Qō. CLVII. De clemētia ⁊ māſuetudīe hoc nunc eſſe eligēdū. ſꝫ intemꝑatus hꝫ ignorantiaꝫ circa ip̄m finē: inqͣꝫtū.ſ. iudicat hoc eſſe bonū vt irrefrenate con cupiſcētias ſeqͣtur. Un̄ ph̓s dic̄ in. 7. ethi. ꝙ īcontinens eſt melior ītemꝑato: qꝛ ſaluat̉ ī eo optimū pͥncipiū.ſ. recta eſti matio de fine. ¶ Ad 2ᵐ dd̓ꝫ ꝙ ad ſanationē īcōtinētis nō ſufficit ſola cognitio: ſꝫ reꝗritur interius auxiliū gr̄e ꝯcupi ſcētiā mitigantis: ⁊ adhibet̉ etiā exterius remediū admonitionis ⁊ correctiōis ex ꝗbus aliꝗs īcipit ꝯcupiſcētijs reſi ſtere: ex quo ꝯcupiſcētia debilitat: vt ſupra dcm̄ eſt. Et hiſdē etiā modis pōt ſanari ītemꝑatus: ſꝫ difficilior eſt eiꝰ ſanatio ꝓpter duo: quoꝝ pͥᵐ ē ex ꝑte rōnis q̄ corrupta ē circa eſtimationē vltimi finis: qd̓ ſe hꝫ ſic̄ pͥncipiū in demonſtra tiuis. difficiliꝰ aūt ducit̉ ad veritatē ille ꝗ errat circa pͥncipiū. ⁊ ſil̓r in oꝑatiuis ille ꝗ errat circa finē. aliud aūt eſt ex ꝑte īclinationis appetitꝰ q̄ in ītemꝑato ē ex habitu ꝗ difficile tollit̉: īclinatio aūt īcōtinentis eſt ex paſſione q̄ faciliꝰ reprimi pōt. ¶ Ad 3ᵐ dd̓ꝫ ꝙ libido volūtatis q̄ auget peccatū maior ē in intēꝑato qͣꝫ in īcōtinēte: vt ex dictis patet. ſed libido concupiſcētie appetitus ſenſitiui qn̄qꝫ maior eſt in īcōtinēte: qꝛ īcōtinēs nō peccat niſi a graui cōcupiſcētia. ſed ītemperatus etiā ex leui cōcupiſcētia peccat: ⁊ qn̄qꝫ eā preuenit. ⁊ ideo ph̓s dicit in. 7. ethi. ꝙ magis ītemꝑatu vituperamus: qꝛ nō ꝯcupiſcēs vel quiete.i. remiſſe concupiſcens perſequitur delectatiōes. ꝗd.n. faceret ſi adeſſet con cupiſcentia iuuenilis. Ad quartum ſic ꝓcedit̉. Uidet̉ ꝙ īcōtinēs ire ſit peior qͣꝫ īcōtinēs cōcupiſcētie. Quāto.n. difficilius ē reſiſtere paſſioni: tāto īcontinētia vi det̉ eſſe leuior. vn̄ ph̓s dicit. 7. ethi. Nō.n. ſiꝗs a fortibus ⁊ ſuꝑexcellētibus delectationibus vincit̉ vel triſtitijs: non eſt admirabile: ſꝫ ꝯdonabile: ſꝫ ſic̄ Eraclitꝰ dixit: difficiliꝰ eſt pugnare ꝯͣ ꝯcupiſcētiā qͣꝫ ꝯͣ iram. gͦ leuior eſt īcōtinētia ꝯcupiſcētie qͣꝫ īcōtinētia ire. ¶ Pͣ. Si paſſio ꝓpter ſuā ve hementiā totaliter auferat iudiciū rōnis: oīno excuſat̉ ali quis a pctō: ſic̄ pꝫ in eo ꝗ īcidit ex paſſiōe in furiā. ſed plus remanet de iudicio rōnis in eo qui eſt īcontinens ire qͣꝫ in eo qui eſt incontinens cōcupiſcentie. iratus.n. aliqualiter audit rōnem non aūt concupiſcēs: vt patet per ph̓m in. 7. ethico: gͦ incōtinēs ire eſt peior qͣꝫ incōtinens cōcupiſcētie. ¶ Pͣ. Tanto aliquod pctm̄ eſt grauius qͣꝫto eſt ꝑiculoſius ſed īcontinētia ire videtur eſſe ꝑiculoſior: qꝛ perducit hominē ad maius peccatum.