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{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 ? {a}t that is hirs / ? {a}t is to seyn ? {a}t is acordynge to hyr
natur{e} in conseruaciou{n} of hyr beynge {and} endurynge // For wher
for elles berith lythnesse the flaumbes vp / {and} the weyhte p{re}sseth
the erthe a-dou{n} // but For as moche as thilke places and thilke
moeuynges ben couenable to eu{er}ich of hem // {and} forsothe eu{er}y
thing kepith thilke ? {a}t is acordynge {and} propre to hym // ryht as
thinges ? {a}t ben contraryes {and} enemys corompen hem // {and} yit the
harde thinges as stoones clyuen {and} holden hyr partyes to gydere ryht
faste {and} harde / {and} deffenden hem in withstondenge ? {a}t they ne
departe nat lyhtly a twyne // {and} the thinges ? {a}t ben softe {and}
fletynge as is water {and} Eyr they departyn lyhtly // {and} yeuen place
to hem ? {a}t brekyn or deuyden hem // but natheles they retorne{n} sone
ayein in to the same thinges fro whennes they ben arraced // but fyr
[fleet? ] {and} refuseth alle deuysyou{n} / ne I.