cat. aut florēs ortꝰ .ſ. floribꝰ ⁊ apibꝰ aptꝰ.Unde ẜm antiquos ager eſt terra culta.rus ꝟo terra inculta vt ſilua ⁊ paſcua inqua tā pecꝰ qͣꝫ lac̓ haberi pōt. vn̄ ⁊ ruſticnominat̉ nā agreſtiuꝫ hoīm hec prima etocioſa felicitas eſt. vn̄ ⁊ ager d̓r quaſi paſcuus. qꝛ a diuiſoribꝰ agroꝝ vicinis paſcendi gratiā eſt relictꝰ ſicut alluuiꝰ dicit̉ager. quē paulatim fluuiꝰ in agrū redditſic ⁊ artifiniꝰ dicit̉ ager qꝛ a certis linea.rum mēſuris nō cōtinet̉ ſed arcet̉ finiseiꝰ obiectu montiū ⁊ arboꝝ ⁊ etiā fluuiorum. ſic ⁊ noualis ager d̓r primū proſciſiſus. ſiue qꝛ alternis annis vacat vt renouet ſuas vires. Noualia enī ſemel cumfructu erūt ⁊ ſemel vacua ſine fructu ꝑmanebūt. Aliquādo etiā d̓r ager ſqualidus quaſi excolidꝰ ſic dictꝰ eo ꝙ a cultura iā exierit ſicut excōſul eo ꝙ a ꝯſulatuiam diſceſſerit. aliqn̄ d̓r ager viginoſusid eſt ſꝑ humidꝰ. nā humidꝰ d̓r qui qn̄qꝫliccat̉. vligo aūt eſt humor terre naturalis ab eo nunqͣꝫ recedēs. Hucuſqꝫ Iſd̓.li. xv. ca. xiiij. Ager ē igit̉ locꝰ exercitij laboris ⁊ ſudoris naͣ cū labore ager excolit̓ligone ꝑcutit̉. fodit̉ euertit̉. vomere aperit̉. ſemīe ſerit̓. raſtro tegit̉. rore ⁊ imbreꝑfundit̉. ſpinoſis ſepibꝰ circūdat̉ munit̉hyeme gelū ⁊ frigore cōſtringit̉. in eſtate eſtu ⁊ caumate vrit̉. in vere ſiue vernotempore colit̉. in autūno collectis fructibus iterato p̄ſcindit̉ vomere. ⁊ ſic alternatis laboribꝰ cōtinue laceſſitur.Capitulū quadrageſimūnonū ¶ De predioRedium ẜm Iſidorum diciturp quaſi preuidiū eo ꝙ ſibi a patrefamilias in omnibꝰ ꝓuidet̉. Eteſt locus in quo a patre familias in medio agrorum ſuorū domiciliū p̄paraturvel dicitur predium eo ꝙ antiqui agrosquos bello ceperant prede nomine poſſidebant vt dicit Iſidorus.Capitulum quinquageſimū ¶ De pratoRatum eſt cuius feni copia arhymēta tuent̉. cui veteres romaninomē dederūt eo ꝙ ſit locus quiꝓtinꝰ eſt ꝑatus. qꝛ culture laborē nō reqͥrit. vt dicit Iſido. At ideo talia loca dicunt̉ prata quia ad fenum ⁊ ad graminaſunt parata. Prata ſiquidē fluminibꝰ. riuulis ⁊ fontibꝰ irrigant̉. Et ideo ꝓpt̓ humoris abūdantiā herbaꝝ radicibꝰ nutrimentū cōtinue miniſtrantē herbis ⁊ floribus diuerſi generis decorant̉. Et ideopropter vernantē ⁊ virentē quā p̄tendūtpulcritudinē prata ridere dicunt̉. Prata etiā ſuo virore delectāt viſuꝫ. ſuo odore afficiūt olfactū. graminū ſuoꝝ ſaporereficiūt guſtū. pratoꝝ herbe ⁊ flores melapibus adminiſtrat. lactīs copiā in armentis ⁊ gregibus generant ⁊ augmentant. vulnera curant et contra diuerſosmorbos remediū preſtant.Capitulum quinquageſimūprimū De deſertoAſertum eſt terre ſpaciū ſic did Ictum quia ab hominū frequentatione ⁊ habitatōe deſerit̉ nec abhoībꝰ colit̉ nec inhabitat̉. vt dicit Iſid̓.Et hoc ꝯtingit aliquotiēs ꝓpter terre ſtexilitateꝫ ſiue aeris intemperiē ſeu proptꝭaquarū ⁊ fontiū defectibilitatē ſiue propter hoſtiū vaſtitatē. Unde deſertum eſtincultū ſpinis ac ſentibus plenū reptilibus ⁊ venenoſis animalibꝰ peruiū. beſtiarum ⁊ ferarū filueſtriū domiciliū. fugiriuorū ⁊ latrocinantiū habitaculū. terraſitis ⁊ ariditatis. terra eſtus ⁊ ſqualoristerra vaſtitatis ⁊ horroris. terrā deuij eterroris. nā in deſerto vie ſunt deuie. calles ⁊ ſemite nō ſunt trite. miricis ⁊ alijsfructibꝰ infructuoſis conſite atqꝫ planearenoſe lapidoſe puluerulēte feculente⁊ alijs incōmodis itinerātibꝰ plurimumoneroſe. At dicunt̉ deſerta vt dicit Iſiquia nō ſerunt̉. Unde loca ſiluarū ⁊ montium que a ſemine vacua deſerunt̉ deſerta nūcupant̉. non minus tamen deſertadicunt̉ loca prius inhabitata ⁊ poſt caſualiquo deſolata. vt di. idemCapitulum quinquageſimūſecūdū ¶ De heremoEremus aūt eſt inuia ſolitudo apaucis niſi a feriſ ⁊ beſtijs bītata