Ethica.
Vita haec, est via, sive Bivium, simile Literae Pythagoricae Y; sinistro tramite latum 1. dextro angustum: 2. ille Vitii 3. est, hic Virtutis 4.
Adverte, juvenis, 5. Herculem imitare. Sinistram linque, Vitium aversare:
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Vita haec, est via, sive Bivium, simile Literae Pythagoricae Y; sinistro tramite latum 1. dextro angustum: 2. ille Vitii 3. est, hic Virtutis 4.
Adverte, juvenis, 5. Herculem imitare. Sinistram linque, Vitium aversare:
speciosus Aditus, sed turpis & praeceps Exitus, 7.
Dexterâ ingredere, utut spinosâ: 8. nulla via invia Virtuti; Sequere, quò ducit Virtus, per angusta ad augusta, ad arcem Honoris, 9.
Medium tene & rectum tramitem; tutissimus ibis.
Cave excedas ad dextram. 10. Affectûs, equum ferocem, 11. compesce freno, 12. ne praeceps fias.
Cave deficias ad Sinistram, 13. segnitie asininâ: 14. sed progredere constanter, pertende ad finem, & coronaberis. 15.