5ncipiimt&itolib:it>e aritbmeti/ 

 ca anitij inanity feueriniBoetij vi' 

 ri cUriflimi * tlhiftriflfimi CK cofulis : 

 o?>inarij:patrici;:afc patriciumftm 

 macbum. 



TlbanMsaccipi 

 enfcifquemuneri 

 ^isita recce oflft/ 

 ciapzectpueinter 

 cos gfefemagni 

 faciunt eftimant 

 filiquibooftabit 



q6 Uberalius afferrctinuenturnec 

 ab illo meg q6 iucunt>ius beniuole 

 tia coplecteref acceptu.*frc ipfe co 

 fifcerans : attuli non ignauaopum 

 pofceraquibusat>faeinus nibilin 

 flruaius eft: cu abeiibi fitis incau 



fere ^lla fie cuctia abfoluta partib 

 nulluis inbiga fuis tantu eft fcietia 

 nija pfibMs:\?t no cetera^ quocg ar 

 tiji abiumenta befttJeret. Tla in eift 

 gtanbis mannozeftatuis:alius ejc/ 

 abenbf molis laboieft:alvafo:ma 

 t>f imaginia ratio meeeiufoe artifi^ 

 cis manus politi operis nitoi ejcpe^ 

 ctat.^t pictur? manibns tabulf cd 

 miflff fab:o*um.cereruftica obfer/ 

 uatione ^ecerp6|;colo^^fuci merca 

 torn fotertia perqiufui:Untea opcca 

 ITs etabojata tejrtrinis:muttiplicein 

 materia pzeftant.Tlone ibein quo/ 

 que bello^ Vifitur inllruinetis^ic 

 fpicula fagittis ejcacuittilU vali^uw^ 

 tbozajc nigrageinit incufce.jait all/ 

 us:crut>i vmbonis teginma^ppii; la 



bi victoz anitn caicata fubiecit: 

 ea quc ejc grccaru optUcnria littera 

 ru wromanc ozationis 



fiipta couejtrim ^ta enf mei quocg 

 operis mibi ratio coftabit :fi quj eic 

 fapientic tioctrinis elicui:fapientif/ 

 fimiiut>icio copeobenf . Llifces igif 

 vt tarn magni labozis effectus nuij 

 lamii erpectct ejramc: nee in aures 

 ^p^ire publicas nil! boetf fentetic a 

 ffcpulatipne nitaf.3(it quo nibil mi 

 rfivfceri ^ebet:c^i^ opus q6 fapie 

 tif iuuentaperfequit: non auctozis 

 f5 alieno incubit arbitrioSuis $$/ 

 pe inflrumentis res ratioms ejcpen 

 ^irur :cu ii^tcium cogrt fubire pzu/ 

 t^eJins, Seb bu^ munufculorno ea 

 ^emqttccetefis imminent artibtis 

 munimcncacdflimo .Tleque enim 



multf artibus ars vna perficif * 

 noftri labozis abfolutio loge at> fa 

 cilio:e currit e>tentu5 . Xu enl folus 

 manu5 fupeemooperiunponesiitt 

 quo nibil be t>ecernentiii necefle eft 

 labpzare cofenfiuQualibet eni bc 

 iu^tciii multis artibus pzobef ejxul 

 tu vno tamecumulaf eicaminc.^/ 

 periare tgitur licet quanta npbis itt 

 boc ftut>ro longis tractus ocijs la/ 

 boz at>iecerit.Jlnreriifubtilium fit 

 gas ejtercitate mentis velpcitas co/ 

 pbent>at. wp ieiunf macies o:atio 

 ms ab ea quc funt caliganabua im 

 pebita fententi;s e)cpebtenbafuffici 

 at.Qua (n re mibi alieni quoqu? its 

 t)icij lucra querunf . jCum.ni vtram 

 que peritiflimus litterap: podis gra 

 if ozationisejrpertibus quantuj&e 

 nobis tubicare aubeant: fola tantu 

 ^pnunciatione p;efcribere*St no al/ 



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Nos. 6293-4 (pane :\-2\). 

 The first edition of the Arithmetic of Boethius. 



