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¶ I ¶ Prologus Secundi libri X omnibus que vel mihi lecta placuerunt vel audita nil pene vel inſedit aliꝰ vel tena cius inheſit vel crebrius ad mēoriam reddit quā illd̓ heracliti om̄ia ſcd̓m litē fieri. Sic eſt em̄ ⁊ ſic eſſe ꝓpe modu vniuerſa teſtanturrapido ſtelle obuiāt firmamēto. cōtraria inuicem elemēta cōfligunt terre tremūt maria fluctuāt aerquattit̉ creꝑant flāme bellū immortale gerunt venti tꝑa tꝑibꝰ ꝯcertant ſecū ſingula nobiſcū om̄ia Uer humidus eſtas arida mollis autūpnꝰ hiens hiſpida ⁊ q̄ viciſſitudo d̓r pugna eſt. Hec igit̉ ipſa quibꝰ inſiſtimus quibꝰ circum vouemur ⁊ viuimꝰ q̄ tot illecebrit blandiū q̄ ſi iraſci ceꝑint q̄ ſint horrenda indicant terre motus ⁊ ꝯcitatiſſimi turbines indicāt. naufragia atꝫ incendia ſeu celo ſeu terris ſeuientia quis inſultꝰ grandinis q̄ nam illa vis im briū qͥ fremitus tonitrui ītur qͥ fulminis impetꝰ q̄ rabies ꝓcellaꝝ qui feruor qͥ mugitꝰ pelagi qui torrentiū fragor qui fluminū incurſus qͥ nubiū curſus ⁊ recurſus ⁊ ꝯcurſus. Mare ip̄m p̄ter aptā ac rapidā vim vētoꝝ atꝫ abditos fluctuū tūores incertis vicibꝰ alternātes certos ſtatu toſqꝫ fluxꝰ ac refluxus hꝫ tū multis in locis tū ꝯſpectiuſ in occaſu q̄ res(dū manifeſti motꝰ) attēs cā q̄rit̉ nō minorem ph̓oꝝ in ſcolis qͣꝫ(fluctuū) ipſo in pelago litē mouit Quid ꝙ nullū aīal bellis vacat piſces fere volucres ẜpētes hōies vna ſpēs aliā exagittat nulli oīm̄ qͥes data leo lupū luꝑ canē canis leporē inſequit̉. Eſt ⁊ canū ſtirps audentior nō lupis mō reſiſtere ſꝫ leones pardos apros vrſos inſectari ſolita atꝫ aggredi. Quorundā vero tā generoſa ferocitas ⁊ tā nobilis fert̉ elatio vt vrſos aproſqꝫ faſtidiant indeqꝫ ſolos elephantes aut leones dignent̉ irruere qͣlē vnū alexandro regi miſſum ꝯtēptoqꝫ tali male cognito ꝯtemptū occidiqꝫ iuſſū legimꝰ miſſūqꝫ inde alte rum ꝓbatumqꝫ qͣ decuit dilectūqꝫ regi vnice atqꝫ in delicijs habitū Nā ipſius canis erga hōiem cui fert xj 