ad gerēdos igr̄atus oēm uitę ſuę operā curāqꝫ conuertūt: ut faſtos ſignēt: & annis nomē īponāt. Quorūdā cupiditas tēdit altius nō ut ꝓuintias tꝑali gladio regāt: ſꝫ ut infinita & ꝑpetua ptātedn̄os ſe dici uelint uniuerſi generis humani. Quos aūt pios ui-derit inanibꝰ īplicat religionibꝰ: ut īpios faciat. His uero ꝗ ſapiētiā q̄rūt: philoſophiā in oculos impingit ut ſpecie lucis execret:ne ꝗs cōprehēdat aut teneat ueritatē. Sic hoībus obſtruxit aditꝰoēs: & obſepſit omnes uias publicis latas erroribꝰ. Quos ut diſcutere poſſemꝰ: ipſūqꝫ auctorē maloꝝ uīcere illumīauit nos deus: & amauit uera cęleſtiqꝫ uirtute: de qͣ mihi nūc diſſerēdū eſt.Cap. v. De falſa diffinitōe philoſophię: quā auctore Luciliopoſuerūt philoſophi: & uera differentia ſcientię & uirtutis.Ed priuſꝗͣ ſingulas uirtutes exponere incipiā: determinanda eſt ipſa uirtꝰ: quā philoſophi nō recte diffinierūt quideſſet: aut in cęteris ꝗbus rebus ꝗd operis ꝗd habeat officij. No-men itaqꝫ ſolū retinuerūt: uim uero & effectū & rationē ꝑdiderūt. Quicūqꝫ aūt in diffinitione uirtutis ſolēt dicere: paucis uerſibus colligit & enarrat Lucilius: quos malo equidem ponere:ne dum multorum ſententias refello: ſim longior ꝗͣ neceſſe eſt.Virtus albine: eſt preciū perſoluere uerū. Quis inuerſamur: ꝗsuiuimus rebus adeſſe. Virtus eſt homini ſcire id quod queqꝫ habeat res. Virtus ſcire homini rectum: utile: ꝗd ſit honeſtū. Quębona quę mala. Itē quid inutile: turpe: inhoneſtū. Virtus quęrēde rei finem: cire modūqꝫ. Virtus diuitijs: pręmiū ꝑſolure poſſe. Virtus id dare: quod re ipſa debet̉ honori. Hoſtē eſſe atqꝫ inimicuꝫ hominum morūqꝫ bonorū: Cōtra defenſorē hominuꝫ:morūqꝫ bonorū: Hos magnificare: his bene uelle: his uiuere amicum. Cōmoda pręterea patrię ſibi prima putare. Deinde parētūtertia iam poſtremaqꝫ noſtra. Ab his diffinitionibus quas poetabreuiter cōprehendit Marcus Tullius traxit officia uiuendi: Pa-netium ſtoicum ſecutꝰ: eaqꝫ tribus uoluminibus incluſit. Hęc autem ꝗͣ falſa ſint mox uidebimꝰ: ut appareat ꝗͣtū in nos dignatiodiuina cōtulerit: quę nobis aperuit ueritatē. Virtutē eſſe dixit:ſcire quid ſit bonum & malum: quid turpe: quid honeſtū: quidutile: ꝗd minus breuiuſqꝫ facere potuit: ſi tantū bonū ac malum