Liberxpl
vtilior eſt homī in pluribꝰ qͣꝫ vſusauri qͣꝫuis plus diligat̉ auri ſpēsab auarꝭ. ſine ferro reſpublica tute nō agit̉. qͥa ſine eius metu ſecuritas ab hoſtibus nō habet̉. Ferrocōis iuſticiā regit̉. tuetur innocentia et im ꝓboꝝ audacia ferri metucoercet̉. Sine ferro nullū fere opꝰmechanicū vix ꝑficit̉. nll̓ū edificiūꝯſtruit̉. agricultura nullatenus exercetur Et id̓o ẜm yſi. eſt dictū ferrū eo ꝙ farra id eſt ſemīa condatqͥa ſine ferro nec panis de t̓ra adquirit̉. nec etiā iaꝫ paratus panisſine ferro cōgrue diuidit̉ vt in vſūcibi ab hoīe aſſumat̉. Item ferrūferro acuit̉ vt dic̄ ſalomō. nā ꝯfricatione mutua hebetata ferri acies iterū attenuat̉ et ſic acuitur vtinde facilius qd̓libet incidaturScoria dicit̉ ferri īmundicia quein igne excoquit̉ et eſt ſic dicta eoꝙ de ferro ignis violentia ſit excuſſa vt dicit Iido.¶ Ca xlvi de ferrugineErrugo eſt limatura ferriſicut ſquamā eſt illud qd̓Leuolat ex ꝑcuſſione ferri ⁊habet ꝟtutē ſiccandi ⁊ attenuādiet ideo valet contra oppilationemſplenis vomitū tn̄ potēter excitatin tantū ꝙ aliqn̄ ducit ad morteꝫniſi puluere adamātis vl̓ aqua inquā per noctē iacuerit eius violentia repͥmat̉. cōtra emorrōidas dicitur eſſe puluis eius optimꝰ. diſſinteriā .i. fluxū ventris ſtringit vtin Platꝭ. Ferrugo etiam dicit̉ ferri
rubigo et corroſio dicta a corrodēdo. dicit̉ tn̄ ꝓprie erugo ab erodendo nō ableramento vt dic̄ yſi.manus ſiquidē tāgentis inficit etmaculā deformē poſt ſe relinquit.¶ Quāto ferrū magis puꝝ ⁊ politum tāto euidētius et citius a rubigine defedat̉ et difficilius remouetur. Nec de facili deponit̉ niſi t̓bus mōis ſcꝫ per ignis excoctiōꝫvel per ſerre vel per lime corroſionem. vel per collapſionē lapidis ⁊durioris arenule exterſionē. Hocautē habet ꝓpriū eruginis infectōꝙ leui occaſiōe reuertitur ad locūin quo ſemel radicatur.Ca xlv de GlebaLeba ex collectione pulueg ris eſt in vno glomere coadunata vt dic̄ yſi. li. xvi.ca. i. Terra enī ligata gleba eſt. ſoluta vero puluis Indurata in globum terra ſemen nō recipit. ⁊ receptū erumꝑe in germen nō ꝑmittitcōfracta vero tegit ſemina atꝫ nutrit per pluuiā. remollita quandāpinguedinē in ſe recolligit quā adſeminū ꝓductioneꝫ radicibus circūfundit vt dicit Gregꝭ. Aliqn̄ etiāglebe naturā in ſe ꝯtinent mineralem et ideo ex glebis diuerſarū rerum ſpēs ꝓducunt̉ ſicut dic̄ Gre.ſuꝑ illū locū Iob .xxviij. Lapidesſaphiri locꝰ eius et glebe illiꝰ aurū¶ Caxlviij. de GemmaEmma dicit̉ eo ꝙ luceatg Oinſtar gūmi vt dicit Iſid̓