I confess indeed that a little fire of straw refreshes and rejoices it.
Original French: Ie confeſſe bien que petit feu de paille la vegète & reſiouiſt.
Modern French: Je confesse bien que petit feu de paille la vegète & resiouist.
Notes
vegeter
Vegerer. To quicken, refresh, give life, groweth, or increase unto; also, to grow, bud, or put forth, as plants.
Cotgrave, Randle (–1634?), A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongue. London: Adam Islip, 1611. PBM
vegete
Rendre vigoureux; du lat. scolasatique vegetare, même sens.
Rabelais, François (ca. 1483–1553), Oeuvres. Édition critique. Tome Cinquieme: Tiers Livre. Abel Lefranc (1863-1952), editor. Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, 1931. p. 372. Internet Archive