Liber.XI.
miniū calidi circūſtātis. Generat̉ at̄ gͣndo īnubibꝰ a terra longinqͣs. vt dicit idē. et cā generatiōis eſt vapor in ꝯcauitatibꝰ nubis receptus q̇ ex frigiditatē aeris ꝯdēſat̉. Nā ꝑteshuidē ⁊ frigide fugiētes calore aeris ſe recipiunt in interioribꝰ nubis. ⁊ ibi inueniētes vaporem ꝑtes eiꝰ aggregāt ⁊ in ſub̓am grandinis coagulāt. ⁊ iō in eſtate freq̄ntiꝰ ſūt qͣꝫ inhyeme. vehemes enī calor generatōeꝫ grandinis impedit. Nā diſſoluēdo vaporē ꝑteseiuſ aggregari ꝑiter nō ꝑmittit. Sil̓r nimiūfrigus in hyeme. qꝛ tūc nō eſt caliditas in aere quā fugiēdo frīgꝰ ſe recipiēs intrat nubēgrādo aūt rotūdā ⁊ pua deſcēdit ex ſuꝑmislocis. vt dicit Ariſto. Cauſat̉ aūt eiꝰ ꝑuitaset rotudītas ex mora eius in aere longo tꝑe.vn̄ ex reuolutōne eius diurna rotudat̉. et exaeris calore ꝑtes eiꝰ aqueas reſoluēte minorat̉. In gradine in locis vicinis t̓re generataaccidit ꝯtrariū ex ꝯtraria cā. Grando itaqꝫcū impetu magno vento ipſaꝫ impellēte etcalore diſſoluēte terrā petit ꝑcutit et ꝑ eiꝰ ſuperficie ad modū ſalis ſe diſꝑgit ſegētes fructus ⁊ flores multū ledit freq̄ntius ꝑ die qꝫꝑ noctem deſcēdit. Cuiꝰ rō eſt qꝛ calor diurnꝰ fugat frīgꝰ ad interiora nubiſ. Itē ventꝰſeptētrionalis frigidꝰ et ſiccus rore ab aeredeſcēdentē congelat ⁊ ꝯſtringit ⁊ in ſub̓amgrādiniſ coagulat ⁊ ꝯuertit. vt di. Beda. Ettantum de grandine.Capl̓m. XI.¶ De niueIx eſt imp̄ſſio generata ex vapore frīgido ⁊ hūido īLinfima medij interſticij aeriſ ꝯgelato in corpus nubiſ a mediocri frigido reſpeciu pruine ꝓpt̓ admixtione caliditatis in ꝑteque caliditas incluſa ī eiꝰ ſub̓a et nō ſtatimdeuicta a frigore circūſtante rarefacit eiusſub̓am ⁊ mollificat recipiens albedinē in colore ꝓpter victoriā frīgoris in fine atꝫ ꝓpterexpanſione ⁊ diſpſionē ꝑtium nubiſ ⁊ ꝓpterfrigꝰ debilitatū a calore frāgit̉ in ꝑtes latasad ſil̓itudinem fracte teſte a debili v̓tute frāgentis. vt di. Ariſt. Nix igit̉ generat̉ in nubefrigida minꝰ tn̄ frigidā eſt qͣꝫ illa in qͣ grādoꝯgelat̉. Et hͦ atteſtat̉ mollicies niuis. qꝛ cali-
ditas admixta nubi ꝓhibꝫ ꝑtes eꝰ inſpiſſari⁊ vehemētiꝰ aggregari. Nix ergo aqͣ eſt durior ⁊ ſiccior ex frigore ꝯſtringēte grādine tn̄mollior ē ex admixtione caloris in vētre nubis. Dealbat̉ aūt ex frigiditate ī eiꝰ ſuꝑficiedn̄ante. ad modicū calorē nix in aquaꝫ reſoluit̉. ⁊ tā a duricia qͣꝫ ab albedine defacili immutat̉. Ex mora niuis ſuꝑ terrā humꝰ īpinguat̉. ſua enī frigiditatē pͥoros terre clauditvn reuocato calore ad interiora radicum etſeminū fit humoꝝ interiorū attractio ad radices ⁊ eoꝝ inuiſcatio ex qͣ terra impinguat̉vn̄ nix herbas malas ⁊ ſuꝑfluas mortificat⁊ attenuat. bonas vero nutrit ⁊ impinguat.Nix etiam ſua pn̄tia loca fetida ⁊ fimaria ⁊ſterq̇linia tegit ⁊ occultat. vias et ſemitas ꝑſui diffuſione tegenſ. itinerātes impedit ⁊ retardat. In alto mari niue cadere raro Beda aſſerit ⁊ affirmat. cuiꝰ rō eſt. qꝛ maris fumoſitateſ ꝯtinue vel exalant̉ vel a ventis ibidem flantibꝰ diſꝑgunt̉ vel anteqͣꝫ poſſint cōdenſari in niue. in pluuia vel nebulam reſoluunt̉. Item feris ⁊ aīalibꝰ nocumentū p̄ſtatqꝛ eoꝝ tegit paſcua ⁊ veſtigia manifeſtat. vn̄tꝑe niuis fere a venatoribꝰ defacili capiunt̉Itē loca alta ⁊ mōtuoſa nix frequētat ⁊ diutius in montibꝰ qͦꝫ in vallibus ꝑſeuerat. qꝛventi frigidi liberiꝰ in montibꝰ qͣꝫ in vallibꝰinualeſcūt. Inſuꝑ valles ſūt montibꝰ calidiores ꝓpter maiorē aggregatōeꝫ et ꝯfractiōꝫradioꝝ. etiō niues in montibꝰ plus abūdātItem nix vi caloris reſoluta terrā imbuit. remollit ⁊ inebriat quā an̄ reſolutōem frigiditatis ſue coartatōe in ſua ſuꝑficie fortius indurabat. vt di. Greḡ. Iteꝫ nix ꝓpter ſue ſub̓emolliciem ⁊ leuitate in ſuo deſcēſu ſtrepituꝫvel ſonū nō generat. īmo ſenſibilit̓ de occulto aeris deſcēdens interſticio ſuauit̉ ſuꝑficiei terre ſe applicat ⁊ equaliter ſe coaptat. Iteꝫnix in cādore ſuo ⁊ pulcritudine ad ſui aſpectu oculos intuētiū ꝓuocat. ſed ſi nimis diuaſpiciat̉ ſpūm viſibilē diſgregat ⁊ valde immutat. Itē aqua niuea potentiali ⁊ actualifrigiditate ſua fluxū ventris repͥmit ⁊ ꝯſtringit. neruoſ ꝑcutit. ꝯtrahit ⁊ opilat ſuꝑfluitatem mēſtruoſam vel ſtrumoſā eam ꝯtinuebibentibus generat. mēbra ſtupida et quaſi