Here begynneth a ryght frutefull treatyse, intituled the myrrour of good maners co[n]teynyng the .iiii. vertues, called cardynall, compyled in latyn by Domynike Mancyn: and translate into englysshe: at the desyre of syr Gyles Alyngton knyght: by Alexander Bercley prest and monke of Ely.

¶ Of Justyce.

IUstice / is a certayne decre / or ordynaunce* 1.1 Ryghtwyse and holy / belongyng to nature Cōmaundynge man to loue / to profyte / or auaunce To helpe and socour / eche humayne creature This iustyce conioyneth: bondes of loue so sure Bytwene all men mortall / that it onely certayne Doth preserue in order / or kepe lynage humayne

Demaunde nat yf that be / thynge of vtylyte* 1.2 Whiche Justyce cōmaundeth / for certesse without fable Nothynge it cōmaundeth / but ryght and equyte What euer it doth charge / is alway profytable The pryncipall partes / of Justyce moste laudable Is for to gyue honour / and laudes: as is due Aboue other thynges / vnto our lorde Jesu

Whiche of his great mercy / meke and beneuolent Hath gyuen vs hym selfe / to be our sauyour And all other thynges / for vs cōuement Wherfore we be boūdyn / of ryght hym to honour Without comparyson / before all vayne treasour And who that perfytly / fulfylleth nat the same Of a ryghtwyse person / deserueth nat the name

What man wyll enioy name / of a ryghtwyse man* 1.3 Must fyrste loue / and honour: deuout and constantly Our sauyour (as is sayd) as moche as euer he can And so must he loue god / with spyryt feruently That he of godd{is} loue / agayne may be worthy And dygnely deserue / by fauour to purchace Of our lorde and maker / his mercy and his grace

Thus shall our loue and seruyce / be to god acceptable* 1.4 If we to no person / do wronge nor iniury But be to all people / iust meke / and profytable Forso / god to man is / of infynyte mercy Which the sonnes bryghtnesse / to no man doth deny But suffreth it shyne / both on good man and yll Nat yeldynge mystyuers / after theyr fro warde wyll

The duty of one ryghtwyse / that man doth nat fulfyll* 1.5 Whiche is to no person / helpynge nor profytable Though he do to no man hurt / nother good nor yll For vertue requyreth / some warke or dede laudable It is nat contented / man nat to be culpable Of man is requyred / and asked of vertue Both to do good dedes / and all vyces eschewe

We be nat borne onely / for our pryuate profyte* 1.6 But eche man is bounde / another for to socour For as prudent Plato / playne doth recorde and wryte One man for another / is borne euery hour And tyme to be redy / refusynge no labour To confort / to coūseyll / and socour one another Both true / glad / and redy / as brother vnto brother

Unresonable beastes / oft tymes do the same Than moche more shuld man: to man be profitable Or els: yf he be nat: he greatly is to blame That is a foule villayne / and chorle abhomynable Whiche to his owne {per}son / is onely charitable And on his onely {pro}fyte / doth onely muse and thynke Carynge for none other / whether they flete or synke

But one maner reason / nor yet one maner way* 1.7 To helpe one an other / is nat cōmon to all Eche man hath his maner / and power to puruay And helpe / other nedy / by confort frateruall Some man hath great ryches / he mar be lyberall The strong man hath power / weake wretches to defende The wyse man hath coūsyell / that shulde he wysely spende

In redressynge errours / informynge ignorant And openynge the passage / to vertue and goodnesse If thou canst nat socour / with wit / nor myght puyssan•• At leste way be redy / to confort with rychesse Or if thou want ryches / yet mayst thou neuerthelesse Confort the poore carefull / with counseyl or labour By one meane or other / so mayst thou gyue socour

Or yf thou fayle counseyl / or haue no good to spende* 1.8 At least thou hast courage / audacyte and myght From ryrannes extorcion / good people to defende And to bestowe thy blode in mayntenaunce of ryght This poynt moste conserueth the {per}son of a knyght For ryght / fayth and Justice / fatheries / wydowes good For maydes / kynge / and coūtre / boldly to spēdy his blod••

To dye in suche quarell / is honour fame and glory Suche deth is mort immortall / and entrynge in to lyfe To hym and his lynagel {per}petuall memory Shulde a valyant knyght / for brede of speare or ••••yle Lose so great tryumphe / fame and prerogaty••e Who dare nat for Justyce / poore / fame / and glory tyght Ought certesse be counted / a cowarde and no 〈◊〉〈◊〉

