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et ſiſtētis motū volatōis ⁊ natatōnis. Sed cauda in volantibꝰ diſponit̉ in latitudīe corꝑis. hͦ eſt a latere in latuset iō fit reflexio eiꝰ ad dorſum ⁊ ad ventrē ꝓpter hͦ vt aīalia ꝑ eā ſiſtāt ⁊ dirigāt motū ſuū vt diximꝰ. Quecūqꝫ ātvolātiū ſtꝭ mult ipedia ⁊ plꝰ qͣꝫ duaꝝ alaꝝ nō hn̄t caudā. ⁊hoc iō eſt. qꝛ lōgi corꝑis ſtꝭ vel rotūdi ſicut eruca volāset ſicut bombices qͥ loga hn̄t corꝑa vel ſicut ſcarabeus q̄hꝫ rotundū. ⁊ talibꝰ cauda magnū eſſꝫ impedimentū. eoꝙ ſtꝭ pigra ⁊ debilis volatꝰ. Cuiꝰ etiā alia cā eſt. qꝛ reſidue ale q̄ nō extēdunt̉ ſtꝭ eis tm̄ ꝓ gub̓naculo. Cum em̄due alaꝝ ſuaꝝ extendunt̉ ad motū. due ale retrahunt̉ adcorpus. ⁊ ſtꝭ vice gubernaculi in tali loco. Quedā aūt ſtq̄ neqꝫ ꝑfectū hn̄t greſſum neqꝫ ꝑfectū volatū. ſed primodāt ſaltū ⁊ vt ſaltus ꝓlonget̉ vtunt̉ motu alaꝝ. ſicut locuſta. ⁊ in illis natura dedit crura lōga ⁊ fortia poſteriusvt ex his totū corpus impingat̉. Si em̄ hec an̄ eſſent incorꝑe nō inniteret̉ eis totū corpus. ⁊ iō cū impingerēt terā illis cruribꝰ nō eleuaret̉ corpus eqͣliter ad ſaltū. Et exhoc ꝑpendit̉ ꝙ in oībus aīmalibꝰ multipedibꝰ natura ordinauit pedes poſteriores fortiores qͣꝫ anteriores. qꝛ hisincūbit pōdus corꝑis ⁊ ꝑ illa impingunt̉ ad motū. Prior̓a aūt crura p̄ponunt̉ ad modū chordaꝝ trahētiū. taliaqūt ſunt carētia ſanguīe. ⁊ ſunt frigida. pigra ⁊ pōderoſa.Nō inueniunt̉ aūt aliqͣ natātia q̄ pͥmo ſaltēt ⁊ poſt natādo ſaltū ꝑficiant. Cuius cā eſt. qꝛ natura nō oꝑatur fruſtra. ſaltus aūt in aqͣ fieri nō p̄t ꝓpter ſpiſſitudineꝫ aq̄. Inaere aūt ſecus eſt ꝓpter eiꝰ raritatē. In aqͣ autē gradiētiaſunt ⁊ qͣdrupedia ſicut lupus marinus. et multipedia vtcancer ⁊ carabo qd̓ apud nos ſonat locuſta maris. et eſtde genere cancri nō differēs in figura a cācro fluuiali. ſedin quātitate. qꝛ eſt carabo valde magnus Et huiꝰ cā eſtqꝛ aqͣ nō impedit ambulationē pigrā. tn̄ ꝓpterea ꝙ ea quenatāt in aqͣ. qͥeſcunt in terra in fundo aqͣ ⁊ in illa motumhn̄t. ⁊ hec aliqn̄ nō natāt pinnis. ſed potius ꝑte poſteriori corꝑis ſui q̄ cauda vocat̉. licet in veritate cauda non ſitCauda em̄ eſt poſt ānū. ſed in illis aīalibꝰ ꝑs illa ē interanū ſuū ⁊ corpus. ⁊ quicqͥd an̄ eſt ꝓ vētre videt̉ eſſe in talibus. Et talia oīa q̄ ſic natāt. retrorſum natāt ſicut cācerẜm om̄e genus ſuū. Et hoc iō fecit natura. qm̄ an̄ habētmultos pedes