Libri tertii Proſa octaua

dignitatū regnoꝝ gl̓e volūtitudinē inq̓rēdū ſꝫ errora deceptioIhil igit̉ dubiū ē quin he ad btītudinem viedeuia quedā ſint/ nec ꝑducere quenqͣꝫ eo valeant ad qd̓ ſe perducturas eē ꝓmittūt. Quātis ꝟo implicite malis ſint: breuiſſime monſtrabo Quid eī? pecuniā ne cōgregare conaberis: ſed eripies habentiDignitatibus fulgere velis; danti ſupplicabis. et quipreire ceteros honore cupis. poſcendi humilitate vileſces Potentiā ne deſideras; ſb̓iectoꝝ inſidijs obnoxius: periculis ſb̓iacebis. Gloriā petis? ſed per aſperaqueqꝫ diſtractus. ſecurus eſſe deſiſtis Uoluptariā vitam degas: ſed quis non ſpernat atqꝫ abijciat. viliſſi

Iam vero qui bona pre ſe corporis ferūt. qͣꝫ exiguaqͣꝫ fragili poſſeſſione nitunt̉. Num enim elephantosmole, tauros robore ſuꝑare potēitis? Nuꝫ tigres velocitate p̄ibitis? Reſpicite celi ſpaciū. firmitudinē. celeritatem. Et aliqn̄ deſinite vilia mirari Qd̓ quideꝫcelū nō his potiꝰ eſt. qͣꝫ ſua qua regit̉ rōne mir andū