3eadalimentiincrementi^ratione;pertineat, 

 Dcrigatione c^aqusegeneribusfatisfereanteretulimusjgtum enij utihta 

 tis in aqua piuuia uel certis anni tepcris uel ncclu; uel interdiufit; tantude 

 etiainfiuentededuclacjj erit :£eftateautaquisfluentibus maxime;no (ine ra 

 tione utuntur;pppluuia^inopia3;oifimuladfrucT:us enutriedcs nadia 

 rium ♦ Sunt tamen qui per id teporis auferendum potifiimo cef ean t , V c u 

 ut m caetetis omnibus;fic & in his mos folitus plunmu^ualet; f it cnh tanq 

 natura;cJobrem qua^ locis f iccis;ac f iccientibus manent; nil plufqua3 qucd 

 fibifitnecefIariumquaE;runt;rigatequedetericresredduntur;nonfecLisac 

 iilae;quaeaquam nunquamdefyderant; periculum ccrtefipcftquam ikn 

 re cepifti;non aquam crebreadhibeasjnam cVpriftinam alimoniar facuk^/ 

 temadimes^nullamarTerensaliamKommitesmt^ftufaspearboresex' 

 arefcerepoffint;fruclustamenpeneomnium ; quiplurinum aqua>capV 

 unt:deterioresredduntur,Tempcraftercoradifingulisftatuiprofuapuiv 

 gationepareft:pra:fertimftpoftillam;ftercusfitcontinuodifponendun,; 

 tum etiam nec tollerarecrebram ftercorationem arbores pofiunt;fed cl a^ 

 refcunt ui mmii caloris;haud enim eadem ftercorandi ratio ef t ; quse inf cge 

 tibus: locifque arbcribus uacuis» Quippequum in iliis f tercus difpofitu^ 

 inpartespermultasdifgregetur; abfumaturque s inarbuftoradicesipfas 

 [ubeat ; necuistotacalorispoiTitexcurrere, Itaenimcaloremultiplicatc; 

 arbos perfernefacTa exarefcit* Nam triticum peritex nimK>ftercore;fi ncn 



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