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Pl T 0 L ARV M, LI . I. ~~;
tas partim arc.rum,parti1 . an1 prietate dcduc!mr, quod Plato, Arifloteles.
V.arro,Aur~l1~s Au.gufhnus l af~tmf ·(~ t,1tanc, cert~ Ph•l?fophia rerum indaga....
t!· ~xu~ucntrtxq· n tt mun, rammatte~m rcc'l loqoend1& fcnbendi regulam peperit.
Sa ammo rum n:H~ram,o~e1 .ac1onu~1 rnm, pcrum t r.m~m,locorum d1fpofitionc, cem
porum Of portuntracem, l · h1l fophta uel Ci la ucl max1me omniU nouir ha!c nimirum
oracorcs d~cuic quid,qmttie rati ne & cui, & qu.ando perfiradcrenc.P.'?lcas quoq; quo
pado quzq; ~ ~~rnb rcr~r,m ucrenc.affi:crns,. mmos delcdarcnt, ex l')S ctiam fequitur
u~ nta; ht tenet fine ~mus au il10 ~1gn1~3~em fi.1a1~1 feruare ~or.u.erinc. H~c animam ci
u1rauous trad:d1r,qu.1 fo. i le lllm dt 11na1 umcv legum flmthtudinem terrcnas hu...
manasCJ; lcgcs cxco irauic. I ·c ~orpus cpcrir ciuiracis & auxir, quando aariculcur5
archice~turam,mcdtcinam,p rici m mil Ha cm,c~teras(p omnin ,qu~ ud ~d uidum:
u Iornatum,ucl dcft:n 1onc e1 tincnc facultaccs exhibuit. H:.rc deni p mifcriam amor
ralibus pr c~tcris amoucc,fclic1c ccm uero !argitm. Qrandoquidcm bona difccrmr a
quo pacto mala u l cautc d~uit re ne obfinr,uel fi rcicer ferre uc minus obfint
ualcamus,ofien ic. Monfhar pr ·cerca quomod bona ( cilius c-fequamur,acc:p cciam
qua ratione b ni , rlim a nacura forcun" ue acis, dun per indufhi. m acqmflris, rCC:te
utamur uc profine.\ olcbam hie o time, mi Bern· rde,iam Epillol fincrn imponcre,ne
in pr~fcncia Om prolixior,quam c nfue rcrim. -. cig cnim ipfc qu ntum nobis ps o ixi–
ras,pr~rcr qu m in I Iatone nofho ca:ldtis cloquenri~ fi r ce,citfpliceac. Scd t clCJmat
ecce nimium diua ma tr n ,q 1a l pr~ c ·ccris ueneramur. rgo, fi placec,quam "'dhuc
oracioncm h;rc ano bis po uJcr im' lT r' 11 bis p rrigat,a'ldi.
L i P ! fo t 7,; , i.i' C1 'u c; Tf c logia.
Hilofl phi:\ Diak .1c 'c; i I ' luncnri nr IHI I 10 ri f; bricatis LHitm, ad ucrum·
in rcrum pccul. i n , ad h n tum in rcr 1m u.u,a l bonum in tltrif< , mud~; ....
gandum. 'ndcmulr rr dic.dfi)c ul ndum rin ipia,mulrnad<lgc1~ •:m pr£
ccp(a, i1 fl-icu ta u lra a t runq; comm unia,c comm untbus aurc1 lid mi hi ui ...
dttur""r<r ipllumqu dad<l· and mi canT; ominuspt .. anciorcflijsquci:ran=fnnf
nil ra qua~ i m re ernn tr a t ~.Ac cm per l pr~ftanci r. func,fines fun r rcliquo ...
rii. rt ianc il:l r p rrer ~ c e,...er xccrna, ' morralia corpora, corpus antm:x, fenfus
ratio~i,ratio ac11 1 (pc ,. ul iu~ ..,fi)e ulacio Deo. Hine efficitur uc artcs omncs quze ad
rxcerna,rnr r ~ , en(L:m,aai n~m perd11enr1 fi)eculaci canqu3 reginz cedc1c &' ob!e
qui debe-c: · c rn ri· .Pro )ti roam Dci e l huiufmod1 on ic. diget certo uel
iofhumenco ud fo- ,non {eruic cxrernis,maxime ommum conti ua l imo p ·rp"tua.
Obied um fuu fempirernum,1..., ubiq; pr~fen' pro arbicrio ubiq; copleC1itur. Ac t1 uira·
adus quidam ft,& ubi m gi actus ibi magis cfl uica,ceri econremplationis a/'lu. ran
quam ca>cerorum omnium,rrm dignirace, q· perfeueranria cxcellen·iGtmus, ma~ im,1
qucrda efl &emincntif: ima uica,adde omnili fuauifsima.Non enim,frcuti fenfus,impu
ra,fa!fa,uolantia oblcetamcnca. b incrinf. cis r("rum imagini us mutuatur,fed ueras 8C
fempiternas retCi rationcs nacuras~ incus a.ffarim pofsidens pute, uere, fhb1litcr pt!ris,
ueris,fiabilibus pafcirur atcp 3udcr,gaudet, mquam, infiniro penicus infinite, flquidc
quod eflmaximum,huiufmodi uita Dci uit:.rproxima in eius imaginem cxaetifs!marn
transfi rmamr.Dcus i ricur ft humanci: conccmplationis lux flmul & oculus,contem...
plario auccm l ux & ocu Ius act ·onis. Ee f1 oculu s huiufmodi ociofus dfe uidetur,camen
abfq; illo m~lc ociofa ac pc(si1 encgociofa, & omnino obfcura mifera<'=!; funt omnia. ·
Ad eius aute nu turn G1gula fi Lcirer operamur. Han uiram in furn mo rerum culmine
collocaram,& Gne concrot erf1a beJcifsi hia fagax morrali us> rum proprio
quodaocu1o,tum didledic~ fucr digico :-1c quoq, ad eam, uc arbirrcr gra ...
d1bus prfctpue quatuor..moralibus,naturahbus>machemacicis,mecapl yfids. Diuinus
Platocu:lcflem & immorca!cm animarn mori quodammodo pmat,quando terrenu &
mortaJe corpus ingrcdicur,reuiuif< ere cu egredicur.Egrcdi -fie quodam medication:s
fiudio priufquam egred1atur Iege nacurcr,quando Ph.tor phia huma'lotum medidna
rnorborum an.imubm pdlifero uitiorff como fepulca, motalibus pha macis purgac &:.
fufcicac.Deinde naturalibus q ibufda machinis exinfimo ful.Jleuas per omn ia pafs m>
qu~ ex clcmetis quatuor coponU~tur~pcrCjJipfa quat\.JOf eltmcnta ad C~hi Ufq1 p .r-
du•"'lt.