Tractatus de conſiderationibus

ſermo defuerit. Nec fuerit tibi verecūduꝫ ſiſubijci videaris vl̓ ꝯfeſſori tuo vl̓ alteri recogitās. qꝛ nō ſibi ſꝫ deo/ ſꝫ ꝟitati/ ſꝫ cōi ⁊ ꝓprie vtilitati te ſubijcis. ¶ Alterā qͦꝫ legimīduſtriā fuiſſe apd̓ veteres qͥ in ꝯuiuijs adtybias egregia ſuꝑioꝝ oꝑa carmībꝰ cōp̄hēſa pāgebāt qͦ ad ea imitāda iuuētutē alacriorē redderēt. Qd̓ laudās valeriꝰ autor huiꝰhyſtorie ꝓclamat. Quas athenas. quā ſcota. q̄ alienigena ſtudia. huic domeſtice diſciplīe p̄tuleri: Hec p̄t̓ea lectio modulata nōne cōpeſceret varios ⁊ incōditos tumultꝰne dicamꝰ in detractōibꝰ ⁊ maledictꝭ. Hecfama qͦꝫ vtinā de frācie regno apud aliasnatōes gl̓ioſior eſſet. Fert̉ adhuc apd̓ īclytū ducē Borbonij huiꝰ diſciplīe claꝝ deoobẜuari. ⁊ ꝓfecto domū tuā (o aīa mea) domū regiā decet ſctītudo tal̓. in qͣ nihil obſcenū. nihil īpudicū. nihil īordinatū. nihil ſacrilegū. nihil blaſphemū nihil nō ſeriū diſciplinatū ⁊ ſctm̄ videat̉ ⁊ audiat̉ ꝯclamet̉¶ Alterā rurſus addamꝰ induſtriā vt freq̄nter ea q̄ vel viſa fuerīt/ traducant̉ ad moresvelut ex ſil̓ibꝰ ſil̓ia ⁊ ex figuris figurata notent̉. Exēpli gr̄a. Queris hr̄e tunicā decorā. mūdas manꝰ. ſplēdidū ꝯuiuiuꝫ. ſeruosobediētes. cattulos blādiētes. Curauerishr̄e ꝓportiōalia moꝝ ornamēta. habeto vttunicā v̓tutū decorē. habeto nuptialē charitatis veſtē. ne reijciaris ꝯfuſus a nuptijs.Mūdas qͦꝫ oꝑatōnis manꝰ tene. Fac tibiꝓinde ꝯuiuiū iuge ſpūaliū ſic̄ a ſubditatibi creatura vis fieri. Nūqͥd tibi in hūc modū deerūt libri qͦs legere fas hēs. Nā p̄terlibros ſcpͥture noīat̉ mūdꝰ iſte totꝰ liber nature ſic̄ in temet retineſ libꝝ ꝯſcīe. Iuxta cuius inſcpͥtōeꝫ te noueris finalit̓ iudicandūQuīetiā vita cuiuſlibet viri iuſti ⁊ prudētꝭlib̓ ē exēplarꝭ/ ī qͦ legere ē ex vultū ex geſtū exvniuerſa corꝑis cōpoſitōe / mores bonos.in mal̓ ꝟo ꝑ ꝯͣriū. Rurſus omīs inſtitutioeccl̓aſtica ī veſtimētis mīſtroꝝ ⁊ ceteris ornamētꝭ/ lib̓ ē myſticoꝝ ſenſuū plenꝰ. ¶ Poſtremo cogͦueris ⁊ alta mēte recōdito ꝙ adꝑfectā ſufficiētēqꝫ ſapīaꝫ ꝓ regno qͣdruplici mēorato/ nll̓a vnqͣꝫ te lectio vel īduſtriavel ꝯſideratio ꝓpͥa deducet. qͥn egeas aſſidue mutua cōicatōe familiariū ꝯſiliarioꝝtāqͣꝫ qͣrūdā vocaliū. Nā ibi ſalus vbi multa ꝯſilia. Sit āt ꝯſiliariꝰ fidꝰ in pͥmis deo ⁊tibi. Nā qͥ deo neqͣꝫ ē cui bonꝰ? ſit p̄t̓ea charitatiuꝰ/ patiēs/ benignꝰ. qͥ n̄ ſit ābitioſus.nō īflet̉/ n̄ q̄rat q̄ ſua ſūt ſꝫ q̄ cōia. ſit verax ī