Besyde all these poyntes / yet wayes be there••o* 1.9 To socour and to helpe / the sicke / sory and poore As carefull confortynge / them easynge of theyr••o And whan hurt apperteth / warnynge a man before And some for theyr vyces / blamynge with wordes sore And some fayre exortynge / thus none is excusable Who none of all these hath / is wretched and myserable

But in doynge dutyes / or beynge profitable* 1.10 Moste chefely beholden / due ordre and degre For order obseruerd / all thynge is more laudable More comely and pleasant / that they shulde els be Fyrst do thou thy dutye to god omnypotent Next god: to thy cout••ey / be trewe and dylygent

To counseyll / to socour / and the same to defende So doynge: thou helpest thy selfe: ye and all thyne For thy lande and countrey / all these doth cōprehende And all these ••o the pery sshe / if it go to ruyne Than nexte helpe thy chyldren / and other of thy lyne* 1.11 But namely thy parent{is} / moste lefe and dere to the Than kynred and louers / eche after theyr degre

And whan thou hast proued / a frende feythfull and stable Whiche harde is to be founde / yet suche one y••thou fynde Also be thou faythfull / sure / and nat varyable Tohym / as to thone parte / and kepar of thy mynde* 1.12 Nought may be compared / to frende louynge and kynde Thy chefe frende / is Jesu / whiche put for the his lyfe So wolde nat thy father / sone / doughter / nor thy wyfe

Despyse nat suche frend{is} / but haue thou moste pyte Ofsicke and aged / or opressed with nede And pouerte: syth suche haue moste necessite Therfore thou shulde namely / them cōfort / clothe & fede Thou must amonge these / consyder and take hede If any somtyme flowynge / in welthe and honestely ••e Be fall to pouertie / lyuynge in care pensyfe

With thyne owne eyen / beholde suche pytie* 1.13 And in thy ••roper person / them conforte and restore To theyr olde estate / as mothe as is in the Suche as in tyme passed / haue holpen the before Restore thou them agayne / nat lesse / but rather more For theyr one good dede / with two them recōpence This longeth to largesse / and hye magny sy••en••e

Hesyodus the greke gaue this cōmaundement* 1.14 If thou wylt be counted / gentyll and lyberall Folowe fulsome feldes / abundant of frument Or a soyle wele bèaryng / frutefull and fayre with all Whiche alway be gentyll / in maner prodigall For one lytell measure of sede / or els twayne To theyr lordes rēdryng / a score doubled agayne

yet resteth one errour / which must be noted here* 1.15 Wherof thou must be ware / yf thou be cōmendable Uncouer nat the churche / ther with to mende the quere Spoyle nat a multytude / of people miserable To one or two persones / for to be profytable No vertue is lauded / which grounde is on vyce Of thyng stolne / accepteth our lorde no sacryfyce

Prouyde thou in lyke wyse / that whyle thou dost entende* 1.16 Ouer gentyll lyberall / benygne / courteyse and fre To many men to be / and all thy good thus spende Lest thy selfe begge of other / by harde necessyte For often in the worlde / this thyng prouyded wese That whan the prodygall / and waster hath all spent He beggeth or steleth / by wayes fraudulent

Or if he shame to begge / or feare to robbe or steale Than tourneth he to fraude / and crafty cheues aunce* 1.17 Of all men borowynge / on suretie / othe / or seale At last / hym with other / so bryngyng to vtteraunce Gyue the nat to rapyne: thyne honour to auaunce Thou shulde nat vyolate iustyce / in any thyng Though thou knowe therby / for to be made a kyng

It is nat full ynough / for one louyng iustyce* 1.18 For from hys mynde to cast / wrong and extorcyon But fraude and gyle / must he in lyke maner dispyce Fraude longeth to the foxe / and myght to the lyon Let bruyt beastes folowe / beastly condycyon Gyle / fraude / nor extorcion / belongeth in no wyse To men louyng vertue / good maners or Justyce

But among all people / no man is more damnable* 1.19 Than he which resembleth / a shepe forth in the skyn But by cruell purpose / and maners desceyuable He is in very dede / a ragyng wolfe within A man doth nat onely wrong▪ iniury / and syn In dedes: But in wordes / is also iniury Accusyng or slaundryng / the gyl••esse wrongfully

Therfore refrayne thy selfe / frō wrong in worde & dede* 1.20 And speke that is ryghtwyse / playne trouth and equite In trouth styll defendyng / great is thy laude and mede So that thou nought worshyp / so moche as veryte Nor thynke thou nat / that trouth vyolate may be But that in lyke maner / both fayth and conscyence With trouth delyted / and suffreth vyolence