aīalia talia. ⁊ magnos qͥbus tenēt ſe in furdo ꝯtra motū aq̄. ⁊ apprehēdunt cibū. ⁊ iō ibi nō eſt locpinnaꝝ ꝓpter qd̓ magis nccāria organa ſunt an̄. ⁊ illa quefaciūt ad bn̄ eſſe ſunt retro. Et hec nō poterāt eſſe reflexibilia. ad dorſum vt ſic recuruata motū darēt ad an̄. qm̄talibꝰ ꝑ dorſum nō deſcēdit vis motiua. ſed ꝑ ventrē anterius ⁊ ſubtus in corꝑe. ⁊ iō ad iſtā ꝑtē oportuit iſta moueri vbi recipiūt virtutē motiuā. hoc aūt mō motus corporis ſui nō potuit eſſe niſi retrorſumDecimitoctauū dubiuēQuot modis repūt reptilia ¶ Sol̓o. tribꝰ modis. Frigidiora em̄ ⁊ pinguiora ſicut lumbrici terre. ⁊ lūbrici quinaſcunt̉ in ventribꝰ aīaliū reꝑunt ore ⁊ anulis. et hec vocant̉ trahētia. Quedā aūt coſtaꝝ mobilitate reput ſicutſerpētes qͥdam. Quedā autē repūt ſemicirculis in latereſuo diſpoſitis ex vtraqꝫ ꝑte. Quecūqꝫ aūt trahētia ſtꝭ inter hec hn̄t pͥncipia ſui motus in medio quod eſt eis lococordis. Et cognoſcunt̉ ꝑ hoc loca illa in eis. qꝛ eſt ibi anulus magnus et aliquantulū croceus magis qͣꝫ reliqͣ parscorꝑis ſui. ⁊ eſt ſpiſſior multū qͣꝫ alie ꝑtes corꝑis. ⁊ ex illaeijcit totā partē anteriorē ſui corꝑis in rugas. ⁊ tūc in anu

lū mediū qͥ loco cordis eſt attrahit. ſil̓r in rugas ſequentēſui corꝑis medietatē. Hec em̄ aīalia ſtꝭ multū frigida etſicca potētialit̓. ⁊ iō difficil̓ motꝰ. ⁊ ſi natura dediſſꝫ eis pedes vl̓ alas eēnt inutilia. qm̄ oꝑteret elōgari ⁊ diſtare eaa pͥnº vite. ⁊ tūc obſtupeſcerēt ꝓpter frigꝰ ⁊ ꝯͣherent̉ perſiccitatē. Qꝭ āt vehemēter ſicca ſint ſignū eſt qm̄ puluerizata vulnera exiccāt ⁊ cācros et alia hmōi apoſtemata q̄vix exiccant̉. hec gͦ talē hn̄t motū ꝓpter ea q̄ diximꝰ. Sedea q̄ vi coſtaꝝ ſe repūt nūqͣꝫ ſil̓ vtroqꝫ latere nitunt̉ mouere. ſꝫ extrudūt vnū latꝰ ⁊ figētia coſtas illiꝰ trahūt alterūet extrudūt etiā illd̓. ⁊ ſic de latere in latꝰ mouent̉. Huiꝰaūt ſignū ē. qꝛ hn̄t valde curuū inceſſuꝫ. et nō curuant̉ invnā ꝑtē tm̄. ſed mō in vnā ⁊ poſt in alterā. Sicut hō qn̄ponit ſe ad vētrē ⁊ ſine adiutorio manuū ⁊ pedū nitit̉ moueri. ille em̄ oīno moueri nō p̄t niſi extrudēdo pͥº latꝰ vnūet retrahēdo reliquū poſt illd̓. Coſtaꝝ āt mobilitas iuuat ad motū. qꝛ ꝑ illas figit̉ qd̓cūqꝫ latꝰ ē extruſuꝫ ¶ Circa qd̓ nota ꝙ coſte directe non ſtꝭ oſſa. qꝛ talia aīalia frigida pauca hn̄t oſſa niſi in capite ſolo. ſꝫ ſtꝭ q̄dā int̓ cartilagimē ⁊ carnē exn̄tia in duricia. Sic āt nō coſtis