¶ De metallis ⁊ lapidibus

tū: ꝑ duriciā ferri fortitudo ſeculariū: ꝑ ſoliditatē argēti ꝯſtātia p̄dicantiū intelligipōt. ¶ Itē dꝫ eſſe clarus ꝑ ſapīaꝫ p̄cipue ꝑſapīaꝫ diuinoꝝ eloqͥoꝝ. De qͥbus Psͣ. xj.Eloqͥa dn̄i eloqͥa caſta: argētū igne examinatū: ꝓbatū terre purgatū ſeptuplū. Itēdꝫ eſſe ſonoruſ ꝑ doctrinā: Prouer. x. Argentū electū lingua iuſti. ¶ Itē dꝫ eſſe liq̄factibil̓ ꝑ cōpaſſionē ⁊ miẜicordiā: Zach̓.xiij. Noſtrū es ſic̄ argentū vrit̉. Argentuꝫem̄ dū vrit̉ liquat̉. Sic̄ vrebat̉ ⁊ liquebat̉ille p̄dicator Paulus cuꝫ dicebat: Quisinfirmat̉ ⁊ ego nō infirmor: qͥs ſcādalicat̉⁊ ego nō vror? ¶ Itē dꝫ eſſe ductibil̓ ꝑ obedientiā: Nūeri. x. Fac tibi duas tubas argēteas ductiles. Tubas ꝑ ſonū doctrine:argēteas ꝑ mūdiciā vite: ductiles ꝑ motūobediētie. ¶ Itē argentū eſt balſami ꝯſeruatiuū: ⁊ virtutꝭ ī iaſpide cuſtoditiuū. Un̄maiorem virtutē hꝫ iaſpis in anulo argenteo qͣꝫ aureo. In qͦ ſignat̉ p̄cipue̓ ꝙ p̄dicator dꝫ intēdere ad ꝯſeruandū odorē bonefame ⁊ honeſtatē vite. Nā ꝟtus iaſpidiseſt honeſtas homīs vel ꝯtinētia carnis ⁊odor balſami ſuauitas boni exēpli ⁊ noīs.Itē argētū ex tactu terre rubiginē ꝯͣhit:ſꝫ ex ꝯfricatiōe ſal̓ ⁊ arene pͥſtinū colorē reſumit. Sil̓r p̄dicator qn̄qꝫ cogitādo vel tractando terrena ꝯͣhit rubeginē alicuius cupiditatꝭ. Sꝫ ex ꝯfricatione ſalis .i. ꝯtēplatione ſiue ſtudio ſapīe: q̄ eternoꝝ nob̓ ſaporē rep̄ſentat cuius comꝑatiōe tꝑalia vileſcūt: ⁊ etiā ex ꝯfricatione arene .i. ex inundatione pnīe q̄ rōne grauedinis areneaſſimilat̉: ad pͥſtinā reſtituit̉ puritatē affectionis ¶ Itē qͥ digne vult exeqͥ officiū p̄dicādi dꝫ effici ſil̓is cuidā gēme que dicit̉aſtrion q̄ eſt cryſtallo ꝓpinqͣ ⁊ in cētro lucet vt ſtella fulgore plene lune. Un̄ ſic ē dicta ab aſtris: eo ꝙ fulgorē eoꝝ in ſe rapit:vt dic̄ Iſido. Sic p̄dicator cryſtallo dꝫ eſſeſil̓is ꝑ ꝯſcīe puritatem: lucere in cētro .i. incorde ꝑ ſapīe claritatē: aſtroꝝ .i. ſanctoꝝ ⁊ꝑfectoꝝ fulgorē .ſ. doctrine vl̓ vite in ſe rapere ꝑ ſtudiū ⁊ viuēdi ꝯformitatē: Danielis. xij. Qui ad iuſticiā erudiūt plurimoſ:erūt velut ſtelle. ¶ Capl̓m: XXVIIIRudentia aſſimilat̉ hiacyntho. ¶ Primo ꝓpter fulgoris mediocritatē. Nāblacynthus qͥ eſt ſaphyrei coloris ille eſt

optimus: ſicut ille qui in ethiopia inuenitur: nec nimis eſt clarus nec nimis obſcurus: ſed mediocriter fulgidus. Similiterprudentia homīs requirit menſurā quandam mediocritatis: Prouerb̓. xxiij. Prudentie tue pone modum .ſ. vt neqꝫ plus ſapias qͣꝫ oportet: nec plus ignores qͣꝫ quodſcire nō debes. Quāuis alij dicant ꝙ hocSalomonis dictum non eſt ſic intelligendum ꝙ ipſa prudentia ſit in ſe moderāda.Sed quia ſecūdū prudētiam eſt alijs modus inponendus. Opus enim prudentisſic medium tenet recte rationis vt neqꝫ excedat qd̓ ē nimis ſaꝑe vel fulgere: vel deficiat qd̓ eſt quaſi ignorare vel obſcurū eſſe.Cātꝭ. v. Manus illiꝰ tornatiles: auree: p̄lene hiacynthis. He manꝰ ſūt opera prudētie q̄ ſūt plēa hiacynthis .i. moderatiōibꝰdebite rōnis ¶ Secundo ꝓpter ſculptureſuſceptibilitatem. Quia licꝫ hiacynthusſit ad ſculpendū duriſſimus nō tn̄ eſt inuictus: qꝛ ab adamāte ſculpit̉ ⁊ ſignat̉. Sil̓rhō prudens licꝫ nō ſit facilit̓ ad credendūoī ꝟbo ⁊ oī dicēti inducēdꝰ. ſed ad multacredēda ſit durus .i. ita vt nō a qͦlibet informet̉ tn̄ veraciter ⁊ rōnabiliter loquēti ſiuecorripiēti etiam ſi dura dicat: nihilominꝰcredit ⁊ eiꝰ imp̄ſſiōes hūilit̓ ſuſcipit. Et talis īpreſſio eſt ſicut adamātis. Nam adamas eſt lapis duriſſimus qͥ nullo metallocedit. Talis debꝫ eſſe facies p̄dicantꝭ ſeucorripiētꝭ. Eze. iiij. Vt adamātē ⁊ ſilicē dedi faciē tuā. ¶ Tertio ꝓpt̓ aeris ꝯformitatem. Nā ſicut dicit. Diaſ. hiacynthus aeriſe maxime cōformat vt ſit in nubilo nubiloſus ⁊ in ſereno ſerenus. Sil̓r hō prudēscōformat ſe decēter ſtatui alioꝝ cū qͥbꝰ habet ꝯuenire .ſ. vt ſciat gaudere prudent̉ cūgaudentibus ⁊ flere cū flentibus. Hoc .n.dicebat Apl̓s. j. Corī. ix. Omnibus oīa factus ſū. ſed ſicut dicit q̄dam gloſa. prudēset diuinꝰ apl̓s ita oībus ceſſit ꝙ formā vere honeſtatꝭ nūqͣꝫ exceſſit. ¶ Quarto ꝓpt̓effectus vtilitatē. Eſt .n. hiacynthus efficax ⁊ vtilis ad multa. Nā hiacynthus vtdicit Diaſc. habꝫ letificare. qd̓ ꝯuenit prudēti inquātū vitat inuidiā q̄ eſt triſticia inbonis alienis vt dicit ph̓s. Sed prudensde alienis bonis ecōtrario letat̉. ¶ Itemhiacynthus hꝫ melā colicā qͣlitatē fugare.⁊ hͦ cōpetit prudenti inqͣꝫtū vitat accidiamque ad modū melā colici hūoris īfrigidat

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