A SPECIMEN 
THE ORIGINAL EXPOSITION 
OF 
ARNALDUS DE VILLA NOVA, 
From the beginning, from the edition of 1491, Strasburg. 
Isvz libellus est editus 4 doctoribus Salerniensibus, 
in quo inscribuntur multa et diversa pro conserva- 
tione sanitatis humane. Et editus est iste liber ad 
usum Regis Anglie. Et in textu lecto* auctor po- 
nit octo documenta generalia pro conservatione sani- 
tatis: de quibus postea specialitér per ordinem de- 
terminabitur. Primum ergo documentum est, quod 
omo sanus volens vivere debet ab eo removere 
graves curas. Nam cure exsiccant corpora, ex quo 
tristificant spiritus vitales ; modo spiritus tristes 
From the word lecto it seems as if Villa Nova’s exposition 
was eying in lectures upon his author, of whom he first read 
a portion and then commented upon it 
