ſeruientiQQuid ꝓuincie l̓ ciuitati plus expeditvtrū pluribꝰ regi vel vno Ca. ij.ijs ergo p̄miſſis īquire̓ oportꝫquid ꝓuincie vel ciuitati magexpēdit. vtrū pluribꝰ regi vl̓ vno regi.Hoc autē cōſiderari p̄t ex ipō fine regis ſeu regiminis. ad hoc em̄ cuiuſlibꝫregentis debet ferri intentio vt eiꝰ qd̓ſuſcepit regendū ſalutē ꝓcuret. gubernatoris em̄ eſt nauē cōtra maris ꝑicūla ſeruando illeſam duce ad portū ſalutis. bonū āt et ſalꝰ multitudinis ē vteiꝰ vnitas cōſeruet̉ q̄ dicitur pax. quaremota ſocialis vite perit vtilitas qn̄ymo ml̓titudo diſſētiēs ſibi ip̄i fit onēroſa Hoc igit̉ eſt ad qd̓ rector multitudinis maxime intende̓ debet. vt pacis vnitatē ꝓcuret. nec rc̄e ꝯfiliat̉ niſipacē faciat in ml̓titudine ſibi ſubiectaſicut nec medicꝰ niſi ſanet īfirmū ſibicōmiſſum. nullꝰ eī ꝯſiliari debꝫ de fineꝙͣ intēde̓ debꝫ ſꝫ de hijs q̄ ſunt ad finē.ꝓpter qd̓ apl̓s ad ephe. iiij. ꝯmēdat fidelis populi vnitatē ſolliciti ſitis ẜuare vnitate ſpiritꝰ ī vinculo pacꝭ. Quāto igitur r̄gimē efficatiꝰ fuerit ad vnitatē pacis ꝯſeruandā. tanto erit vtiliꝰHoc em̄ vtilius dicimꝰ qd̓ magis perducit ad finē. manifeſtū ē āt ꝙ vnitatēeffice̓ magis poteſt qd̓ ē per ſe vnū qͣꝫplures ſicut efficaciſſima cā calefactionis eſt ꝙ per ſe calidū. vtiliꝰ ē igit̉ regimē vniꝰ qͣꝫ pluriū ampliꝰ ē manifeſtū. ꝙ nec ples ml̓titudinē regerēt vllomō ſi ōino diſſentirēt Reqͥrit̉ ergo inpluribus quedā vnio ad hͦ ꝙ quoqͦmōregē poſſint. nec ml̓ti nauē in vnā ꝑtētraherēt niſi aliquo mō ꝯiuncti. vniriāt dicūtur plura ꝑ appropinqͣtioēꝫ advnū. meliꝰ igit̉ regit vnꝰ qͣꝫ plures exeo ꝙ appropinquāt ad vnū Ad hūc eaque ſcd̓m naturā ſt̓ optime ſe hn̄t Inſingulis eī oꝑatur natura qd̓ optimūē omne āt naturale regimē ab vno eſtIn mēbroꝝ em̄ multitudinē ē vnū qd̓principaliter mouet ſcꝫ cor. ⁊ in ꝑtibꝰanime vna vis pͥncipalit̓ p̄fidet .ſ. ratio⁊ in apibꝰ vnꝰ rex. ⁊ in vniu̓ſo vnꝰ deꝰoīm̄ factor ⁊ rcōr. ⁊ hͦ rōnabilit̓ Om̄iseī multitudo deriuat̉ ab vno. qͣre ſi ea
que ſunt ẜm artē imitant̉ ea que ſuntſcd̓ꝫ naturā. ⁊ tanto meliꝰ opus artiseſt qͣꝫtomagīs aſſeqͥtur ſil̓itudinē eiusꝙ ē in natur a. nccē ē ꝙ in hūāna ml̓titudine optimū ſit qd̓ per vnū regaturHoc etiā exꝑimētis apparet Nā prouintie vl̓ ciuitates q̄ nō regūt̉ ab vnodiſſenſiōibꝰ laborāt. ⁊ abſqꝫ pace fluctuant. vt videatur impleri ꝙ dn̄s perꝓphetā cōq̄ritur dicēs ihe̓. xij. Paſtores ml̓ti demoliti ſunt vineā meā. ecōtrario vero ꝓuintie ⁊ ciuitates q̄ ſb̓ rege vno r̄gūt̉. pace gaudēt. iuſticia florēt: et affluentia rerū letant̉. Un̄ dn̄sꝓ magno mune̓ ꝑ ꝓphetas ppl̓o ſuoꝓmittit. ꝙ ponet ſibi caput vnū. et ꝙpͥnceps vnꝰ erit in medio eorūSicut regimē regis eſt optimū ita tyranni eſt peſſimū Ca. iij.Icut autē regimē regis ē optimū. ita regimē tyrāni eſt peſſimū Opponitur em̄ ficꝭ policie democrachia Utrūqꝫ em̄ ſicut ex dictis apparet ē regimē qd̓ ꝑ plures exerceturariſtocrachie v̓o oligarchia. vtrūqꝫ eīexercet̉ ꝑ paucos tyrāno āt rex vtrūqꝫ em̄ exercetur ꝑ vnū Nꝭ aūt regimēregis ſit optimū oſtēſum eſt pͥus Siigitur optimo opponit̉ peſſimū. nccēeſt ꝙ tyrānidis ſit peſſimū Adhuc v̓tꝰvnita eſt efficax magꝭ ad effectū inducendū qͣꝫ ſperſa vel diuiſa. Multi eī cōgregati ſimul trahūt illud qd̓ diuiſimꝑ ꝑtes ſingulares a ſingulis trahi nōpoſſet Sicꝭ igitur vtiliꝰ ē virtutē operantē ad bonū eſſe magꝭ vnā vt ſit virtuoſior ad operādū bonū Ita magisnoxiū ſi virtꝰ operās malū ſit vna qͣꝫdiuiſa. virtꝰ autē iniuſte p̄ſidētis oꝑatur ad malū multitudinis dū coē bonū multitudinis in ſui ipſiꝰ tm̄ bonūretorquet Sicut igit̉ in regimine iuſto. qͣꝫto regens magis eſt vnū tanto ēregimē vtilius. vt regnū vtiliꝰ ē qͣꝫ ariſtocrachia Ariſtocrachia vero qͣꝫ policia. ita ecōtra erit ⁊ in iniuſto regimine. vt videlicet qͣꝫto regens eſt magisvnū. tāto magis ſit noxiū Magis igitur eſt noxiā tyrannidis qͣꝫ oligarchiaOligarchia autē qͣꝫ democrachia. Ampliꝰ per hoc r̄gime fit iniuſtū ꝙ ſpre-