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mente et ſcd̓is omnibꝰ ſortiti totūqꝫ beate turbe gregem qui veſtroductu venerāda ſincere fidei ſtipēdia laudibꝰ et p̄mijs onuſtꝰ ꝑegit in lucem nobiſcū ꝑtrahite. Veſ tros enī conſtātis animos: veſtra ſtrēnua miniſteria: veſtrā inexpugnabilem taciturnitatē: ꝓqꝫ dignitate et ſalute amicoꝝ ꝑpetuamꝰ excubacionem: teſtacionē: beni uolēciā: et rurſus harū rerū vberrimos fructus poſteri or intuēs etas in excolēdo iure amicicie quā libēciꝰ qͣꝫ eciā religioſius erit operata ¶ Heret animꝰ ī domeſ ticis: ſed aliena quoqꝫ benefacta referre romane vrbis candor hortat̉. ¶ Damon et pinthias pitagori ce prudēcie ſacris iniciati: tā fidelem inter ſe amiciciā iunxerant: vt cū alterū ex his dioniſius ſiracuſanꝰ interficere vellet: atqꝫ is tempꝰ ab eo quo priuſqͣꝫ periret: domū ꝓfectꝰ res ſuas ordinaret: impetrauiſſet. alter vadem ſe ꝓ redditu eiꝰ tirāno dare nō dubitauit Solutꝰ erat periculo mortis qui mō gladio ceruices ſubiectas habuerat. eiqꝫ caput ſuū ſubiecerat: cui ſecuro viuere li cebat. Igit̉ omnes et ī primis dioniſiꝰ noue atqꝫ ancipitis rei exitū ſpeculabant̉. Appropinquāte deinde de finita die nec illo redeūte vnuſquiſqꝫ ſtulticie tā teme rariū ſponſorem dāpnabat. At is nihil ſe de amici cōſtancia metuere p̄dicabat. Eodē autē modo momēto et hora dioniſio cōſtituta qui eā acceperat ſuꝑuenit. Ad miratꝰ amborum animū: tirannus ſuppliciū fidei remi ſit: inſuperqꝫ eos rogauit: vt ſe in ſocietatem amicicie tercium ſedalicij gradū vltima culturū beniuolencia re ciperent. Haſciue vires amicicie mortis contemptū in generare vite dulcedinē extinguere: crudelitatem manſuefacere: odium in amorē conuertere: penā beneficio penſare potuerūt. quibꝰ pene tantū veneracionis quan tum deorū immortaliū ceremonijs debet̉. Illis enī publica ſalus: his priuata continet̉. atqꝫ vt illarū edes ſacra domicilia. ſic haꝝ fida hominū pectora quaſi q̄dā 