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est cler et courant. Il ya en espire une fontaine dont
la matere est tant merveilleuse que len y estaint
brandons de fer tous ardans et puis les y ralume
len arriere. En ethiope en a une aultre qui de nuit
a si grant chaleur que creature ne pourroit lores
point boire et de jour elle est tant froide que len
y engele tout roide. En loheraine pres de mez la
cite a une eaue qui court ades. laquelle len cuist
en grandes paielles darain et devient sel bel et bo[n
et furnist celle eaue tout le pays de sel. Et sourt
celle eaue dun puis seant pres dillec que len appel
le le puis david. Celle part a daultres fontaines
qui sont tant chauldes que len si brulle tout. Et
en celle meisme place en sourt daultres qui sont
aussi froides comme glace. Illec sont les baings
tous attemprez et meslez de froide eaue et de chaul
de. Et ceulx qui en yceulx baings se baignent leur
charnure en devient tout saine. Ancores ya daultres
fontaines fort noires qui les gens tiennent pour
moult saines. et en vont boire en lieu de poisons
et medicines et en font souventeffoiz grandes

it is clear and flowing. In Espire there is a fountain
whose nature is so marvelous that one can extinguish
burning firebrands in it and then re-light them
afterwards. In Ethiopia there is another one, which by night
is so hot that no one can drink from it but by day is so cold
that one freezes solid in it. In Lorraine, near the city of Metz,
there is a water that flows down, which they boil down
in large copper pans, so that it becomes good salt.
This water supplies the salt for the entire region. It surges
from a well nearby that is called David's Well. In this area
there are other fountains that are so hot that they scald.
And in this same place there are others that are as cold
as ice. There are baths there, moderate in temperature,
a mix of cold and hot water. The skin of those who bathe in
these baths becomes totally healthy. There are other
fountains that are completely black. People consider these
to be very healthy and go there to drink the water in place
of potions and medicines. They often make strong

est cler et courant. Il ya en espire une fontaine dont
la matere est tant merveilleuse que len y estaint
brandons de fer tous ardans et puis les y ralume
len arriere. En ethiope en a une aultre qui de nuit
a si grant chaleur que creature ne pourroit lores
point boire et de jour elle est tant froide que len
y engele tout roide. En loheraine pres de mez la
cite a une eaue qui court ades. laquelle len cuist
en grandes paielles darain et devient sel bel et bo[n
et furnist celle eaue tout le pays de sel. Et sourt
celle eaue dun puis seant pres dillec que len appel
le le puis david. Celle part a daultres fontaines
qui sont tant chauldes que len si brulle tout. Et
en celle meisme place en sourt daultres qui sont
aussi froides comme glace. Illec sont les baings
tous attemprez et meslez de froide eaue et de chaul
de. Et ceulx qui en yceulx baings se baignent leur
charnure en devient tout saine. Ancores ya daultres
fontaines fort noires qui les gens tiennent pour
moult saines. et en vont boire en lieu de poisons
et medicines et en font souventeffoiz grandes

it is clear and flowing. In Espire there is a fountain
whose nature is so marvelous that one can extinguish
burning firebrands in it and then re-light them
afterwards. In Ethiopia there is another one, which by night
is so hot that no one can drink from it but by day is so cold
that one freezes solid in it. In Lorraine, near the city of Metz,
there is a water that flows down, which they boil down
in large copper pans, so that it becomes good salt.
This water supplies the salt for the entire region. It surges
from a well nearby that is called David's Well. In this area
there are other fountains that are so hot that they scald.
And in this same place there are others that are as cold
as ice. There are baths there, moderate in temperature,
a mix of cold and hot water. The skin of those who bathe in
these baths becomes totally healthy. There are other
fountains that are completely black. People consider these
to be very healthy and go there to drink the water in place
of potions and medicines. They often make great