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laxus. intellectus durus ⁊ obliuioſus. appetitꝰ ꝑuus et ſōnus multꝰinceſſus grauis et tardus vt dicitCōſtantꝭ. li. pͥmo. c. xvij. Hec autēnō ſimplicit̓ ſūt intelligēdā ſemꝑin om̄i frigido in eſſe ncͣio ſed in ꝯparatione ad caliditatis dn̄antisꝯplexionē in ꝓportione regioniscalide ad frigidā regionē tl̓ia auctores retulerūt et in ſuis ſcriptispoſteris reliquerūt. Hec auteꝫ deꝓprietatibꝰ frigiditatis dicta ſufficiant ad pn̄s. qͥa alie patēt ꝑ oppoſitū eoꝝ q̄ dc̄a ſt̓ ſuꝑiꝰ de caloe̓¶ Capi. iij. de liccitate.Iccitas eſt quedā elemētaris ꝓprietatis paſſiua qͣlitas quam nūc caliditasnūc frigiditas introducit. plus tn̄ſe habet ad caloreꝫ qͣꝫ ad frigiditatē cū ficcitas ſit lima caloris Dicitur aūt ſiccitas qͣſi ſine ſucco. idē humore qͥa humor et ficcitas opponūtur cuiꝰ effectus pͥncipalis ēdeſiccare ſicut humiditatis humectare. ſcd̓arios aūt effectus habꝫmultos. ſicut eſt inſpiſſare exaſperare motū retardare ꝯſumere deſtruere mortificare. Proprietasitaqꝫ illa q̄ habet deficcare principaliter ꝑtes humidas a circūferētia ad centrū retrahit et ne int̓minaliter fluxibilitate ſue ſubſtantieres humida ſe diffūdat qͣſi obiceꝫſe opponit. hoc videmꝰ qͥa in litoribus maris arene ſiccitas terminū ponit mari et vbi dn̄atur terre
naturalis ſiccitas fluxibiles marꝭ.impetus vlterius ꝓcedere non ꝑmittit ſicut exp̄ſſe dicit Gregꝭ. ſuꝑIob. xxxviij. Quis poſuit mari t̓minū ⁊cͣ Dicit etiā idē IeronimꝰIeremie v. ibi poſuit arenā terminū mari ⁊cͣ. Ide enī exp̄ſſius ponitph̓us. Siccitas igit̉ que nō perfecte terminat̉ in ꝓprio centro ē qͣlitatis humoroſe male in ſe t̓minabilis terminatiua et ſue interminabilitatis finis īmobilis ꝓut patꝫad ſenſū ſue fluxibilitatis reꝑcuſſiua et in ꝑte vel totaliter in extremitatibus ꝯſūptiua. Eſt igit̉ ficcitas humiditati ꝯtraria tā in effectu qͣꝫ in natura. accidentaliter tn̄pōt eſſe aliqn̄ humectatiōis inductiua. nā cū ſit lima calorꝭ. excitatet intēdit caloris motū ſiue actuꝫqui excitatus diſſoluit actualē velpotentialē quā inuenit humiditatem que quidē diſſoluta ⁊ diffuſaper membra humiditatē elicit ſeuhumore. Siccitas etiā qn̄ dn̄aturqͥa habet motū ad centrū mēbracoartat et ꝯſtringit. ⁊ ſic per ꝯſtrictione educit̉ hūiditas q̄ pͥus fuitper corpꝰ diffuſa. vn̄ videt̉ corpꝰhumectari qd̓ pͥus ſiccū fuit. Sicetiā videmꝰ in mōtibus ſiccis herbas ſpēaliter humidās ꝓcreari ſic̄eſt herba q̄ dicit̉ quaſula. cymbalaria. vermicularia ⁊cͣ. Nec hoc eſtmirū naͣ ficcitas q̄ naturalit̓ intēdit ꝯſeruari montē in ſua ficcitateet hoc per ſuū ſimile ſcꝫ per ſiccūvi actiua ad ſui nutrimentū attra