In trouth / though to wytnesse / man do nat call our lorde* 1.21 yet is he defender of trouth and wyllyngly And thus is he wytlesse: of hys owne accorde So / the trouth dyspysed / our lorde is semblably And if it be laufull / at any tyme to lye Or contrary the trouth / parchaunce it so may be More openly to trye / the trouth and veryte

And he parauenture / is worthy of pardon* 1.22 Whiche to kepe hys promyse / forbereth to say trouthe As if he constrayned / before to some person To kepe some thyng secrete / hath boūde hym self by othe Man to breke his promyse / most comonly is lothe For sure othe and promyse / requyreth great constaunce And couenauntes requyre / trouth and perseueraunce

I graunt that often tyme / suche chaunce & tyme may fall* 1.23 That to breake thy promyse / by othe affyrmed stable Is nat to be dampned / nor blamed nought at all But rather aloweth / of wyse men resonable As thyng promysed / to none is profytable To the lytell auayle / and great dommage to me No syn if suche promyse / nat parfourmed shal be

Theseus shulde haue / desyred that Neptune* 1.24 Wolde haue broken promyse / & made his word vnstable Whan he with wylde horses / for cause nat oportune Drewe Ipolytus / to deth most myserable Accused of Phedra / and nat beyng culpable As innocent Joseph / in Egypt was some tyme Of a quene accused / herselfe in all the cryme

If ought be cōmytted / to the in pryuete* 1.25 Or in secrete counsell / do nat the same dysclose As thy selfe wolde haue / one secret vnto the So thy selfe order / in mynde and tonge purpose Do nat doutfull wordes / within thy mynde cōpose Whiche vttred may be cause / of anger or dyscorde But playne cōmon langage frequent at euery worde

Speke so / that none constrerthy wordes frowardly* 1.26 Or if thou haue no cause to speke / than kepe scylence For a chattryng tonge / and bablyng busely Hath often tyme raysed / great inconuenience Agayne it selfe and other / cōmyttyng great offence By wordes superflue / a fole is knowen playne Where wyse men by reason / theyr tonges can refrayne

If thou haue cōmitted / at any tyme to the* 1.27 Cure of a cōmon wele / to chastyce euery vyce Or if thou haue housholde / or meyny in plente Be bolde transgressours / for fautes to chastyce And among them alway / to gyde the by iustyce For it is no praysyng / to be to fauorable Nor yet to be counted / a tyran intretable

For whyle thou hast tyll one / immoderate pyte By loue or neglygence / or parciall fauour* 1.28 Thou causyst many syn / by wylde aud acyte yet / nought dost thou profyte / that one in his errour But many dost thou hurte: Thy cause is hard and sour For what many syuneth / by thy remyse sufferance Thy selfe art in faute / and worthy vengeance

And for all theyr fautes / by ryght / art thou culpable* 1.29 And for theyr offences / shalt byde punicion But heed offycers / to suche are fauorable Whom they nat wyll chastyce / for theyr transgression Fauour / is a mylde rod of execucion Of lawe / ryght and iustice / some iuges mankyng blynde That they seynge iustyce / wyll it nat se nor fynde

Oft iustyce is closed / and captyue in pryson Within thre folde dores / that no man may he••se Mede fauour / and feare / denyeth her raunsom So kepynge her oftyn / styll in captyuyte And oft these by fauour / set her at lyberte To wander at her wyll / in places reprouable Her eyen blyndfeid: by meanes disceyuable

More playnly to pronounce / lawe hath no lyberte Without mede or money / or fauour parcyall* 1.30 But feare / oft her kepeth / in wrong captyuyte In stede of trewe iustyce / these gouerne ouerall For soth he subuerteth / great cyties pryncipall And cōpanyes of men / which blyndly spareth vyce Nat scourgyng mysdoers / by lawe / ryght and iustyce

As he soone subuerteth / olde townes of great name* 1.31 Whyche opyneth the gates / to foes vyolent And casteth on houses / great fyre lyghtnyng in flame So iuges forgyueng / deserued punysshment Subuerteth great townes / and cyties excellent Suche ought nat be called / prynces nor cytyzens But most mortall foes: and mayteners of syns

yet is it nat laufull / in payne to passe measure* 1.32 Or rage in punysshment / as tyran intretable Syth frayle vnto trespas / is all humayne nature A fayre mean is measure: in all thyng cōmendable Wherfore in chastysyng / be nat to vngeable Unmercyfull and sharpe / as ioynyng in thy rage Of anothers ruyne / confusion and dommage

