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years after the date of its first publication, under the 

 accustomed penalties according to the imperial pleasure. 

 Of which works the list now follows. (Here follows the 

 list of Jerome's unpublished writings upon divers sub- 

 jects, thirty-four in number.) In addition to those two 

 which have already been printed : one on the Bad Prac- 

 tice of Healing, and one on the Hurtfulness of Simples. 



" For the pleasure or profit of professors of those sciences 

 whereof the above works treat: We concede that they 

 may cause them to be printed either together or in part ; 

 except, firstly, that one which treats of the Arcana of 

 Eternity ; secondly, that on Death, which is said to con- 

 tain three books ; thirdly, that on Fate ; fourthly, that on 

 the Life of our Lord Jesus Christ, also contained in three 

 books : of which we require that they shall first be laid 

 before our senate, that it may be seen whether they are fit 

 for publication. 



" Furthermore, we forbid that any man within this our 

 state of Milan shall within ten years print, or cause to be 

 printed, the above works, or any of them, or bring them, 

 or cause them to be brought, from other places into the 

 said state, or have them for sale, against the consent of 

 their author. The penalty for contravention of this our 

 decree shall be ten scudi for each volume of the said 

 works : of which half shall be paid to the author himself, 

 but the remaining half shall be divided between our 