ꝟbo. ꝯſtās iudicio. ſecretꝰ ī cōmiſſo. ſit doctꝰ ⁊ exꝑtꝰ ī his q̄ pctūt̉. qm̄ cuilibet exꝑto īarte ſua magis credēduꝫ ē. Antiquꝰ īſuꝑ inqͥbꝰ maior ſapīa ⁊ prudentia certior ꝓpt̓ experiētias ml̓tiplices doctrices optīas reꝑitur. ¶ Eſto cū talibꝰ aſſiduꝰ vitans pͣuoꝝ ⁊ſtultoꝝ ꝯſortia qͦꝝ colloqͥa corrumpūt bonos mores/ ⁊ ip̄is acqͥeſce. Quid em̄ minꝰtolerabile/ qͣꝫ ſi vniuerſā rēpublicā vna vnius ſnīa p̄ſumet ꝓ libito ꝟſare reuerſareqꝫ cūveriſſime dicit canō. Qd̓ oēs tāgit ab oībꝰdꝫ approbari. Ab oībꝰ intellige vel a maiori oīuꝫ ſanioriqꝫ ꝯſilio. Regna qͥppe ſicut ⁊reſpublica/ n̄ tm̄mō ſūt regū ſꝫ oīuꝫ ſub eisfatemur tn̄ ꝙ alio ⁊ alio mō. Ad vnum tm̄cōis ſufficiētie ⁊ pacis cōmodū vt vniuerſa ꝯſilia ⁊ oꝑa reſerant̉ neceſſe eſt. ¶ Credoqꝛ nihil ē qd̓ ita ſtabilire pōt regnū qͣlelibetvl̓ ſpāle vl̓ eccl̓aſticū vl̓ tꝑale politicū quēadmodū ſi aſſumāt̉ in ꝯcilijs ⁊ officijs atꝫdignitatibus qͣles deſcripſimus amatoresboni publici. Nā vbi defuerit amor iſte leges qͣꝫtūlibet multiplicate ⁊ optime. nō tm̄nō ꝓſunt/ ſed in arma nequitie ꝯuertunt̉. ꝓpterea ve ve p̄ficientibꝰ tales amantes ſeipſos/ aut qui vt p̄ficiant̉ ſuadent vel extorquent. ¶ Deniqꝫ ſicut cepiſti ora ſapīam extotis p̄cordijs tibi mitti a deo qͥ vias tuasdirigat in qͦ ꝯſilia tua ſꝑ ꝑmaneāt/ cuiꝰ vnctio docet de oībꝰ mūdos corde. Alioqͥn reprobat dn̄s cogitatiōes ppl̓oꝝ ⁊ reprobatꝯſilia pͥncipū. Cōſiliū āt dn̄i in eternū manet qd̓ inſequēs nō errab̓. Inſeq̄ris āt nūqͣꝫ meliꝰ qͣꝫ colūbīa ſimplicis ⁊ pure or̄onispēna fretus ꝑ quā volabis ad eū ⁊ reqͥeſcesſalua facta a puſillanimitate ſpūs ⁊ tēpeſtate. fiat fiat.¶ Quinta particulain qͣ ꝯtinet̉ ꝯſideratio ſuꝑ habendis librisꝓ lectōe ſtudioſa.Docta eſo aīa mea quēadmodū?lectio ſtudioſa doctrix ē diſcipline dei tanqͣꝫ ancilla ſapīe. Hec lectio libris vtit̉ ⁊ nutritur electisdū venenatis hereſuꝫ ⁊ erroꝝ ⁊ ſpurciciaꝝſordibꝰ carent. Tales in ornamentū ⁊ thezaurum ⁊ ꝓfectū tuū iubeas aggregari/ nedū ꝓ te ſed ꝓ cōſortibꝰ tuis nec vt ſtudioſamultitudine te p̄graues/ ſꝫ varietate gratadelectes. Deniqꝫ magnificētia regal̓ q̄ ꝓfuſa ē totiēs in rebꝰ hn̄tibꝰ minꝰ vtilitatis attēde qͣꝫ ꝓfuſior eſſe debeat/ ī ꝯſtitutiōe hib-

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