II dis mēoria/ ſepe te libris vti ſolitū ipſe tibi ſum teſtis: In qd̓ ſi ab ineunte etate ꝓnus eraſ eo nūc putandus es ꝓnior ſerotinꝰ matutino viatore feruētior atꝫ aīo ſaltē ꝓmptior eſſe ſolet qn̄qͥdem hec vulgaris eſt q̄rela iter cre­ſcere dieſqꝫ decreſcere qd̓ vtiqꝫ nobis in vite tramite ac cidit ad veſꝑam ꝓpinqͣntibꝰ vie multū ſuꝑeſſe cernētibꝰ mihi igit̉ es hortādus vt facias qd̓ ſꝑ auidiſſime fe­ciſti admonuiſſe ſuffecerit vt intēdas aim̄ ne tibi hinc humanaꝝ reꝝ cura dimoueat pleroſqꝫ mortaliū poſt egregios labores in ipſa ꝯſumatione maximoꝝ operum auertit 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 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 re­pentinū impetum. Hinc illinc iugiter ſis inſtructus du plex em̄ nobis eſt duellū fortuna vtrobiqꝫ qͦdammō pͥma diſcrimen cuius non niſi ꝑtē vnicā vulgus nouit­eam ſcꝫ 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 illo opīoneꝫ hēat: Marci bruti ꝟba ſūt ſcribētꝭ ad atticū qͥbꝰ vix aliqͥd veriꝰ dici reor qͥd en̄i re qͣlibet iudicare poſſuꝫ niſi qd̓ ſentio­niſi forte ꝯpellar vt iuditio iudicē aliēo fac̄ 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