nō moritur/ cuius fortitudini moreſuccūbit Regnū quidē anglic quodaduerſꝰ regē ſtephanū armis ſtrēniuſſimū/ ſudoribꝰ obtinuerat bellicis licet adoleſcētulꝰ ⁊ ꝯtemptꝰ filijeiꝰ cōſilio ⁊ auxilio/ regū ⁊ pͥncipūcircūiacētiū/ graui ſeditioē turbauerāt Ipſe āt deſtitutꝰ ſuis ⁊ ab extraneis īpugnatꝰ / illo aſpirāte in cuiꝰvirtute vnꝰ fugat decem milia p̄ualuit vniuerſis. deditqꝫ in manꝰ eꝰhoſtes ſuos dn̄s/ ad alligandos reges eoꝝ in cōpedibꝰ. et nobiles corum in manicis ferreis Ille qͥ ꝯuertit corda filioꝝ ad prēm/ ipſos ī affectu filiali nutriens/ ſedē pr̄is in tēporo lōga ſtabiliat ⁊ faciāt pacem¶ Sao enī ꝙ ſi bella interim ſuſcitauerit in parentē. ſuccidet eos dn̄sNā dei iudicio ⁊ lege fatali ſanxitū eſt/ vt quicūqꝫ de cōſāguinitateilliꝰ/ bellis ipſum impugnare preſumpſerint/ nō dimidiet dies ſuoshoc autem ī libro experientie iamde multis legimꝰ. et fide oculatocognouimꝰ.¶ Ꝙ filij pͥncipū ſūt lr̄is imbuēdiEpiſtalo. lxpijOmino ſuo dilectiſſimo h.illuſtriſſimo Angloꝝ regiduci normānie ⁊ Aquitamue ⁊ comiti andegauie Gotr̄ diuina ꝓmiſſione Rothomi. Archiep̄sGalutem in eo ꝑ quem reges regnat Iicet prudētia veſtra ſibi ſufficiat/ et eruditioīs aliene ſuffragionō mēdicet / qd̓ cū nobis ad vtilitatem cedere credimꝰ ⁊ honorē. diſſimulare nō poſſumꝰ nec debemꝰ Experimēto qͥdem didiaimꝰ/ ꝙͣtū ꝯmoditatis acceſſeritrre veſtre ī eo ꝙlrālibus diſciplina. veſtte pͥmiciasadoleſcētie mmibiuſtis A enī alijsregibꝰ ſit tude Iſnforme ingeniū/veſtrū qd̓ exercittū ē in lr̄is. ī magnaru rerum admmiſtratiōe eſt ꝓuidū/ ſubtile in iuticijs/ cautū in preceptis/ in cōſilio ercūſpectū Ideoqꝫoīm ep̄oꝝ noſtroꝝ vnanimiter ihoc vota cōcurrūt / vt hēricus filiꝰveſter ⁊ heres lr̄is opplicet̉ / vt quēpeſtrū exp̄eamꝰ heredem / habeamꝰtam regni ꝙͣ prudētie ſucceſſoremScitis ꝙ totiꝰ prudētie cōpendiumui lr̄is cōtinctur Si reſpublica agēda eſt/ ſi p̄lia ꝯmittēda ſūt/ ſi caſteamētāda. ſi machine erigēde. ſi renouādi oggeres. ſi ꝓpugnacul a faciēda Denūqꝫ ſi quies libertatꝭ ſi iuſticie cultus. ſi reuerētia legum. ſi finitimaꝝ gentiū amiccie ſūt firmade/ libri hec oīa etudiūt ad ꝑfectūRex equidem ſine lr̄is. nauis eſtſine remigio. et volucris ſine penisRecenſent hyſtorie ꝙͣtum iulio ceſari cōtulerit lras didiciſſe. in lrāli ſtudio tantꝰ fuit. vt quaternas dictaret ſimul cpl̓es. ꝙͣtus in iuris ciuilis ꝑitia fuerit / leges romanoꝝ indicāt/ virtutes potentis iigenij ꝙͣiugiter in ph̓ia exercuit/ p̄dicat ſubtilitas biſextilis Doctrina creſtotilis et continuū ſub eo virtutis exercitium magnum mognificauit ⁊ extulit alexandrū Adde ꝙ ingenuasdicit poeta/ didiciſſe fideliter artesEmollit mētes/ nec ſinit eē feros.teſte ſalomoē Melior ē ſapīa cūcio