impedit ⁊ tarificat. caput a capillis ſpoliat ⁊decaluat. a̓ticulos manuū ⁊ ped̓ ꝯtrahit ⁊ incuruat vt ē vide̓ in leproſis. ſꝫ hec dicta deſiccitatis effectibꝰ nunc ſufficiant⁂¶ Capittulum quartum de humiditateVmiditas ē elem̄taris paſſia qͣlitasaactuiaꝝ qͣlitatū ip̄ſſionibꝰ obediēs ⁊ſubditas actōi caliditatis ⁊ frigiditatis ſuſceptīa. Eſt aūt huīditas oīm corꝑū⁊ p̄cipue aīatoꝝ mntritīa. augmētatīa. ꝯſeruatīa. deꝑditoꝝ in corꝑe r̓ſtauratiua. nā humore ⁊ calore oīa generant̉ vt dicit ph̓s etgene̓ata nutriunt̉ vt ē vide̓ in radicibꝰ ⁊ ſemībꝰ. nam gnū terre ꝯmiſſū pͥmo oꝑtꝫ ꝑfūdi huīditate aq̄a et aerea ⁊ ꝑ incluſū calorēnaturalē rarificari ⁊ dilatari et tandē actiōecaloīs huīditas r̓ſoluta groſſiorē ſui ꝑtē terreſtriorē terre inferiꝰ tnͣſmittit quā qͥdē terrain ſuis recipit viſceribꝰ et calore incluſo coagulat ⁊ in radicis ſubſtanciā ꝑ ꝯmixtiōꝫ huīdi et ſicti ꝯuertit. huīditas aūt illa radical̓derelicta ⁊ in radice ſic ꝓcreata humorē quēinueīt in terrā ſibi ſimilē racōe ſilītudīs ⁊ inviā attractīa int̓cluſi caloris ſibi attrahit ⁊attractū ꝙͣ tū ſibi ſufficit in ſui nutrimētū cōuerrit. qd̓ aūt ſibi non ē neceſſariū ꝑ calorēillā huīditatē diſſoluētē ⁊ ſubtiliantē ipſaꝫſuꝑiꝰ tnͣſmittit et p̓mo in ſub̓am germīs deinde in ſb̓am ſtipitis vltīo in ſub̓am florisfructꝰ ⁊ frondis ſic tnͣſmiſſā coagulat ⁊ cōuertit. qͥa igit̉ humiditas oīm illoꝝ q̄ vegetāt̉ nutrimētū ē ⁊ mateī̓a. manifeſtū ē ꝙ omnin̄ vegetabiliū ē nutritīa ⁊ ꝑ ſui diffuſionē⁊ incorꝑacōeꝫ in latū ⁊ in longū in altū et inſpiſſū augmentatīa. Itē huīditas deꝑditoꝝin corꝑibꝰ vegetabilibꝰ ⁊ aīatis ē r̓ſtauratīanam ꝑ calorē agentē ꝯtinue ītn̓ſecus ⁊ extrīſecꝰ corꝑa ꝯſumūt̉ ⁊ cito ꝑirēt niſi ꝑ reſtauracōꝫ humidi r̓ꝑarent̉. ⁊ ideo ncc̄aria fuit cōtinua huīditatis attraccō vt ꝯtinua fiecꝫ deꝑditi reꝑacō. et ꝑ ꝯſeqn̄s ſibi reſtauracō velꝯſeruacō. Eſt p̄tēa huīditas inferioꝝ ꝯſeruatiua. nā ex ag gacōe radiorū ꝯtinuā in aereet in terra tāta fieret caloris generacō ⁊ ſiccitatis īdūctio ꝙ aer īflāmaret ⁊ terre ſuꝑficies ꝯbure̓t̉ niſi v̓tus caloris actīa ꝑ aeris etaq̄ huīditatē actioni eius reſiſtentē ꝓporcōedebita ad temꝑiē reduceret̉. et ideo vt dicitmacrob̓. Opoſuit deus fonti caloris fontēto cius hūoris vt ꝑ hūoris p̄ſenciā caloī oppoſita eius violēciā rep̓meret̉. et ſic mundimachina in eſſe debito ꝯſeruaret̉. alioqͥn acalorē mmnio ſubito ſolue̓tur. Itē humiditasē ꝑciū terre ꝯiunctīa. Tante em̄ ſiccitatis ēterra ꝙ niſi huīditate aqͣ humectaret̉ q̄libeteiꝰ abꝑticula alia