But punysshe as one pensyfe / nat wyllyng / but dolent* 1.33 As both for to punysshe / constrayned to the same And sorowe that synners / deserue suche punysshement With so great transgression / hurtyng theyr soule & name If many trespassers / be all as one to blame And in one cause and cryme / be all in lyke culpable Let nat one eschape the / another byde in stable

Let thou nat one go fre / an other pay for all* 1.34 Or these lesse trangressour / haue greattest punysshment Murther nat one wretche / of wyt and substance small Promotyng another / strong thefe / more vyolent This is no good iustyce / ryght / lawe / nor iugement* 1.35 Let one faut or forfaytethaue punysshment semblable Be egally to all / ryght wyse, or fauorable

Shewe the nat to some / in maner of a mother* 1.36 To some as a enmy / or foe most vyolent Though thou this day iuge / consyder that a nother Parchaunce shall to morowe / syt on thy iugement Endeuoyre the therfore / to be indyfferent Be nat to regorous / nor yet ouer remys But iuge thou with mercy / lyke as the mater is

Murder nat small theues / lettyng greatter theues go* 1.37 Without execucyon / for feere / fauor or mede So men say / the spyder / hath custome for to do With her webbes framed / of artyficyall threde To tangell lytell flyes / onely she taketh hede But if theyr come a hornet / a dore or greater flye They breake the lyght webbes / & so for the passe they fre

Her webbes dependant / onely inuolueth in* 1.38 The small lyttell flyes / as dayly we may se Whose lyues doth perysshe / with murmur and small dyn Ryght so the symple wretche / lyueng in pouerte Hath rygour of the lawe / with most extremyte But the ryche tyran offendyng / passeth equyte Fre loused by the lawe / of wrong custume and ryte

O custome execrable / and greuous preiudyce So these thre fell tyrans / feare / money / and fauour Oft tymes vse to breake / the balans of iustyce The ryche fyndyng ryghtwyse / to poore gyueng rygour These thre blideth iustyce / which thyng is great dolour Which causeth poore wretches / theyr wrōges to be wayle Whyle the ryche is correcte / scant with a foxe tayle

What dyfference bytwene / a great thefe and a small Forsoth no more but this / to speke I dare be bolde The great sytteth on benche / in costly furres of pall The small thefe at barre / standeth tremblyng for colde The great theues are laded / with great chaynes of golde The small thefe with yron: chayned from all refuge The small thefe is iuged / oft tyme the great is iuge

If any haue trepased / agayne the wyllyngly* 1.39 Be nat ouer hasty / by cruell punysshment Let nat the punysshment / excede the iniury If it be so greuous / it is suffycient But the faut to pardon / if thou can be content Than art thou more ryghtwyse / benygne and charitable And to god thy maker / more dere and acceptable

Mercy maketh māhynde / to his maker most semblable* 1.40 And also to thy seruaūtes / whiche lyueth vnder the Be ryghtwyse and equall / in maner resonable Gyue them theyr dutye / and ryght with all pyte And nought of them requyre / but ryght and equyte Thynke seruaūtes be made / our bretherne by nature Wherfore ryght requyreth / to treat them in measure

And nat without reason / agayne them for to rage Them treatyng as beastes / syth they be men as we* 1.41 If theyr faute be greuous / and done of yll corage Or of froward malyce / cast them away fro the Or if theyr faute be small / than of them haue pyte Theyr long faythfull seruyce / se thou do nat dyspyse What man is so dyscrete / whyche alway can be wyse

But nowe comprehendyng / all Justyce in one sōme And breuely concludyng / the bondes of iustyce If thou wylt be ryghtwyse / as requyreth wysdome Than must thou thy lyueng / order in this wyse Gyue god laude and glory / and let thyne hart aryse Most clefely in his loue / contynually brennyng Auoyde his displeasour / do after his byddyng

Next to thy neyghbour / or euery chrysten man Do thou no otherwyse / than thou wolde haue gladly Get goodes ryghtwysely / & whan thou hast thē: than Loue them nat ouer moche / but them bestowe wysely To reason of thy soule / make subiecte thy body Let hym with his lustes: be subiecte seruytour Refrayned from folly / by reason gouernour

