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Ad quatuor Pr^ECOgnita Mantifla. 



-■^^^^cS»^/?. E vacaret hdc,vt appellant, coltimna,exislimam ?ne reBefaBurHm.flpulchra qnadam coronide 



' " ' nol\ra Pncognita exornarew. Smt ttaqne cjia inbent tn quaim difcipUna traderc hdc tria, 



rofcbic-^einv, d-fo.ptai, >c^'t^Qi(^piat'. Uoobio^fict eft prAparatto ad ipfarn dtfciplinam , & nobi-s ab- 



foltitiur Hexilogta, Tcchnologta, Archelogia , & DtdaUica. @i!,<fta. eft in ipfo difciplinx fyfte- 



niate,qnodprAceptis , regtilts , & comrnentartts taformarmu ; atqtte in his ( commentartis dtco) 



tradtmm dtftmBionis & qtiefttones. 'E^Aeufi^i cft tnftitiitto devf/tpr£ceptorttm; quarn poftreinam partem 

 fere neiUflunt fchoU . Atque htnc cftqtiod vernm efe, magno noftro rnalo, experimnr illtid in GaUiis vftatiim, 

 viam fcholx elTe lonmdimam Jnftudiis cni?nplurtmt antc confenefcimt,atit ettam ifnmoriitntisr.quam ft-Htlum 

 dianem optatnmftitdtonim aitt ipft capiant,aitt tn altos, vtpar eft, transfttndant. Cui qttide?n malo tta occtirri 

 poffe cenfemM.. Uj,-l!i- p/x & •9-e»-is difciplma cognofcaiiirex vno altqtto, & eo qtitiem prebattfti?no , atithore. 

 Oiietn vbi tenueris ad vngue?n, ad Pm^iiw^Uv ftc accedes,vt nil mfi vfn?n cogites,ac protnde prtmo ttbi compares 

 '^thorem,qm de vfu tftttti dtfctplmifcripftt exprofefo,vt loqttit?itur,ttm ittxta tft.i?n 'bTn^^ir^-.iuyfeit yn^ayj,-) iav , 

 id eli prtcepttonem de vfu,ftrenHe te exerceas , firmiterqite tthi perfuadeai, trta tnprtmis efte prdifi.dta paranddt. 

 eruditto?ii( ; puta methodum ccrti authoris , vfntn artis , CT repetittonem. Qua de replacet aiidtre Francifciim 

 lunium, qui pae.iy. in vita fua hancfere tn fententtam de fcipfofcribit. Perrexi authore ,-t ditce Domino , & 

 veni Ge'?ieuam i?icolumu. De hofpitio & vittn citm mthi profpeUum effet , Itbros in vniuerfum quatuor mihi 

 eomparautiplures entrn titm non poteram,impedttw pecit?iiolA mece. angttftta) de altis emcndts tnfttper ttttn demum 

 ftatui cim rcrreft'ii domttm , Littetia pater ttiftam pectt?nam ad ?ne tranfrmftjfet. Hoc antern Dem tlle opt. 

 mav '& faptentitfirnus pater ad rneum commodum ordinauerat prouidentia infinita fua : qtti tn Itbrorum copia 

 fuiffem eui?aturti6 promtfctie ,tn copta atttern pecn?iiii. ettamlibrorinn copiamfinc ludicio ce---toprocuraJfe?n : fccit 

 autem pecunis. i>iopia,vt tllisfolitm quatuor librts,ac non alio vllo,amplius anniim vterer dtligentijfime. Et raox: 

 Qiiatitor illis Ittcernts mets,id eft,ltbris,illuHro tenebras mea4,& folor egeUatem meam,legens & e.xpendensqua 

 poteram diltgentia. Btblta perlegt altquoties : Inftttutionem Caluinifimiltter ctim leBionibiu & conciontbt» 

 eiufdem aliquoties contuli : de Inftttuttone excerpfi ad vfu?n meumfecundo aduerfarta , tertto epttomen quan- 

 d.tm^ Confelfionem BeTjt velut tndtcem ad Caluini opus frequenter adhtbeham. In Grammaticam Hehrtam 

 Ceuallerumeo Marteincwnbebam , dumpr&ceptor defittt. Haaenm vtr r^ohL'i<^c^. cutusvefttgtavt tnfiftas, 

 magnopere intereft. Ita entmfiet , vt vniHS anm fpattoplu* efficias atque profictas in ftudiis , quam ftudtoforurn 

 vulgtJtrtenmo,&,fidenter dtco,quadriennio perficerefolem. f^agantur nernPC fer omne authorum genus, & hoe 

 vafi fuiftudij pr£miumreportant, vtvelplurtmadifcant, nihil veropojftnt docere , vel nthil omnino retinemt ^ 

 auodfit altcutus prettj. Huic morbim, eptdemtum prope dixerim, in Pracognttis noftns , & tn reliqua Encyclo. 

 ■pdidta fanandum rmhipropofuiduce candore, atque diligentta comite Ab tllo eft, quod ixwm a-Jp*? aKSil^irae 

 ejfe volui • abtfta, quod,vt Agelltus epusfuum Atttcas, & Henricus Stephanits Panfinas, ita ego Herbornen-. 

 fes noHes pojfirn tnfcrib^re limatam & auSlajn hanc Encyclopstdiam. 



FINIS QJATVOR PRi£COGNITORVM. 



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