ſ. ad homicidium quod eſt grauius qͣꝫ adulterium ad qd̓ perducit concupiſcentie īcontinentia. ergo incontinentia ire eſt grauior qͣꝫ incontinentia ꝯcupiſcentie. ¶ Sꝫ ꝯͣ eſt qd̓ ph̓s dic̄ in. 7. ethi. ꝙ minꝰ tur pis eſt incōtinētia ire qͣꝫ īcōtinētia concupiſcētie. ¶ Rn̄º. dd̓m ꝙ pctm̄ īcontinētie pōt dupl̓r ꝯſiderari. Uno mō ex ꝑte paſſiōis ex qͣ rō ſuꝑat̉. ⁊ ſic īcōtinētia ꝯcupiſcentie tur pior eſt qͣꝫ īcontinētia ire: qꝛ motus ꝯcupiſcētie hꝫ maiorē iordinationē qͣꝫ motꝰ ire. Et hoc ꝑꝑ qͣtuor q̄ ph̓s tāgit ī. 7. ethi. pͦ ꝗdē qꝛ motꝰ ire ꝑticipat aliqͣliter rōne inqͣꝫtū.ſ. ira tus tēdit ad vindicādū iniuriā ſibi factam: qd̓ aliqͣliter rō dictat: ſꝫ nō ꝑfecte. qꝛ nō intēdit debitū modū vīdicte: ſed motꝰ ꝯcupiſcētie total̓r eſt ẜm ſenſuꝫ ⁊ nullo mō ẜꝫ rōnē. 2º qꝛ motus ire magis ꝯſeꝗt̉ corporis ꝯplexionē ꝑꝑ velocitatem motꝰ colere q̄ tēdit ad irā. vn̄ magis eſt ī ꝓmptu ꝙ ille ꝗ eſt ẜm ꝯplexionē corporis diſpoſitꝰ ad iraſcēdum iraſcat̉: qͣꝫ ꝙ ille ꝗ eſt diſpoſitꝰ ad ꝯcupiſcēdū concupiſcat. vn̄ ⁊ frequētiꝰ ex iracūdis naſcunt̉ iracūdi qͣꝫ ex concupiſcentibꝰ ꝯcupiſcētes: qd̓ aūt ꝓuenit ex naͣli corporis diſpō ne: reputat̉ magis venia dignuꝫ. 4º qꝛ ira q̄rit manifeſte oꝑari: ſꝫ cōcupiſcētia q̄rit latebras ⁊ doloſe ſubintrat. 4º qꝛ cōcupiſcēs delectabiliter oꝑat̉: ſꝫ iratus qͣſi qͣdaꝫ triſtitia p̄cedēte coactus. Alio mō pōt ꝯſiderari pctm̄ īcōtinē tie qͣꝫtū ad malū in qd̓ ꝗs īcidit a rōne diſcedēs: ⁊ ſic incōtinētia ire ē vt pl̓imū grauior: qꝛ ducit ī ea q̄ ꝑtinēt ad ꝓxi mi nocumētū. ¶ Ad pͥmū gͦ dd̓m ꝙ difficilius eſt aſſidue pugnare ꝯͣ delectationē qͣꝫ ꝯͣ irā: qꝛ ꝯcupiſcētia ē magis cō tinua. ſed ad horā difficiliꝰ eſt reſiſtere ire ꝑꝑ eius īpetuꝫ. ¶ Ad 2ᵐ dd̓ꝫ ꝙ ꝯcupiſcētia dr̄ eſſe ſine rōne: nō qꝛ totali ter auferat iudiciuꝫ rōnis: ſed qꝛ in nullo ꝓcedit ẜm iudicium rōnis. ⁊ ex hoc ē turpior. ¶ Ad 3ᵐ dd̓m ꝙ rō illa ꝓcedit ex parte eoꝝ in qͣ incontinens deducit̉. ¶ De clementia ⁊ manſuetudine. Qō. CLVII. Einde conſiderādū eſt de clemētia ⁊ māſuetudine ⁊ vitijs oppoſitis. ¶ Circa ipſas aūt virtutes q̄ runt̉ qͣtuor. pͦ vtrū clemētia ⁊ manſue tudo ſint idē. 2º vtꝝ vtraqꝫ eaꝝ ſit vir tus. Tertio vtꝝ vtraqꝫ earum ſit pars temperantie. Quarto de comparatione earum ad alias virtutes. Ad primum ſic ꝓcedit̉. Uidetur ꝙ clemētia ⁊ māſuetudo ſint penitus idē. Māſuetudo.n. eſt moderatiua iraꝝ: vt ph̓us dic̄ in. 4. ethi. ira aūt eſt appetitus vindicte: cū gͦ clemētia ſit lenitas ſuꝑioris aduerſus īferiorē in ꝯſtituēdis penis: vt Seneca dicit in. 2. de clemētia: per penas aūt ſit vindicta: vr̄ ꝙ clementia ⁊ māſuetudo ſint ideꝫ. ¶ Pͣ. Tulliꝰ dicit in. 2. rhetorice: ꝙ clemētia eſt virtus ꝑ quā animꝰ ꝯctatꝰ in odiū alicꝰ benignitate retinet̉. ⁊ ſic vr̄ ꝙ clementia ſit moderatiua odij. ſꝫ odiū vt Aug. dicit cauſat̉ ab ira circa quā eſt manſuetudo. gͦ vr̄ ꝙ māſuetudo ⁊ clemētia ſint idē. ¶ Pͣ. Idē vitium nō ꝯͣriat̉ diuerſis v̓tutibus. ſꝫ idē vitiū opponitur māſuetudini ⁊ clemētie.