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te varietas ārmonie dulcis amenaqꝫ reſultat. Huic ſimphonie qͥd aptius cōꝑandūreputabimꝰ ꝙͣ noſtrum cor. aſſidue ſe mouens. ac ꝑinde fantaſiā agitās? que ſi creditur a motōe nunꝙͣ quieſcit moto cordeCor vero ſi ceſſat a motu: mori animal cōtinuo neceſſe eſt. Felix muſicus ſpūalis qͥſuo hoc ſimphonico canticordo/ melodiam iugiter ſcit ⁊ ſtudet / ꝑ meditatōis digitos modulari. quatenus affectuum vocesẜm gāma miſticuꝫ/ ſuaues reddat. Felix omagnalia dei nedū in natura libus. qualiaſunt oīa mirabilia valde facta in eiꝰ ſapiētia cuiꝰ nō eſt numerꝰ ſed in artificialibusetiam recognoſcit. quēadmodū ex ꝑforatōne modici ligni in ſambuca vel fiſtulis.aut ex metalli ducttōne in tubis ⁊ cimbalis/ aut in neruoꝝ aut inteſtinoꝝ deſiccatacorſione ꝓut in citharis tot reſonantie variant̉. ¶ Sequit̉. Laudate eū in cordis G⁊ organo. Corde ẜm glo. poſite ſunt ꝓqͥbuſſibet inſtrumētis alijs a pſalterio ⁊ cithara q̄ cordis ſonāt reꝑcuſſis. ſit viella. ſitſymphonia. ſit lira. ſit rota. ſit guiterna. ſitlituꝰ. ſit nablū. ſit ſiſtrū. ſit ſcacaꝝ. ſit rebeIa. ſit generalit̓ vel monocordū vel diacordū. vel tricordū vel tetracordū vel pentacordū vel fexacordū. ſeptacordū. octicordū. nonicordū. decacordū. ⁊ ſic abſqꝫ t̓minō cordaꝝ in inſtrumētis q̄ vel olim vl̓ poſteriꝰ ꝯponi potuerint. ¶ Ceteꝝ/ latius adhuc organa recipiunt̉ a gloſis/ ꝓ mulico qͣlicunqꝫ ꝯpingat̉ inſtr̄o. Habet v̓o modernus vſus appropriatōeꝫ nec irrationabilit̓ad organa ex plubeis vel ſtāneis fiſtu lis. q̄cū follibꝰ ⁊ cū digitis multiplicē ⁊ ꝑfectamhabēt inter aliud quodlibet inſtrumētuꝫvocaliū reſonātiā fiſtulaꝝ. q̄ fiſtule nō illiberales appellāde ſunt. qꝛ non oris deformatōe. ſed follis inflatōe ſonāt. Hoc ſolūvel p̄cipuū retinuit eccleſiaſtica conſuetudo muſicū genus inſtrumēti cui vidimusaliqn̄ iungi tubā. rariſſime vero bombardas ſeu thalemias ſeu cornemuſas grandes aut paruas vel alia ſiqua ſint que nominauerimus inſtrumēta qualia Daniel̓liber omnia cōcludere videt̉ in adoratōeſtatue ſub omni genere muſicoꝝ. ¶ Uerūtn̄ ampliare id qd̓ mō diximꝰ de organorūſolo yſu ꝑ celebrē eccl̓ie ritum. cōmonet io
qd̓ ꝓph̓a ſubiūgit. Laudate dn̄m ī cimbal̓bn̄ſonātibꝰ laudate eū in cimbalis iubilationis. Sūt erea cimbala ea q̄ vocamꝰ cāpanas. qͣs bn̄ fortiter ſonare nullꝰ ambigitTalibꝰ vtit̉ eccl̓ia plꝰ ꝙͣ alijs ſectis ad domini laudes tāꝙͣ vice tubaꝝ legis veteris.quaꝝ officia meritis quidā exp̄ſſit loquētēinducēs cāpanā. Laudo deū verū. plebeꝫvoco. ꝯgrego cleꝝ. Defuc̓tos ploro. peſteꝫfugo. feſta decoro. Sūt ⁊ cāpanule ꝓ melodia velut in horologijs aliqͥbus ordinate. Quibus in oībus noſtri p̄n̄t interioresaffectus erudiri ſil̓ ⁊ impelli. qualit̓ exꝑiebatur ille cuiꝰ animꝰ ꝯmotꝰ acriter. eleuatꝰdilatatꝰ qn̄ fiebat hmōi reſonātia celebrisiubilabat totꝰ in ſe recolēs illud ſeraphicūde deo. Pleni ſunt celi ⁊ cerra gloria tua.Or. ℟. vat tont. Hec ē ineſtimabiliū ꝓfuſio gaudioꝝ. ¶ Subinfert̉ pulcra nimis ad pͥora ꝯcluſio. Oīs ſpūs laudet ¶dn̄m. He ꝓfecto toti pſalmoꝝ ꝯtextui p̄cipue ſuo ſubſeruit initio/ quo dictū ē. Beatus vir. Quid em̄ viri beati dicimꝰ officiuꝫꝙͣ vox laudis ad dn̄m. Iuxta illud. Beati qͥ habitant in domo tua dn̄e/ in ſecula ſeculoꝝ laudabunt te. Ueꝝ de hoc in ſubſequēti thomo ſeu thono magis intellectuseoꝝ oīm quē diximꝰ aꝑit̉. vbi de cāticoꝝ rationaliū vel intellectualiuꝫ origine ph̓iaverbuꝫ facit. Un̄ lucidiꝰ apparet/ quāte ſitfecūditatis qͣnte iocunditatis hec exhortatio. Oīs ſpūs laudet dn̄m. vel vt trāſferthiero. Oē qd̓ ſpirat laudat dn̄m. ¶ Huictrāſlatōi ſi qͥs cupiat magis inniti/ poterimus oē qd̓ ſpirat ip̄i hoī ꝑ appropͥatōꝫ dare. quēadmodū noīauit hoīeꝫ xp̄s omneꝫcreaturā qui dictꝰ eſt in Gen̄. Inſpirauitſpiraculū vite homī de t̓ra formato. Eſt ātmaterial̓ ſpūs (vt interī de ſpūali ſit ſilentiū) radicatꝰ ī corde qͦ tāꝙͣ mīſtro ⁊ ligam̄to qͦdā rōnalis aīa exercet ſuas oꝑatōes inorgano ꝓprij corꝑis. cui tāꝙͣ ī ſpera actiuitatis ſue coaptat̉. Eſt triplex iſte ſpūs autflatꝰ inſtar fumi tenuiſſimi. natural̓ ſcꝫ vitalis. ⁊ aīalis cui medicoꝝ aliqͥ tantā attribuerūt v̓tutē qͣſi ꝑ ſe ſufficiat ad hoīs oꝑationes. nā poſito ſpū altero/ intēdūt ſi nonerrāt dicere/ ꝙ medicꝰ vt medicꝰ eſt/ ꝯſiderās corpꝰ hūanū tantū vt ſanabile nō magnoꝑe curat de ꝯditione vel exiſtēcia ſpūs
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