diſſolue̓t̉. ⁊ ideo fecit natura ſpōgioſos montes et terrā cau̓noſam inmultis locis ⁊ poroſam et ſic fici et racōe vacui aeris ⁊ aq̄ fortis attractō adiuuāte fictitatis mitigacōe ⁊ ꝑciū terre ſeꝑabiliū vniōeVnde qd̓ facit ſanguis currēs ꝑ venas in corpore idē facit huīditas in venis terre. Rigatem̄ t̓re ſiccitatē ⁊ eā diſpoīt ⁊ abilitat ad fecūditatē. Habꝫ aūt huīditas qͣſdā ꝓp̓etates⁊ effectꝰ pͥmas ⁊ naturales. qͣſdā v̓o ſcd̓aias⁊ ꝙ amō caſuales ſicut ⁊ alie qͣlitates Eſt em̄huīditas natua̓lit̓ labil̓ ⁊ fluxibil̓ male in ſet̓mīabil̓. ſꝫ tn̄ ſiſtit̉ t̓mīo aliēo vt dicit ph̓sA cētro em̄ ad c̓cūferēciā ē motīa Vn̄ ⁊ ſe diffundēdo ſubiectū ſuū totalit̓ defluēdo diſſolueret ſi aliud ei non obſiſte̓t qd̓ eius fluxibilitatē ꝑ reductionē pciū ad centrū terminaret. Vnde videmus fluctus maris hareneficcitatē in maris littoribꝰ a ſuo ꝯfluxū ꝯpeſci et in ſe ꝙ āmodo r̓uocari. Item naturalit̓mollitīa ē. ꝑtes em̄ matei̓e duras ⁊ ꝯpactasꝑ ſui ſubtractionē ⁊ diffuſionē r̓laxat ⁊ rarificat ⁊ r̓mollit. Eſt tn̄ duratiua accidentalit̓ſicut videms in gilbis ⁊ eciā apoſtematibꝰqͥbuſdā ni quibꝰ ꝯfluunt hūores frigidi etex frigiditate ꝑtes humidas ad centrū rexcūciēte ⁊ ꝯdenſante indurant̉ et in ſcliroſimid ē duriciā ſepius ꝯmutant̉. Idem eciā ꝯtīgit ex nimio calore ꝑtes liqͥdiores ꝯſumentēquibꝰ ꝯſumptis ꝑtes groſſiores ꝯpingunt̉ꝑiter et indurant̉. Item naturalit̓ ē mundificatiua. nam ſua r̓mollicōe et ꝑciū ꝑ qͣs diffūdi ab inuicē laxacōe ꝑtes ſordidas diuiditet diuiſas lubrificādo remouet et abſtergitvt patet maxime in ipſa aqͣ q̄ ſubſtancialit̓humectat ⁊ maxīe ſordiū purgatiuā et hecmaxīe ſi ſub̓ali humiditate caliditas cooꝑevt pꝫ in tritico et furfure in radice brione eteciā ī ſapone ⁊ in medulla fabe ⁊ in ꝯſimilibꝰq̄ oīa ſordes faciei ⁊ tocius corꝑis mūdificat⁊ depurāt. Itē qͥa de ſe motū hꝫ a cētro ſiuemedio ad extrema cū ille motus ex ſe nō fitfortis multū. ſꝫ r̓ſpectu caloris ſic obtuſus ēſiqͥdē ſui in latū pͥncipalit̓ diffuſiua. in altūvero ſn̄ calore nō ē multū ꝙͣ tū ē de ſe extēſīaſꝫ qn̄ꝫ calor ī ip̄a dn̄at̉ ⁊ in ip̄a obediēte mateia huīdā oꝑat̉ tūc int̓ oēꝫ ꝑtē ſꝫ maxīe ī altū ⁊ ī lōgū vi caloīs ſurſū eleuāte ⁊ vſꝫ ad ex̓mitātes diffūdēte erigiʳ ⁊ ꝓtela. corv̓o ī quibꝰ p̄dn̄a calor ⁊ hūor tēꝑatꝰ natua̓lit̓ ⁊ gn̓alit̓ ſūt alcōra ⁊ lōgiora ⁊ eciā g̓ciliora ꝙ illain qͥbꝰ exn̄te huīditate multa ⁊ dn̄ante calore ꝑuo remiſſius oꝑante cauſa contraria inuenit̉ et ideo homnes calidi vt colerici obediente humore ſubſtanciali caloris actione