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Incipiūt inuertiue.Prima pars prime inuectiue.D veſtra attenta docilia ⁊ beniuola pulſantzelotipa mee deuotōis circa rōnabilē veriſil̓itudinis famoſe in tractatu qͦrundā ꝓblematum nuꝑ circa initiū meiphiloſophici in ſtudio Colonienſi certaminis a me ſicut ſubnotat̉ albertiſta. neophito publice Alberti magni et ſancti Thomede aqͥno inter ſuos philoſophicos defenſores diſſenſionis auditore neutraliter ventilatoꝝ defenſionē. O fratres ⁊ ꝯprofeſſores dilectiſſimi qͥ mea ad hec frequēterſtimulaſtis p̄cordia. He nos terreant moueant aut qͦmodolibet ꝯturbent emula cuiuſdā noui eorundē problematū detractoris ſcripta opiniones cōes ⁊ mere philoſophicas in eodē tractatu q̄ opinio alteri ꝑipatheticiAreſtotel̓ ꝑipatheticoꝝ archidoctoris ſententie magisꝯſonat veriſil̓r diſceptatas inopinabil̓r rep̄hendētia Eteatenus īpertinent̓ qͣtenꝰ ꝑ allegatōes extraneas tunctꝑis neutri ꝯtēdentiū ꝑti ꝯſcias redarguentia. In hocmecū gaudētes ꝙ hmōi extrema dudū īplacabil̓ ſuorūꝓgenitoꝝ ꝯͣuerſia ſit iā motu huiꝰ viri ꝓprio placabilit̓intercepta ⁊ ꝑ modum treugalis ſuſpendij ne deincepsmore pͥſtino de ſe p̄ſumat mediocrit̓ p̄cluſa. Qd̓ reueratꝑi moderno aptiſſime ꝯgruit. In qͣ nō eſt nobis colluctatio aduerſus carnē ⁊ ſanguinē. ſꝫ aduerſus antichriſtianas poteſtatū aereaꝝ neqͥcias vterqꝫ p̄fatoꝝ ꝯtendentiū parti pari ſtudio inſidiātes ſuꝑſticioſos noto formaliſtas tranſcendēti ſuoꝝ ꝯceptuū irreſolubilit̓ abſtractoꝝ figmēto egiptios cū iſrahelitꝭ ſuꝑuacue ſpoliātesSic qꝫ ꝑ quādam vniuocā deo ⁊ creature ꝑfectionumſimpl̓r eſſentialiū analeſim īacceſſibiles montiū eternorum ſummitates cū eo qͥ ſe nedū altiſſimo ſil̓em aut eqͣlem ſꝫ ſup̄ oē id qd̓ ē aūt noīat̉ deꝰ extollet Pro vt in qͦdam tractatu circa errores cuiuſdā heremite ꝑ me deſuꝑ facto diſſerit̉ trāſſiliētes a qͦ ꝑnicioſiſſimo phariſeoꝝiā heu in qͦlibet hoīm ſtatu tā eccleſiaſtico ⁊ ſcolaſtico ꝙciuili ⁊ domeſtico clā ⁊ publice hincin̄ emergentiū fermento ne xp̄ianā veſtre eruditiōis antiq̄ ſapiētiā iuxtamodū inferiꝰ dearticulatū tolerabil̓r ꝯcordabilē damnabiliter īficiat. Uos ꝓtinꝰ abſolui p̄ſeruari ⁊ inuincibilit̓ ꝓtegi atqꝫ defendi opto ⁊ in ꝟbo apoſtoli dicentisUidete quō caute ābuletꝭ qꝛ dies mali ſunt in qͥbꝰ pleriqꝫ ꝯſcīam cauteriatā hn̄tes a ꝟitate diſcedūt. doctrināqꝫ ſanā nō ſuſtinētes nec humil̓r ſſentiētes ſup̄ ſe ī mirabilibꝰ ābulāt cordial̓r p̄cor hortor ⁊ vehemēter interpello Anno dn̄i ſicut putat̉ milleſimo qͣdringēteſimovigeſimotercio qͥdā ſtudioſus ph̓ie Areſtoteles iuxtainterp̄tatōem ꝑipatheticā venerabil̓ Alb̓ti magni declarate diſcipulꝰ de vniuerſitate ſtudij Pariſienẜ mediāteſtudio dieſcēſi ad ſtudiū coloniēſe aīo ibidē ī eadē ph̓iacertatim ꝓficiendi ꝓductꝰ cū reꝑiret ibi ſil̓eꝫ cū ea quāreliqͥt pariſiꝰ inter terminiſtas qͥ dicebant̉ tūc modernithomiſtaſqꝫ ⁊ alb̓tiſtas qͥ dicebant̉ antiqͥ ꝯͣuerſiā vtrobiqꝫ ꝑ opiniones ſolēniter vulgatas ꝓblematice triꝑtitam ⁊ p̄ūalētę odioſo duaꝝ ſectaꝝ pͥmaꝝ aduerſus terciā tāqꝫ ſubtiliorē ⁊ a pleriſqꝫ ſtudetibꝰ auidiꝰ optatamzelo ꝯſtātē eiuſdē diſcipuli ꝟitatē ſuo iudicio ꝓbabiliorēꝯͣ minꝰ ꝓbabilē defendēdi animū ad virilit̓ reluctādūoccaſional̓r exercitantē ne videret̉ ꝑnicioſus ſuoꝝ diſci-

