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My beloved, the giant is Adam, who was formed free from all corruption. The wound of which he died, is transgression of the divine command. The burning candle is eternal punishment, extinguished by means of a needle, that is by the passion of Christ.

, in his work on "The Causes of Natural Things," says that Noah discovered a wild vine in a wood, and because it was