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et ſil̓ibus fieri ſolet vel augeri fanies vel cariſtia per eos quorū ꝓuidētia cōis indigētia releuari debebat qͦ reuera nihil deteſtabiliꝰ ēCapi. x. ponēs conſideratiōes qͥbus inueniri p̄t iuſtus rerum valor.Icūt fortaſſis quō ꝓuidēpoſſumꝰ cum q̄ futura ſintignoremꝰ? quō inueniemꝰmēſurā iuſti p̄cij rebus vtilibꝰ imponēdi. Si p̄habita aduerteruntſufficient̉ tacti ſūt mōi pl̓es qͥbusex p̄ſidentiū prudētia ⁊ potētia penuria accn̄tali ciuitatis vel regio.nis noͣbiliter ſuccurri p̄t. nec oꝑtetꝑ hoc vt futuroꝝ hēant notitia ꝑſpirituꝫ ꝓpherie vt Ioſeph vel abaſtrologis aut alijs d̓inatoribꝰ q̄futura ſint q̄rāt. qꝛ hoc ſtulte vanitatis eſt reipublice pl̓imū nociueSꝫ eis ſuffice̓ debet prudētie hūane ꝓceſſus qͦ ex hitudine p̄te̓itoꝝ⁊ diſpoſitōne pn̄tiū. ſolet de his q̄ꝓpinque fut̉a ſūt veriſil̓r ꝯiecturaet ẜm hoc ꝓuidis ꝯſilijs illud qd̓pn̄tibꝰ ꝯgruit ⁊ futuris expedit ꝓcurari Rurſū qͣntū ad illud quoq̄rebat̉ quō inueniri poſſit quantitas iuſti valoris vel p̄cij rebus vtilibꝰ imponēdi Supponēdū ē ꝙ ſꝑet vbiqꝫ iuxta curſꝰ tꝑm diſpōnesregionū et ꝯditōnes hoīm cuilibꝫmaneriei reꝝ vtilium corrn̄det ẜmꝟitatē aliqd̓ iuſtū p̄ciū hūana prudētia vel induſtria inuenibile veldet̓mīabile Etſi nō ad pūctaleꝫ p̄ſciſionē tn̄ ad rōnabilē ⁊ ꝯgruētēpolicie qͣntificationē Hoc manifeſtuꝫ eſt qꝛ leges hūane oēꝫ cōtra-

ctū emptōis et vēditionis debereratū eſſe decernūt dūmō nō int̓ueniat fraus vltra dimidiū iuſti p̄cijIgit̉ leges ſupponūt in om̄i cōtractu tali qͣntitatē iuſti p̄cij hūanitꝰinuenibilē eſſe Illo ergo ſuppoſitovt tollat̉ excuſatio male p̄ſidentiūqui vel muneribꝰ corrupti vl̓ ex nogligētia vel ſua ſtultitia ꝑmittuntꝓ arbit̓o ⁊ cupiditate vēdentiū ⁊ementiū rerū p̄cia creſce̓ et decreſcere Iel qui qͣntificāt ea ad ip̄orū vtilitate et nō cōitatis Uidesmꝰ quō forenẜ rerū valor a verisexꝑtis et prudētibus reꝑiri poſſitEt videt̉ ꝙ nō ꝯuenientius qͣꝫ diuerſis ꝯſideratōibus eoꝝ q̄ ꝯtractibꝰ emptionū ⁊ vēditionū adiacēt Int̓ q̄ pͥmo occurrit ꝯſideratōciuitatis et regionis qͦ ad abūdātiā vel mediocritatē vel defectumreꝝ ad vitā vtiliū Et vn̄ ſit ac qͣlisvtpote an accn̄talis vel ex naturaregiōis. Scd̓o occurrit ꝯſideratōdiſpoſitōis tꝑm ad futuros ꝓuētus ad habilitatē ꝓ laboribꝰ velinhabilitatē ad ſanitatē et egritudinē et ita de cet̓is tꝑm diſpōibꝰrōne qͣrū variari ſolet rerū valorvtiliū haꝝ vel illarū. Tertio ꝯſiderāda eſt ꝯditio et diſpō hoīm innaturalibꝰ et moralibꝰ qꝛ vbi in regione vel ciuitate ſūt hoīes tꝑatipauci victꝰ et ꝟtuoſi exn̄te minoricōpſa rerū minus eſt p̄ciū eaꝝ qͦmagna exn̄te reꝝ abūdātia vbi ſt̓hoīes voraces voluptuoſi auarivel tenaces qui ſepe ſūt cā cariſtie⁊ penurie ciuitatꝭ. vl̓ regiōis qꝛ illaque pauꝑes laboratores cogunt̉ſtatim vēdere ip̄i coaceruāt. in an-