¶ II dis mēoria/ ſepe te ꝓ libris vti ſolitū ipſe tibi ſum teſtis: In qd̓ ſi ab ineunte etate ꝓnus eraſ eo nūc putandus es ꝓnior qͦ ſerotinꝰ matutino viatore feruētior atꝫ aīo ſaltē ꝓmptior eſſe ſolet qn̄qͥdem hec vulgaris eſt q̄rela iter creſcere dieſqꝫ decreſcere qd̓ vtiqꝫ nobis in hͦ vite tramite ac cidit ad veſꝑam ꝓpinqͣntibꝰ ⁊ vie multū ſuꝑeſſe cernētibꝰ Nō mihi igit̉ es hortādus vt facias qd̓ ſꝑ auidiſſime feciſti admonuiſſe ſuffecerit vt intēdas aim̄ ne qͣ tibi hinc humanaꝝ reꝝ cura dimoueat q̄ pleroſqꝫ mortaliū poſt egregios labores in ipſa ꝯſumatione maximoꝝ operum auertit hͦ adiecto vt qꝛ ſil̓ oīa vel legere vl̓ audire ⁊ meminiſſe non potes vtiliſſimis quidē ⁊ qm̄ breuitas eſt ami ca mēorie breuiſſimis qͦꝫ te fultias non ꝙ ego ſuadeam oꝑoſiora illa ⁊ maiora ſapientie cōſulta negligere quibꝰ te in ordinario vt ita dicā fortune certamine tuare ſed vt his interim breuibꝰ ac p̄ſciſis ſentētijs quaſi qͥbuſdā expeditis atꝫ ꝯtinuis armis contra oēs inſultus oēm q̄ repentinū impetum. Hinc illinc iugiter ſis inſtructus du plex em̄ nobis eſt duellū cū fortuna ⁊ vtrobiqꝫ qͦdammō pͥma diſcrimen cuius non niſi ꝑtē vnicā vulgus nouiteam ſcꝫ q̄ vocat̉ aduerſitas ph̓i ⁊ ſi vtrāqꝫ nouerint hanc tamen ip̄am difficiliorē arbitrant̉ itaqꝫ notū illud areſto telis in eth̓. ſuo iure diffinentis difficilius eſſe triſtia ſuſtinere qͣꝫ a delectabilibꝰ abſtinere. Quē ſecutꝰ ſeneca ad lucillū ſcribens maius eſt inquit difficilia ꝑſtringere qͣꝫ leta moderari. Quid dicā auſim ne tātos īter viros hiſcere duꝝ qͥdē ⁊ tēeritatis ꝑata ſuſpitō nouo hōi vetuſta tāgēti Hīc auc̄tate igit̉ hīc mat̉itate ꝑmoueor ſꝫ alteriꝰ magni cuiuſdā ⁊ antiqͥ viri ſuccurrit auctoritas neqꝫ em̄ īpetrari p̄t qͥn qͣle qͥtqͣꝫ videat̉ ⁊ tl̓eꝫ qͥſqꝫ d̓ illo opīoneꝫ hēat: Marci bruti ꝟba ſūt ſcribētꝭ ad atticū qͥbꝰ vix aliqͥd veriꝰ dici reor qͥd en̄i d̓ re qͣlibet iudicare poſſuꝫ niſi qd̓ ſentioniſi forte ꝯpellar vt iuditio iudicē aliēo ꝙ qͥ fac̄ iā nō ip̄e iudicat ſꝫ iudicata ꝯmēorat Ego itaqꝫ reuerēter tantorū hōim oim̄qꝫ ſic ſentiētiū iudicia p̄tervectꝰ ſi de ꝓprio loqͥ velim Scio qͥdem varie ꝟtutibꝰ diſputatum neqꝫ ſemꝑ difficilioribꝰ pͥncipatū dari neqꝫ fortuitu vltimum inter