¶ Liber Secūdustatem abſtuleris. remanebit q̄dam reꝝ ſine magnitudīe immēſa congeries. cuiꝰ magnitudo erit bonitas inſerta ſubſtātię Ad oſtēdendā igit̉ ſapientiā tāti artificis ſcūs eſt mūdus. ⁊ in mundo oīa ⁊ inter oīa nos hoīesloco ſatis digno ꝯſtituti. hoc eſt in angulo hemiſpherioꝝ vbi duo parietes diuerſi tꝑalium ſcꝫ ⁊ ęternoꝝ miro artificio ꝯiungunt̉. de iſta Creaturaꝝ multiplicitate Paulus ad corinthios ſcribit dicēs nō oīs caro eadem caro. ſꝫ alia hoīm. alia pecoꝝ. alia volucꝝ. alia piſciū. ⁊ corꝑa celeſtia. ⁊ corꝑa terreſtria. ſꝫ alia qͥdem Cęleſtiū gloria. alia terreſtriū. alia claritas ſolis. alia claritas lunę alia claritas ſtellaꝝ ſtella em̄ a ſtella differtin claritate. ⁊ q̄ eſt in naturis eadem eſt in donis repetita diuerſitas. InAbel nāqꝫ claruit Iuſticia Pietas in Enoe. In Nōe lōganimitas Religio in Melchiſedech: fides in Abrahā. ī Iacob fœcūditas. in Ioſephpudicicia. in Sanſon fortitudo. in Dauid ꝓphetia. ī Salomōe ſapīa.in Abſalone forma. in Petro crudelitas. in Paulo ꝯſtantia. in Ioanneſcīa. ⁊ vt in p̄dicta epl̓a Paulus inqͥt. diuiſiōes ꝟo gratiaꝝ ſunt idem autem ſpūs ⁊ diuiſiōes mīſtrationū ſunt. idem auteꝫ dominus. ⁊ diuiſiōesoꝑationū ſunt. idem autē deus qui oꝑatur oīa in oībꝰ. ⁊ paulo infra hęcautē oīa oꝑatur vnus atqꝫ idē ſpūs. diuidens ſingulis ꝓut vult In hocvltimo ꝟbo obſtuit̉ os nr̄e temeritati. qd̓ em̄ nobis ꝯſtat deū velle ꝑſuaſiid nō poſſe niſi bonū eſſe. debemꝰ hūiliter ⁊ reuerēter ferre.¶ Quod mundus eſt quoddam ſpectaculum nobisa deo exhibitum quo inuitamur ad patiēter ferēdumomnes aduerſitates. ¶ Capitulum. xliij.Apiētia ergo diuina tot reꝝ exhibitura ſpectaculū quaſdam naturas condidit q̄ ſpectarent̉. vt inaīata. q̄da etiam aīata rōne carentia. Quedam vt ⁊ ſpectarent̉ atqꝫ ſpectarēt vt homīes ⁊ angelos:mundū hunc quaſi quoddā theatꝝ mirabiliū reꝝ reſertiſſimū videntes:dum oꝑa admirant̉ opificē prędicāt. qͦꝝ vnus erat qͥ dicebat Cœli enarrēt gloriā dei ⁊ oꝑa mnauū eiꝰ enūciat firmamentū Itē Conſideraui oꝑatua ⁊ expaui Ite delectaſti me dn̄e in factura tua ⁊ in oꝑibꝰ manuū tuaꝝexultabo Eat nūc ⁊ ꝓ re mirabili oſtēdat Callicratides ex ebore formicas⁊ alia tam ꝑua aīalia vt ꝑtes eoꝝ vix oculis cerni poſſint. afferat. Myrmecides quadrigā eburneā quā muſca alis ītegat recitet Cicero ꝓ miraculo Iliada Homeri ſcriptā in mēbranis tam ꝑuo volumīe vt nuce īcluderet̉ fecerit Ariſtides Thebanꝰ pictor tabulā qͣꝫ centū talētis licitatuseſt Attalus emerit Timomachi duas tabulas octoginta talētis. Cęſardictator Cnidiā venerē tota gręcia inclytā Praxiteles fecerit Demetri