Nowe haue we dyscrybed / the bondes of iustyce* 1.42 Moche thyng omittyng / bycause of breuyte Whiche asketh long processe / in meter to compryse Wherfore / nowe procedyng / endeuoyre vs shall we For to dyscrybe a man / of magnanimite And wryttyng / for to gyue cure / and solycytude To shewe what belongeth / to strenght or fortytude

¶ Thus endeth the dyscrypcion of the seconde cardynall Uertue / na myd Justyce / And be∣gynneth to be trea∣ted* 1.43 of the thyrde Cardynall vertue / called fortytude or magnanimite / or strenght of mynde

Notes

• * 1.1

  Iusticia est quaedam na turae sanctio: multis Quae iubet: vt prosis: auxilium{que} feras. Inter mortales sic mu∣tua vincula nectit Humanū vt seruet so∣la vel illa genus.
• * 1.2

  Vtile nō quaetas: an sit quod iusterit illa. Nam quicquid iubeat vtile sempet erit. Iusticiae primae partes sunt reddere honorem Christo: qui nobis oīa / se{que} dedit.
• * 1.3

  Ergo si quis erit gau∣••ens cognomine iusti: ••lle deu imprimis reli¦giosus amet. Sic amet ille deū:{quam} cō¦tra dignus amari: Quod sibi sit merito gratia parte dei.
• * 1.4

  Esse deo gratis poterit quicun{que} nocere Vult nullitet cunctis vtilis esse cupit. Sic de••est homini qui nulli lumina solis. Denegat in tris sit li∣cet vs{que} malus.
• * 1.5

  Non plene officiū iusti cōpleue••it ille: Qui nulli prodest: qui ne{que} prorsus obest. Quippe requirit opus {quam} sit laudabile virtus: Non habet illa satis abstinuisse malis.
• * 1.6

  Nō sum{us} ad non••a ••p•••• tantum cōmoda nati. Ferre alij gratā quis{que} tenetur opem. Nati hoies hominum cā sunt (teste Platone) Vt sese faciles vltro: ci tio•• iuuent.
• * 1.7

  Nec ratio est simplex•• aut oibus vna iuuādi. Auxilij cui{que} propria causa data est. Si nequeas opib{us} quē {quam} rebus{que} iuuare: Ast opera saltē •• consi∣lio{que} iuues,
• * 1.8

  Quinotiā poteris sor∣tis prohibere notētes: Ne laedāt grauius vi•• dolis{que} bonos,
• * 1.9

  Necmin Fiortado so∣lando tum{que} monendo: ••urg••do & multos ••pe iuuare potes
• * 1.10

  Sed grad{us} ofiici••s dan dis seruād{us}: & ordo est Ordine nā cuncta splē∣didiora nitent. Quippe deo primē de∣bes persoluere cultū. Pone deum poscit pa∣tria prima locum.
• * 1.11

  Hic natoacaros{que}tuoa tueare parentes. Post: tibi quos sanguis quos quo{que} iūxit amot
• * 1.12

  Nec quos pauperta••▪ quos morb{us} quosue se∣nectus: Oppressit: spernas: sed misere magis. Inter 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ho•• si quos mo rū cōmendat honest 26
• * 1.13

  Hos oculis {pro}prius in∣tueare tuis. Sunt etiā / qui te quon dam iuuere: iuuandi. Sed re••erāt foenus tūc in amore vices.
• * 1.14

  Vt iubet Hesiod{us}: eam pos imittere feraces: Semina qui dn̄o multi¦plicata serunt.
• * 1.15

  Est tamē vt caueas: ne∣dum sis vtilis vni: Id damno alterius fe∣cer is at{que} malo.
• * 1.16

  Prouideas parit dū vis nimis esse benignus: Ne tibi res desit: at{que} aliena petas. Saepe etenim censu cō∣sumpto {pro}digus omni▪ Aut rapit: aut turpem cōtrahit ipse notam.
• * 1.17

  Nō etiam vt magnus fias: te dede rapinae. Nam ne{que} quo regnes ius violare licet.
• * 1.18

  Nec tantū a iusto vio∣lentia longius absit. Sed fraus: at{que} dolus debet abess•• procul. Vulpeculae fraus ē via est innata leoni. Vtra{que} sed iustis ē alie¦na viris.
• * 1.19

  Qui populo ex om̄i nul¦lus capitalior illo. Qui lupus ē intus: pel∣le videtur ouis: Nec solum facto sit sae∣pe iniuria verbis: Obiectes si cui crimina falsa reo.
• * 1.20

