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the work is done according to the intention
of the worker, in the same way, Nature devotes herself and
flourishes where God wishes. For all things are done and
maintained by her, as God wants them to be. She works
in such a way that when she is lacking in one place she
makes up for it somewhere else. Nature forms nothing
in vain. But she works in such a way that she
never takes away from her essential purpose.
For her work is always completed using the materials
available, whether those be people or animals. And therefore
her works are to be recommended above all others, since
she never does anything that is contrary to God.
But where the material is lacking, she stops working,
but when there is more material, there is more work.
In this way, one can see certain beasts that are
born with two heads and six legs, or one of them may
have a limb fewer than it should, and so it exists
without a true natural form, and may therefore be
called a monster. Similarly, sometimes one sees certain
animals that are almost entirely lacking in bodily parts and
others that have an excess. In the