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Now look vpon
? ise herbes {and} ? ise trees. ? ei waxen firste in swiche place as be{n}
couenable to hem. in whiche place ? ei ne mowen nat sone dien ne dryen
as longe as hire nature may defenden he{m}. ? For some of hem waxen
in feldes {and} some in mou{n}taignes. {and} o? ir waxen i{n} mareis.
[_A leaf lost here, and supplied from C. _] [{and} oothre cleuyn on
Roches / {and} soume waxen plentyuos in sondes / {and} yif ? {a}t any
wyht enforce hym to beryn hem in to oother places / they wexen drye //
For natur{e} yeueth to eu{er}y thing ? {a}t / ?
{a}t is co{n}uenient to
hym {and} trauaylith ? {a}t they ne dye nat as longe as they han power to
dwellyn {and} to lyuen // what woltow seyn of this / ? {a}t they drawen
alle hyr norysshynges by hyr rootes / ryht as they haddyn hyr Mowthes
I. -plounged w{i}t{h} in the erthes / {and} shedyn by hyr maryes (i.
medull{as}) hyr wode {and} hyr bark / {and} what woltow seyn of this
? {a}t thilke thing / ? {a}t is ryht softe as the marye (i. sapp) is /
? {a}t is alwey hidd in the feete al w{i}t{h} inne {and} ? {a}t it is
defendid fro w{i}t{h} owte by the stidefastnesse of wode // {and} ? {a}t
the vttereste bark is put ayenis the destemprau{n}ce of the heuene / as
a defendowr myhty to suffren harm / {and} thus certes maystow wel sen /
how gret is the diligence of natur{e} / For alle thinges renouelen {and}
pupllisen hem w{i}t{h} seed . I. -multiplyed / nether nis no man ? {a}t ne
wot wel ? {a}t they ne ben ryht as a foundement {and} edyfice for to
duren / nat only for a tyme / but ryht as forto duren p{er}durablely by
generacyou{n} // {and} the thinges ek ? {a}t men wenen ne hauen none
sowles / ne desir{e} they nat ech of hem by sem[b]lable resou{n} to
kepyn ?