qͥdeꝫ. ſedmobilitate pīnaꝝ ꝑuaꝝ in poſtrema ꝑte corꝑis exn̄tiumvidēt̉ natare q̄dā. q̄ curuā hn̄t natatōeꝫ. ſicut murena etanguilla. ſꝫ anguilla plꝰ qͣꝫ murena hꝫ curuū modū natādi. Quedā āt qͣſdā circuloꝝ portōes hn̄t in lateribꝰ ⁊ ſtꝭqͣſi ſquamē. ⁊ his mouēt̉. nō qͥdē mobilibꝰ exn̄tibꝰ. cū ſintinſenſibiles ꝑtes ille. vt ſtꝭ vngule aīaliū ⁊ ſquame piſciū.ſꝫ mouent̉ extruſiōe lateꝝ vt diximꝰ ⁊ latꝰ extruſuꝫ figūtportōibꝰ circuloꝝ q̄ ſtꝭ in lateribꝰ ſuis. ⁊ ſtꝭ taliū multa ſerpentū gn̄a q̄ ſic mouēt̉. oīa āt talia crura ⁊ alas nō hn̄t niſi valde raro. ꝓpter ſuā extremā frigiditatē. q̄ crura ⁊ alasſibi a natura datas ſtupefaceret ⁊ īmobilitaret. ⁊ iō eēntin eis ocioſa talia organa Si āt ſint ſerpētes volātes ſicutdixit Solinus eē in egypto qͦs ip̄e Ibes vocat oꝑtet illos eſſe calidiores vt alas poſſint habere mobilesDecimunonū dubiuꝫ ē.Un̄ ꝓuenit ꝙ motꝰ in aīalibꝰ aliqn̄ eſt ordinatus ⁊ aliqn̄inordinatꝰ qͣſi demētis alicuiꝰ ¶ Sol̓o. hoc ꝓuenit ex ꝑte motoris ⁊ ex ꝑte organi. qꝛ qn̄ ſpūs diſcurrēs inter ſenſus exteriores ⁊ ſenſum cōem ex vna ꝑte. ⁊ organū phātaſie ex ꝑte altera corruptus eſt. aut corruptū eſt organūphātaſie. aut appetitiue ꝟtutis. aut etiā motiue. inordinatus efficit̉ motꝰ. Dictū eſt em̄ in libro de aīa. ꝙ ꝟtus motiua ſiue ſit intellectꝰ ſiue phātaſia nihil accipit a corporeẜm ꝙ hmōi. ſed potiꝰ vtit̉ corꝑe ad exequēdā formā illāquā apud ſe iā hꝫ Dictū ē etiā ꝙ lꝫ bruta nō habeāt rōeꝫhn̄t tn̄ qͣndā cognitōem ꝯferente ſenſibilia ⁊ intentionemſenſibiliū q̄ eſt loco rōnis. q̄ a qͥbuſdā ph̓is cogitatiua vocat̉ improprie. ſed melius d̓r eſtimatīa In hoīe gͦ abſqꝫ dubio ſtꝭ due motuū ordinatōes. ⁊ due earudē ordīationūcorruptiōes Quotiēſcūqꝫ em̄ motꝰ in hoīe īcipit a for̄a q̄ẜm rectā rōem eſt in intellectu. ⁊ eandē formā inducit ſenſibꝰ phātaſia. ⁊ eandē ſic particulatā appetit volūtas. ⁊ ſicimpetū facit in opus quod exeqͥtur virtus motiua tuncſunt motus ordinati ẜm rōem virtutis ⁊ honeſti. et tūcteſtante Platōne ꝓpter ordinatōem pͥmi motoris in homine directe ſubdunt̉ ei alij motores inferiores. ⁊ hoc eſtprincipiū boni moris ⁊ honeſti. Si aūt forma mouēs nōincipiat ab intellectu recto ſꝫ ſit aliqͣ de his que diſcurrūtin ſpū ſenſibili inter organa ſenſus ꝓprij et eſtimatiue ⁊ ſuper eandē ferat̉ appetitꝰ et impetꝰ ad opꝰ. hͦ opꝰ nō erit

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