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ideo tam ex aqua maris ſalſa qͣꝫ ox omnibꝰ humoribꝰ cuiuſcūqꝫ ſaporis ſint generat̉ aqua ſimpl̓r¶ Nūc aūt tm̄ dicemus quid maris exiſtēsſemꝑ aliqͥd ſurſum ducit̉ ⁊ fit potabile: ⁊ deorſum in pluta deſcendit aliud factum. nō ꝙ ſuiſum ductū ⁊ propter pondus ſubſidet potabili Et propter hoc neqꝫ deficit ſicut fluuij niſi locis quibuſdā. Hoc aūt in ambobꝰ neceſſe accidere ſil̓iter. Neqꝫ ſemꝑ eedem ꝑtes ꝑmanēt. neqꝫ terre. neqꝫ maris. ſed tm̄ tota moles. Etem̄de terra ſil̓iter oportꝫ exiſtimare. hoc qͥdem em̄ſurſum venit. hoc aūt iterum cū deſcēdit ⁊ locaꝑ̄mutant. Et que ſuꝑnatantia ⁊ que deſcēdētiaiterū. Qd̓ aūt eſt in ꝯmixtione alicuius ſalſuꝫpalā ex dictis nō ſolū: ſed ⁊ ſi qͥs vas cereū formans poſuerit in mare circūligans os talibusvt nō ꝑ rimā aliquā intret mare. Qd̓ em̄ ingreditur ꝑ parietes cereos fit potabilis aqua quaſi em̄ ꝑ linguam terre qd̓ terreſtre ſecernit̉ ⁊ faciens ſalſedinem propter ꝯmixtionē Hec em̄ ⁊cauſa grauedinis. plus em̄ trahit ſalſa qͣꝫ potabilis ⁊ groſſiciei. Etem̄ groſſicies differt in tātū vt naues ab eodē pōdere rerū in fluuijs qͥdēfere ſubmergant̉. In mari aūt mediocriter abeant ⁊ nauigabiliter. ꝓpter qd̓ quidem aliqui influuijs onerātiū ꝓpter hanc ignorantiā damnificati ſunt. Argumentū aūt mixti ꝙ groſſioreſt moles. Si em̄ aliquis aquaꝫ ſalſam feceritvalde miſcens ſal ſupernatāt oua etſi ſint plena. fere em̄ ſicut lutum fit tantā habet corpulentam multitudinē mare. Idem aūt hoc operantur ⁊ circa ſalituras. Si aūt eſt ſicut fabulāturquidā in paleſtina tale ſtagnū in qd̓ ſi quis īmiſerit colligatū hominē aūt ſubiugale ſuꝑnatare ⁊ nō ſubmergi in aquā. teſtimoniū vtiqꝫ eritaliqd̓ dictis. Dicūt em̄ amarū ſic cauſe ſtagnūet ſalſum vt nullus piſcis innaſcat̉ Ueſtimētaaūt ſordidari ſi qͥs humectatꝰ ꝑmouerit: Sūtaūt ⁊ om̄ia talia ſigna dictoꝝ ꝙ ſalſedinē facitcorpꝰ aliqd̓ ⁊ terreſtre eſt qd̓ inexiſtit. In Chahonia em̄ quidē fons eſt aque late. effluit autēhic in fluuium ꝓpe dulcem piſces aūt non habentem Elegerūt em̄ vt qͥ ibi fabulant̉ poteſtate data ab Eracleo qn̄ venit ducens ab eracliaboues ſales ꝓpiſcibꝰ qͥ fiūt ipſis ex fonte. Huiuſmodi em̄ aque decoquētes aliquā partē ponūt ⁊ fit frigida cū euaporauerit humidū cū calido ſales non groſſi ꝯpacti ſꝫ laxi ⁊ ſubtiles ſicut nix. Sūtqꝫ virtuteqꝫ debiliores alijs ⁊ plu

