Ibrelitax ptinnicipatuum. Nnꝰgͦ princeps. Regnū tociꝰ vniuerſi ē regnū dei in qͦ deꝰ monarchicepͥncipatur. de quo regno d̓t xp̄ſIoh̓. xix. Regnū meū nō eſt hincquaſi diceret. Licet regnū meumſit inter malos. tn̄ nō eſt hinc ideſt nō ſumit originē de hoc mūdo.Et ideo veralrā eſt. Nūc auteꝫ regnū meū non eſt hinc ⁊ non h̓Secūda āt ſpecies politici pͥncipatus q̄ eſt Ariſtrocratia ī qua plures v̓tuoſi. pauci tn̄ dn̄antur. ⁊ ēminꝰ bonꝰ pͥncipatus ꝙͣ regnū. Ett̓cia eſt minꝰ bona que vocat̉ Tymocratia. In qua multitudo nonoptimoꝝ ſꝫ mediocres dn̄antur.Sicut aut tres iſti pͥncipatus ſūtboni: licet n̄ equalit̓. Ita correſpōdent eis tres corrupcōnes pͥncipadi: q̄ꝓprie nō ſunt pͥncipatus politici. ſꝫ tranſgreſſiones ⁊ corrupcōnes eorūdem. Nā regnū corrumpitur in tirānidem. Ariſtocͣtia in olicharchiā. Tymocͣtia in democͣtiāPrimo gͦ corrūpitur regnū in tyrānidem: quādo de rege fit tyrānꝰSicut in regno dn̄atur vnꝰ: ita intyranide: qꝛ tam regnū ꝙͣ tyrānides vidētur monarchie. Sꝫ in hocē din̄a: qꝛ tyrānꝰ in ōnibꝰ intēditvtilitatem ꝓpriam. rex vero vtilitatem ſubditoꝝ. Et ideo ſicut regnūeſt optimꝰ pͥncipatus: ita tyrānides eſt peſſima ⁊ corruptio monͣrchie Contrariū em̄ optīo: eſt peſſimū. Regnū aūt ⁊ tyrānides ſūtcōtraria. ſicut r̓x ⁊ tyrānꝰ moraliter qꝛ malꝰ rex ſit tyrānus. ¶ Secūda aūt ſpecies politici pͥncipatꝰque eſt lriſtroctia: ī qua paucivirtuoſi dominātur: corrūpitur inCap̄ vn̄etiolygratiā. In qua pauci ⁊ vicioſidn̄antur qui oīa bona cōitatis attribuūt ſibijpſis ⁊ amicis ⁊ nonintēdunt bonū ipſiꝰ tociꝰ cōmumtatis. ẜ totum bonū ſuū ⁊ amicoꝝſuoꝝ. Vn̄ dignitates ⁊ officia cōitatis ꝯferunt tantū amicis ſuis vl̓vſurpant ſibijpſiſ Terciā ſpeciespolititi pͥncipatuſ que eſt Tymocratia: in qͣ multi boni mediocrestn̄ dn̄antur: corrupit̉ in democͣtiāin qua multi: nō quidē mediocreſſꝫ populares dn̄antur. Et iſta corruptio minꝰ habet de malo. ſic̄ pͥncipatus ſibi ꝯtrariuſ minꝰ habet82de bono Ariſtrocͣtici nāqꝫ p̄tēduntbonū ꝯmunetam diuitum ꝙ paupeꝝ: quia Ariſtrocͣtia eſt pͥncipatus ml̓titudinis collcē de vtriſqꝫ.Sed democͣtici intēdunt pͥncipaliter bonū pauperum ⁊ de dāpnisdluitu nichil curāt. ⁊ hoc ē minꝰmalū ꝙͣ bona ꝯmunitatiſ arrogare ⁊ vſurpare ſibi ⁊ amicis. ſicutfaciunt Olygrachiti. Et Olygͣchiti ſūt minꝰ mali ꝙͣ tyrāni: qꝛ tyrānus tantū habet oculū ad bonuꝫſuū ꝓprium ⁊ nichil curat de amic̄.Sic gͦ patet ꝙ tres ſunt ſpēs pͥncipatus politici ⁊ tres earuꝫ corruptiones ⁊ ꝙ optiꝰ pͥncipatuſ ē regnuꝫ vel monarchia ⁊ eius corruptio eſt peſſima ſcilicet tyranides.dicit gͦ ſalomon ꝙ in tantū appreciabatur ſapīam que docet ree cōlere deum ꝙ prepoſuit illā poteſtati cuiuſcumqꝫ pͥncipatus: qꝛ cū inter ſpēſ pͥncipatuum regnū ſit optimuꝫ prepoſuit illam regno īmoR P.regniſ Iſt ergo hoc nomē regnūequiuocū: qꝛ vno modo regnū vocatur ipſa terra vel regio vni regiT. j.