¶ Liber Primus Is atteſtat̉ qd̓ in pſalmo d̓r vidi impiū ſuꝑ exaltatū ⁊ excelſum ſuꝑ cedros libani. ⁊ trāſiui ecce nō erat. ⁊ iteꝝ viri ſanguinuꝫ ⁊ doloſi nō dimidiabūt deos ſuos. ⁊ ſi aliqn̄ proſpero negocioruꝫ curſu lętant̉. ſi peccare nō deſinūt verificat̉ in eis qd̓ Claudianꝰ inqͥt Tol lūtur in altū. vt lapſum grauiorē ruāt. ⁊ in pſalmo d̓r Tu ꝟo deꝰ deduces eos in puteū interitꝰ Audire nō pigeat qͥd in alio pſalmo ſciſſimus Dauid de hoc peſſimo hoīm gn̄e ſit locutꝰ. ⁊ quibꝰ eos ꝟbis inſectetur. Sic em̄ inquit: qͥd gloriaris in malicia qͥ potēs es iniqͥtate. tota die in iuſticiā cogitauit Lingua tua. ſicut nouacula acuta feciſti dolū. Dilexiſti maliciā ſuꝑ bonitatē qͥtatē magis loqͥ qͣꝫ eqͥtatē. dilexiſti ꝟba p̄cipitati ōis linguā doloſa Propte̓a deꝰ ſubuertet te in finē euellet te. ⁊ relegabit ac trāſmigrare te faciet a tabernaculo tuo ⁊ radicē tuā de terra viuuentiuꝫ Uidebūt iuſti ⁊ timebūt ⁊ ſuꝑ eū ridebūt. ⁊ dicēt Ecce hō qui nō poſuit deū adiutorē ſuū. Sꝫ ſperauit in multitudīe diuitiaꝝ ſuaꝝ ⁊ p̄ualuit in vanitate ſua Hactenꝰ Dauid alibi qͦꝫ d̓t Inimici āt dei mox vt honori ficati fuerit ⁊ exaltati. deficiētes quēadmodū ſumꝰ deficiēt. huiōi hoīes igitur dū ſe in pune peccare aduertūt. dū patiētia dei male vtūtur. dū oībus libidībꝰ ſuis ꝑfruūtur deū negāt: ꝓuidentiā irridēt. genꝰ aliud vite nō putāt. ⁊ ꝑſuaſi aīam interire cū corꝑe. poſt mortē nihil nos futuros exiſtimāt. immo ⁊ deſiderāt. ne ꝯmiſſoꝝ ſceleꝝ penas luāt Idcirco d̓r in pſalmo. hō cum in honore eſſet nō intellexit Cōꝑatus eſt iumētis inſipi entibus. ⁊ ſimilis factus eſt illis ¶ De hominis excellentia ¶ Ca. xxij. de queſo: qd̓ iam diu tn̄ vidiſſe te credo. Sꝫ recole mō in qua ta excellētia ꝯſtitutus eſt hō Vt ꝑcipias qͣꝫ ingratꝰ ſit deo. qui paſſim ꝓſtituit ſe diabolo. Eſt em̄ tāte ꝑſpicacitatis ſuapte natura hō. vt ingenio ſuo diſciplinas oēs acartes excuderit. At quō id fac tum Ariſtoteles in pͥmo libro metaphyſicę indicat dicēs. hoīem Cui ocium ſuppetebat. poſtqͣꝫ ſepe ꝑiclitatis in rebus ac cōminꝰ notis diu ſe exercuit. ⁊ acta ac euēta memoria collegit. feciſſe artes atqꝫ diſciplinas. nihil eſt aliud qͣꝫ qd̓. A. Gellius refert dixiſſe Afraniū poetā in togata cuiꝰ hi ꝟſus ſunt Uſus me genuit. mr̄ peꝑit memoria. ſophiā vocat me graij. vos ſapīam. ſꝫ Ariſtotelis ſectatores ⁊ p̄ſertim Euſtratius in ethi ca ꝓſecuti ſunt dicētes. ex his q̄ eodem mō nccārio ſꝑ eueniūt ꝓdijſſe ſci entiā. a cuiꝰ regulis nihil excipit̉. exhis ꝟo q̄ non ſꝑ ſed tn̄ vt plurimuꝫ accidūt. artē fcam. quā qꝛ multas exceptiōes admittit. ⁊ fallere interdū videt̉ artificē: dixit Agathon fortunę amicā. At quę ſepe fiūt nec tn̄ vt plurimū: ſub artē redigi nequiuiſſe. ſꝫ circa ea ꝟſari prudentiā. de his em̄ C iij
