iuxta carmelon in mōte carmeli in qͦ nabalcarmelites quondā habitabat q̄ fuit de ſtirpe caleph vt dicit Hiero. Eſt aūt mons multū nemoroſus dumīs ⁊ arboribꝰ infructuoſis ꝯſitꝰ ⁊ ſaltuoſus. feris ⁊ ibicibꝰ peruiusſpelucis ⁊ antris plenꝰ. ⁊ pl̓imū cauernoſuſet iō frugitiuis ⁊ latere volētibꝰ ꝯgruꝰ eſt etignotis trāſeūtibꝰ ꝑiculoſusCa. XI. VDe collibusOllis eſt tumorterre breuiſ terre planicie trāſcencdens ⁊ ad motis altitudinē nō attingens. Collis enī mōte eſt inferior ſꝫ terraaltior. ⁊ d̓r tumulꝰ qͣſi tumēs tellꝰ vt dic̄ Iſi.Un̄ ſolēt colles montiū eſſe pedes. nā de collibus ad mōtes ſolemꝰ aſcēdere altiores. Etdicunt̉ colles a colendo. qꝛ cū minori laborecolunt̉ qͣꝫ mōtes et plꝰ qͣꝫ mōtes ab hoībusincolunt̉ ⁊ inhabitant̉. pluſaeri ⁊ calori ſolari qͣꝫ inferior terra exponunt̉. ⁊ iō fructꝰ ī collibus ad maturitatēcitiꝰ ꝑducunt̉. imbre etrore celeſti plꝰ colles qͣꝫ valles ꝑfundunt̉. etideo fructꝰ accreſcētes in collibꝰ alijs dulciores et ſapidiores inueniunt̉. Iteꝫ inter infimam terre ſuꝑficie ⁊ ſummā motis altitudinem tenent colles mediū q̄ adſitū. et io aercraſſior et ſpiſſior eſt in colleqͣꝫ in mōte. purior vero et ſubtilior eſt qͣꝫ in valle. Puriores enī ⁊ nobiliores recipiūt colles imp̄ſſiones ⁊ influētias a ſuꝑioribꝰ qͣꝫ valles. ⁊ iō tāfructꝰ qͣꝫ gramīa ſunt ī collibꝰ ſalubriora qͣꝫin vallibꝰ ⁊ alijs ꝑtibꝰ meliora. vt dic̄ Cōſtā.Itē colles citiꝰ recipiūt radioꝝ ſolis illumīationē qͣꝫ valles ⁊ velociore a nubibꝰ irrorationē. De mōtibꝰ etiā deſcēdūt torrētes et riuuli ſuꝑ colles ⁊ de collibꝰ deriuāt̉ ad campeſtria ⁊ ad valles¶ De valle¶ Ca. XI.VIAllis eſt terra decliuis ac dep̄ſia in montiuꝫ mediocollocata. vt dicit Iſi. Eſt aūt valliſaquarū a riuulis fontiū defluentiū receptaculū ⁊ vehiculū. vn̄ ptꝫ ꝙ valles a riuulis exmōtibꝰ emanātibꝰ irrigant̉ et ex illoꝝ circūfuſione in floribꝰ ⁊ fructibꝰ fecundant̉. fron
dium ⁊ floꝝ virore citiꝰ decorant̉ a montiūet colliū eleuatōe obumbrant̉. In vallibꝰ etiam fit maior radioꝝ ſolariū ꝯcurſus ac cōfractio ac ꝯfluxꝰ. Et iō calidiores imp̄ſſiones in valibꝰ qͣꝫ in motibꝰ generant̉ ꝓpterqd̓ in vallibꝰ citiꝰ qͣꝫ ī montibꝰ reſoluunturniues ex qͣrū diffuſione loca circūiacētia humectant̉ vt dicit Macro. Et iō valles calid̓turbidē groſſe ⁊ vaporoſe ꝑ exꝑientiā iudicātur. quaꝝ habitatores calidis et huidis paſſionibꝰ ſepiꝰ moleſtant̉. vt dicit Cōſtā. Domus ⁊ edificia in vallibꝰ ꝯſtituta minꝰ ventoꝝ ⁊ tēpeſtatū incōmodis ꝓpellunt̉ qͣꝫ illaq̄ in montibus collocāt̉. nā montiū obiectutuent̉. ⁊ a ꝓcellaꝝ inundantiū impetu defenſant̉. terremotū incole valliū raro infeſtant̉.cuiꝰ rato eſt. qͥa ꝑtes terre ī valles reſidētesmagis cōprimunt̉. et ſibi inuicē fortius adu̓nant̉. Et iō vēti illas ꝑtes difficiliꝰ penetrāt⁊ ſubintrāt. ꝓpter qd̓ ꝑtes ille qꝛ mime ſuntꝯcaue ⁊ poroſe minime a vētoꝝ ſubintrantium īpetu agitāt̉ ꝓpter qd̓ nō mouent̉. vt di.Ariſto. Ad valles etiā ꝯfluūt ſordēs ⁊ ibi diutius reẜuant̉ ꝓpter aeris corpulentiā valles citiꝰ qͣꝫ mōtes groſſis et ſumoſis vaporibus obnubilant̉ ⁊ dēſioribꝰ tenebris obſcurant̉. Un̄ ꝑtes valliū plꝰ qͣꝫ montiū ꝓfundātur ad centrū ⁊ a celi circūferētia plꝰ elōgantur Itē ex aquaꝝ multiplici ꝯcurſu ⁊ limi acluti obiectu paludēs qͣſi inuadabiles in vallibꝰ frequētiſſime coadunant̉. ⁊ loca ad trāſuadandū difficilia inueniūt̉. Itē ex hūoꝝ abundatia carices ⁊ gramīa ī vallibꝰ maximenutriunt̉. ſalices ⁊ alie infructuoſe arboresī vallibꝰ plꝰ qͣꝫ ī mōtibꝰ creſcere dinoſcūt̉¶ De campoCa. XI.VIIAmpꝰ ẜm Iſi do.eſt terre planicies nec dep̄ſſa vt vallis. nec erecta vt mōtes. ⁊ iō qͥa eqͣl̓eſt pedibꝰ campꝰ eſt vocatꝰ. a camīs grecoqd̓ breue vl̓ equale d̓r ī latino. Et eſt campꝰlocꝰ planꝰ ⁊ incultꝰ. nec vomere ſulcatꝰ necſtercore impinguatꝰ. ſꝫ potiꝰ deambulatiōivl̓ deductiōi aūt militari exercitatōni iuxtaciuitatū habitacula deputatꝰ locꝰ ſcꝫ cōis ⁊publicꝰ oīm aſpectibꝰ expoſitus vſibus rei