Eaeque catenae ex ea materia comparentur, cui nec caries nec vetustas nec umor possit nocere, id est e buxo, iunipero, olea, robore, cupresso ceterisque similibus praeter quercum, cum ea se torquendo rimas faciat quibus inest operibus.
The ties are to be of timber unaffected by decay or age or damp, such as boxwood, juniper, olive, winter oak, cypress and the like, except the common oak, which warps and causes cracks where it is used.
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