ſ. crudelitas. gͦ videt̉ ꝙ māſuetu do ⁊ clemētia ſint penitꝰ idē. ¶ Sꝫ ꝯͣ eſt ꝙ ẜm p̄dictā dif finitionē Senece. clemētia eſt lenitas ſuꝑioris aduerſus īferiorē. māſuetudo aūt nō ſolū eſt ſuꝑioris ad inferiorē: ſed cuiuſſꝫ ad quēlibet. gͦ māſuetudo ⁊ clemētia nō ſūt pe nitus idē. ¶ Rn̄º. dd̓ꝫ ꝙ ſic̄ dr̄ in. 2. ethi. virtus moral̓ cōſiſtit circa paſſiōes ⁊ actiōes. paſſiones aūt īteriores ſunt exterioꝝ actionū pͥncipia aut ēt īpedimenta. ⁊ iō virtutes q̄ moderant̉ paſſiōes quodāmodo cōcurrūt in eundē effe ctum cū virtutibus q̄ moderant̉ actōes: licet ſpē differāt: ſic̄ ad iuſtitiā ꝓprie ꝑtinet cohibere hoīem a furto ad qd̓ aliꝗs īclinat̉ per ordinatū amorē vel cōcupiſcētiam pecu nie: q̄ moderat̉ per liberalitatem. ⁊ iō liberalitas cōcurrit cū iuſtitia in ſuo effectu ꝗ eſt abſtinere a furto. ⁊ hoc ēt cō ſiderandū eſt in ꝓpoſito. nā ex paſſione ire ꝓuocat̉ aliꝗs ad hoc ꝙ grauiore inferat penaꝫ. ad clementiā aūt ꝑtinet directe ꝙ ſit diminutiua penaꝝ: qd̓ quidē īpediri poſſit ꝑ exceſſum ire. ⁊ iō māſuetudo inqͣꝫtū refrenat impetū ire: cōcurrit in eundē effectū cū clemētia. differūt tn̄ ab inuicem inqͣꝫtū clemētia eſt moderatiua exterioris punitiōis. māſuetudo aūt ꝓpͥe diminuit paſſionem ire. ¶ Ad pͥmū gͦ dd̓m ꝙ māſuetudo ꝓprie reſpic̄ ip̄m vindicte appetitū. ſed clemētia reſpicit ipſas penas q̄ exteriꝰ adhibentur ad vindictā. ¶ Ad 2ᵐ dd̓m ꝙ affectꝰ hoīs īclinat̉ ad minora tionē eoꝝ q̄ hoī per ſe nō placēt: ex hoc aūt ꝙ aliꝗs amat aliquē: cōuenit qd̓ nō placet ei per ſe pena eiꝰ: ſed ſoluꝫ in ordine ad aliud puta ad iuſtitiā vel ad correctionē eius ꝗ punit̉. ⁊ iō ex amore ꝓuenit ꝙ aliquis ſit ꝓmptꝰ ad diminuendū penas: qd̓ ꝑtinet ad clemētiā. ⁊ ex odio īpedit̉ talis diminutio: ⁊ ꝓpter hoc Tulliꝰ dic̄: ꝙ animꝰ cōcitatus in odiū.ſ. ad grauiꝰ puniendū: per clementiā retinet̉: ne.ſ. acriorem penā inferat. nō ꝙ clemētia ſit directe odij mo deratiua: ſed pene. ¶ Ad 3ᵐ dd̓m ꝙ manſuetudini q̄ ē directe circa iras ꝓprie opponit̉ vitium iracundie qd̓ īportat exceſſum ire: ſed crudelitas īportat exceſſum in puniē do. Un̄ dicit Seneca in. 2. de clemētia: ꝙ crudeles vocātur ꝗ puniendi cām habent: modū tn̄ nō habent. qui autē in penis hoīum ꝑꝑ ſe delectant̉: et ſine cā pn̄t dici ſeui vel