  Quod verū est: semper prosert semper{que} tuere S••c nihil vt vero tu ve nerere magis. Nec verū credas viola ri posse negando: Quin sic religio est: tū violata sides.
• * 1.21

  Nā licet in testem non 〈◊〉〈◊〉 deus ipse vocatus: Attamen is custos / vl∣tro{que} testis adest: Et si quādo licet men∣tiri: sorte licebit: Tātulum: vt vera sint manifesta magis.
• * 1.22

  Qui{que} fidē vt seruet ••ue ••it non vera locutus: Forsitan est veniā dig nus habere suam. Est seruēda ••ides sic: vt constantia semper Aisit pollicitis: practa∣{que} sancta velis.
• * 1.23

  Saepe tamen fateor tē∣pus contingere posse: Quod ne{que} dānandū sit violare fidem: Vt quia promittā tibi: quod non vtile fiat: Aut mihi plus nocea•• / {quam} tua facta inuet.
• * 1.24

  Theseus op••asset Nep tunum pacta negare: Cum taxit miserū cur∣ribus hippolytum.
• * 1.25

  Nō cōmissa sibi iustus secreta loquatur: Sed taceat: quicquid nō licet ore loqui: Vocib{us} ambiguis litis non semina iactes: Iudiciū certū sed ma∣gis ore feras.
• * 1.26

  Aut potius tacias cū nō sit causa loquendi. Saepe sibi at{que} alijs: gar ••ula lingua nocet.
• * 1.27

  Publica si qn̄ tibi sit cō missa potestas: Aut si turba tuae sit nu∣merosa domi: Corrige: quē facinius: quem reddit culpa no∣centem. Non laus ē leuis {quam} re∣putere nimis.
• * 1.28

  Nā peccare facit mul∣tos: qui ignouerit vni: ••ū vni ne prodest pl••∣••ibus ille nocet: Quicqd peccabūt mul ti: te dante fauo••em:
• * 1.29

  Cūcto••ū iu••e es ••rimi∣nis ipse ••eus. Sed fauet is: si qu is nō punit crimina praeses Iudicis ē nimius virga benigna fauor.
• * 1.30

  Sub••ubit ille hominū coetus: & subruit vrbe•• Per quē iusta malis poe na remissa fuit.
• * 1.31

  Subruit & flammā qui multā spargit in edes. Aut remouet portis ho¦ste premente seras: Nō erit hic lenis ciuis princepsue vocandus. Sed dici poti{us} pestifer ille potest.
• * 1.32

  Nō tamē in poenis mē∣suram excedere sas est Est pulchrū rebus om∣nibus esse modum. Suppliciū sumens: nō sis immitis & asper•• Laetus vt alteri{us} tu vi∣deare malo.
• * 1.33

  Sed plecte inuie{us} velu∣ti sis tactus ad illud Officiū: et doleas tan∣ta patrasse reum. Quī quo{que} si plures: ea dē dat causa nocētes. Nō illū absoluas hunc retinere velis.
• * 1.34

  Nō poena afficias hos dum tu munere donas Illos: quod facinus ar∣guit illud idem.
• * 1.35

  Improbitas eadē poe∣nā patiatur eandem.
• * 1.36

  Nec 〈…〉〈…〉 cuius il∣lius 〈…〉〈…〉.
• * 1.37

  Sic fert̄ solers quas ne¦ctit aranea telas. Solum {pro} minimis fila parata feris. Si veniat scrabro ma¦••orts ponderis: illas Perfringit telas: dila∣cerat{que} leues.
• * 1.38

  Inuoluūt minimas pē¦dentia retia muscas: Quarū cū misero mur¦mure vita perit. Sic solet & paup puni∣ri lege seuera: Si peccat diues lege so lutus abit.
• * 1.39

  Si tibi deliquit quis{que} non vltio maior Delicto fuerit: sufficit esse parem. Si tamē ignoscas: vin∣dicta{que} nulla placebit: Iustior es multo / gra∣tior at{que} deo.
• * 1.40

  In famulos etiā iustū seruabis & aequum: Iis iusta impendas: nec nisi iusta petas. Hos credas: fr̄es nobis natura crearit: Vt saeuite ne fas latius esse putes.
• * 1.41

  Abijce: si grauiter tibi peccant vel miserere: Si leuitir: sapiēs quis queat esse satis?
• * 1.42

  Iusticiae post{quam} fines re∣ferauim{us} ipsos. Dicamus fortē: magna¦nimum{que} virum.
• * 1.43

  De magnanimitate.