VERBO MIRIFICtia: Cōtra uero mēdacij diſcordia. Sed quid in ea arte quā appellāt/ cōſtans/ fir-mū atqꝫ ſincerū inuenies? Nō de aſtrorū mēſura loquor: qͣ nil certius eſſe & ma-thematici & peritia ipſa indicat/ ſed de cōcepto ex eis iudicio: cuius uniuerſa fallax eſt ſemita & ſtulta opinio: præſertim in ijs quæ corporū qualitates & elemē-tares diſpoſitiōes & anni momēta & temporū ſigna excedūt/ ut tuus BaruchiaMoyſes innuit. Videte ꝗͣ ſint inter ſe uarij. Nā Abumaſar quē illi præſidē eiꝰ fa-cultatis & magiſtrū adorāt: ubi de iudicijs agit: quoſdā inquit aſtrologos puta-re planetas de rebus tantū uniuerſalibꝰ ſignificare/ ſicut de elemētis rerūqꝫ naturaliū ſpeciebꝰ: At uero de ſingl̓is & ſingulorū partibꝰ atqꝫ actibꝰ: ſcilicet moueri-quieſcere/ ſil̓iaqꝫ nihil penitꝰ demōſtrare. Alios aūt arbitrari ſtellas oſtēdere tantū quæ neceſſaria ſunt: uidelicet ignē quidē calidū eſſe: aquā uero frigidā: nontamē quæ ſint cōtingētia: ut qd̓ homo loquit̉ aut tacet. Alios deniqꝫ opinari pla-netas portēdere tantū mutatiōes temporū/ & quatenꝰ ꝑ eas coporibus accidat.Poſteriores uero aſtrologos ſequi ueteres: nec ulla ueteꝝ dicta iudicādi quidēintētioni cōducere: quoniā dicāt impoſſibile fore ſapiētibꝰ etiā aſtronomis ꝗcꝗͣde iudiciorū ſciētia inuenire: Nihilominꝰ audent introducere diſciplinā qͣ ſe no-bis ꝑſuadere nitant̉/ minutiſſima etiā pūcta hūani cogitatus ſcire/ & uniuerſamin rebus naturā ꝑuertere atqꝫ reuertere poſſe. Quos nihil terret Ptolomæi ad-monitio: qui aſſerit talē prædictionē maiori ex parte nos fallere. Nihil principi-orū ſuorū lubrica ratio auertit inani figmēto ſimiſſima: quā aliter antiqui: aliterPtolomæus: aliter Haimon: alit̓ Hermes accipiūt. Nihil infinita ſecūdaꝝ cauſarū cōuentio/ quæ uni rei acidūt. Nihil tanta de nobis aſtrorū diſtātia & innumerabilia media. Nihil eorū tā īcerta cōgeries: tā incōprehēſibilis ſyderū multitu-do: uſqꝫadeo ut & ſint quæ nōdū uiderint: & oriant̉ primū quæ ſe nuſqͣ aſpexiſſe fatent̉: quorū uirtute neceſſe fuerit in orituris atqꝫ regēdis ſubſtantijs pariteradmitti: cū tantula ſtella quā alij Canē: alij Syriū uocāt: dn̄atoribꝰ planētis ſeꝝtili menſe tantū ardoris addat uix dū uiſa. Neqꝫ multū te flagito ut nobis ediſſe.ras ꝗbuſnā modis ꝑ factionē magicā cōtingat miracula fieri. Ego enim haud parū tēporis in eo præſtygio cōtriui: ꝗͣꝗͣ uane: tamē eius nōdū me pœnitet: ꝗ ſum-mis ratiōibus cæteros mortales hoc faciliꝰ a tanta ꝑnicie poſſum auertere. Namcū totā ætatē in tam ſacrilego negocio cōſumpſeris: Inde nihil qd̓ ſit ſed qd̓ for-te uideat̉: egre tandē extorſeris: cū expectatōe ſummi periculi uitæ atqꝫ necis.Ita ip̄e Roberthū Anglicū apud Heluētios miſere mortuū: Et alterū quedā cuiꝰnomē taceo/ miſeriꝰ captū famaqꝫ mulctatū noui. Plures etiā florētiſſimos in eaarte qͣ miſerrime hoc mūdo defunctos fuiſſe/ teſtātibꝰ fideliſſimis hominibꝰ au-diui. Solēt eiuſcemodi quidē honore tenebrarū poteſtates ſuā clientelā affice-re. At ſi qui ſunt ꝗ nō ligaturis aut adiuratiōibus maloꝝ: ſed quieto bonoꝝ dæ-monū auxilio magicā ſe putāt exercere: qd̓ forſitan ita eis uiſū eſt: tamē ſic ha-bent inuoluta omnia: ut prius uniuerſa quoqꝫ aſtrologorū quæ ſupra paucis re-Futauimꝰ/ una cū præſcriptis ſacrorū ſuorū ritibꝰ ad unguē obſeruare cōmiſce-reqꝫ oporteat. Ingenio quidē hūano ītolerabile nimiū/ ne dicā impoſſibile. Vixenim tota homīs ætas ad eiꝰ facultatis libros tantū legēdos ſuppetit/ quorū Mercuriꝰ ſolū uniuerſalia ſacroꝝ cōplexus/ trigintaſex milia quingētos & uigintiqui-qꝫ ſcripſiſſe ꝑhibet̉. Quid putatis de reliquis? Iā deniqꝫ ꝑmitto qd̓ tandē longisuigilijs: multo conatu: diligēti obſeruātia/ arcanæ fueris magicæ admirāda ſecreta cū aſtrologorū adinuētiōibꝰ abūde adeptus: ꝗbus obaudiāt manes: turbent̉ſydera: cogant̉ numina: ſeruiāt elemēta: ueliſqꝫ cū inexpugnabili eiꝰ diſciplinæpoteſtate & cæca numinū coactorū uiolētia: uel ſi malueris opportuna cādido-rū deorū caterua expertē oīs ruditatis operationē cōficere: tn̄ attonitꝰ tūc qui-dē & ſtupefactꝰ tanta dæmonū turba ꝗ numen id quo tu in ſacris ꝓpitio ad ob-