puloꝝ qͥ ip̄m de iā dicto ſtudio Dieſcenſi ꝟſus ſtudiūColonienſe p̄ceſſerūt ⁊ ſeq̄bant̉ deceptor. ⁊ qͣſi īermis ⁊tacite ꝯuictꝰ. ſapīe a malicia inuincibil̓ offenſor incepitpͥmo iuxta piā ſummi thomiſtaꝝ in eodē ſtudio Colonienſi ſcolaſtice militantium doctoris qͥ cum ſuis benignis litterꝭ de doctrina ſtudij dieſcenẜ ad diſciplinā ſtudij colonienẜ inuitauit āmonitōem qͣꝫdā poſitōeꝫ interhmōi ꝯͣuerſias neutral̓r ꝓblematicas ꝓbabil̓r mediamexcogitare ſicqͣꝫ diſputatōeꝫ obuiatiua q̄ plerūqꝫ odioſa ē in pacificā diſputatōis exercitatiue ⁊ ẜm ph̓iaꝫ diſcipline cōicatōem rōnabil̓r tranſferre qd̓ et tēptare ſategit. Feāc a ſcd̓o eorūdē thomiſtaꝝ capite patiebat̉ obprobrioſaꝫ in cetu ſcolariū publico redargutōeꝫ Quidp̄tendit iſte mediator opiniones extraneas qͣs ignoratꝯcordare ⁊ tā inqͥt ſibijnuicē diuerſas qd̓ ſi doctores etfabri eaꝝ pͥncipales. Un̄ denominant̉ adhuc viuerenteaſdē ꝯcordare nō poſſent. Quo in ꝓperio patient̓ audito tā diu ſuſpēſaꝫ ſui animi deſuꝑ pabulū qͥd facto opꝰeēt ambigui tenuit ſentētiā Donec paruipenſo irrōnabili ſic ꝯͣ ip̄m inſulſe latrātiū rumore ſe in materia rōnabili ꝑ ligittimū rōis certamē ſub ſpe glorioſe ꝟitatis inph̓ia ꝓbabilioris victorie muniendū dignū dixit. cōfidens ꝙ cū hō ſit aīal rōnale cui ꝓpriū ē omēs actꝰ ſuosdeo ⁊ nature ꝯformes ſub lege rōis metiri. Si rōnibꝰhincin̄ ꝓ ⁊ ꝯͣ pari zelo aggeratꝭ ꝯtigerit ip̄m vinci autvincere nō rūperet̉ votiua ſui ſtudij pacifice intermedijei a p̄fato doctore ſuggeſti intentio ſꝫ p̄ualet amor veriet boni īꝑſonal̓ odio hͦ irrōnabilit̓ īpugnantiū perſonali.euacuaret̉qꝫ impiū iā dicte obprobratōis ſibi inmeritoemule bn̄ficiū. in qͣ fiducia idē quēdā ſpecialē circa ꝓbabilē ſubnotatorū ꝓblematū tūc in ph̓ia Areſtotel̓ ſolēniter currentium ⁊ ſic vt ꝑmittitur que cui videreturmenti eiuſdem veriſil̓ior certatim vigentiū edidit tractatū in hac capitali forma. Cū animaduerterē modernoꝝ figmēta ⁊c̄. Prohemialit̓ inchoatū ⁊ ab eodē an̄qͣꝫeēt formal̓ in theologia diſcipulꝰ nec dū de eqͥuoca p̄fatoꝝ doctoꝝ antiqͦꝝ in ph̓ia ⁊ theologia different̓ ſcribētiū opinione nimiꝝ eruditꝰ ſub proteſtationibꝰ ꝯgruisin eodē tractatu ſaluo honore vtriqꝫ debito frequenteriteratꝭ oportune ꝯſcriptū. Qui tractatꝰ in diuerſis ſtudijs tā vl̓bꝰ qͣꝫ ꝑticularibꝰ vtilit̓ cōicatꝰ ⁊ hincin̄ fauorabilit̓ acceptꝰ hucuſqꝫ .i. aduſqꝫ annū dn̄i milleſimū quadringēteſimū qͥnqͣgeſimūſextū abſqꝫ aliqͣ famoſa ꝯͣdictionis notā in aſſiduo ꝟe philoſophātiū ⁊ rōnabil̓r theologiſantiū vſu ꝑſeuerauit illeſus lꝫ ſit nouiſſime ab vnoſingulari ſue traditōnis paterne trāſgreſſore diuturnop̄libati thomiſtaꝝ Colonienſiū monarche diſcipulo iudiciū ſuū pͥuatū p̄memorate ꝟitati cōi ſolennit̓ famateet vt p̄fert̉ pari ſtudentiū vſu ꝯtinuate ſic qͣꝫ de vniuerſitate in vniuerſitatē dilatate affectual̓r preferēte fruſtraimpugnatꝰ. Si qͥdē fruſtra redarguit̉ in alio qd̓ ſic argutꝰ mendicauit a reprobo ſui argutoris mēdatio. Etqͥdē eatenꝰ reprobo qͣtenꝰ ſue diſcipline paterne q̄ p̄dictā ꝯͣuerſiā iure qͦdā ſcolaſtice ſucceſſorio diſſeminauitfouit ſuſtētauit ⁊ exercitatōe indefeſſe āpliauit aduerſario. Nunqͥd igit̉ ille nouellus aduena ſic mordaciterrep̄henſus hmōi ꝯͣuerſiam quā ip̄e viciſſim Pariſius etEolonie inuenit temeraria ſue opinionis ſingularꝭ preſumptione nouiter ꝯfinxit. Abſit imo taliter inuentaꝫpͥuſqͣꝫ in ꝓblemata neutra ſcinderet̉ ſub freno veriſil̓itudinis medie xp̄ianā ph̓ie Areſtotel̓ ⁊ theologie ꝓbabiliter rōnabil̓ ꝯſonantiā ſaluātis temperare deſidera