res delectāt iniecti ⁊ colore nō ſil̓iter albi Taleaūt alterū fit ⁊ in Arabicis. Eſt em̄ qͥdē locusin quo naſcūtur calami ⁊ ſcirpus. de his ꝯburūt ⁊ cinerē īmittētes ī aquā deco quūt. Cū aūtdimiſerint aliquā ꝑtē aque. hoc infrigidata ſalum fit multitudo. Quecūqꝫ āt ſunt ſalſa rheumata fluuioꝝ aut fontiū. plurima qͥdem calidaaliqn̄ eſſe oportꝫ putare. Deinde pͥncipiū qͥdeꝫextingui ignis ꝑ quaꝫ aūt penetrāt terrā adhucmanere exiſtentē velut calcem ⁊ cinerē. Suntaūt ī multis locis ⁊ fontes ⁊ rheumata fluuioꝝoīmodos hn̄tia ſapores. quoꝝ omniū ponēdūcauſam inexiſtētem aut que inſit virtutē ignis.Exuſta em̄ terra ẜm magis ⁊ minus oīmodasaccipit formas ⁊ ſapoꝝ ⁊ colorū. ſtipterie em̄ etcalcis et alioꝝ talium fit plena virtutibꝰ. ꝑ quepenetrantes aque exiſtentes dulces ꝑmutant̉et he qͥdē aceto ſe fiunt. quēadmodū que ī Siccana Sicilie. ibi em̄ exaliene fit ⁊ vtūtur ſicutaceto ad quedā edulioꝝ ſuoꝝ. Eſt auteꝫ ⁊ circaLingon fons quidam aque acetoſe. circa Sithiam aūt amarus. qd̓ aūt defluit ab ipſo fluuiū in quē ingreditur facit amarū totū .n. Differentie aūt horū inde manifeſte quales ſaporesex qualibꝰ fiūt ꝯmixtionibꝰ. Dictū eſt aūt de ipſis ſeorſum in alijs. De aqua qͥdem igit̉ ⁊ mariꝓpter quas cauſas ⁊ ſemꝑ ꝯtinue ſunt. ⁊ qūo ꝑmutātur. ⁊ que natura ipſoꝝ. adhuc aūt quaſcūqꝫ paſſiones ẜm naturaꝫ ipſis accidit facereaut pati. dictū eſt vere nobis de plurimis.¶ Hic ꝯſequenter ph̓s ex oībꝰ p̄dictis colligit cāmſalſedinis maris Dicens ꝙ nūc dd̓m eſt ꝙ ſemꝑ aliqͣ ꝑsaque ſurſum ducit̉ ꝑ euaporatōem ⁊ fit potabilis qn̄ cōdenſat̉. ⁊ talis iterū cū aqͣ de ſurſum pluente deſcēdit adterreſtre qd̓ nō fuit ſurſuꝫ ductū. ⁊ hoc terreſtre ꝓpter pondus ſubſidet potabili ⁊ dulci. et ſic ꝓpter ꝯtinuā generationem ⁊ corruptōeꝫ nō deficit mare. ſicut nec fluuij. niſi forte in aliquibꝰ locis ẜᵐ aliquas determinatas periodos. vtſupra dictū ē. Et illud terreſtre ſubſidēs poſt eleuatiōemreddit aquam maris ſalſam. ſed ſubtile ſurſum eleuatū īeuaporatōeꝫ ē cā gn̄atōis fōtiū ⁊ fluuioꝝ. iō aqͣ taliū ē dulcis qꝛ ē ꝓpinqua pͥncipio generatōis. ſed aqͣ maris eſt ſalſa. qꝛ eſt reſidua vaporibꝰ eleuatis a ſole. ⁊ eſt vltimus terminꝰ ad quē. a quo generato colligunt̉. ¶ Tūc ibi (Qaūt) Ph̓s ponit multa ſigna ad manifeſtādū ꝙ ex ꝯmixtione alicuiꝰ t̓reſtris cāēt̉ ſapor ſalſus. pͥᵐ qꝛ ſi ad mare ponat̉ vas cereū clauſum. tūc illud qd̓ reſudat̉ interiꝰ efficit̉dulce. ꝓpter hoc ꝙ terreſtre depurat̉ ⁊ nō ingredit̉ ꝑ ceraꝫSecūdū ſignuꝫ. qꝛ aqua maris plus ponderat qͣꝫ dulcis.Terciū ſignū. qꝛ aqua maris eſt groſſior qͣꝫ fluuioruꝫ. ⁊ gͦuaues onuſte plus ꝓfundant̉ in aquis fluuioruꝫ qͣꝫ marisQuartū ſignū. qꝛ oua ſi ſint plena ſuꝑnatāt in aqua ſalſa ꝑ admixtione ſalis. ⁊ hoc faciūt ſalientes vt accipiāt ſignū ſi ſal ſit bene mixtū aqua ex hoc ꝙ oua ſuꝑnatāt Quin

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