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sine_fw-la periculo_fw-la vincitur_fw-la sallust_n in_o catelin_n polidorus_fw-la virgilius_n in_fw-la adagiis_fw-la proverb_n 11._o lotimus_n considerate_a 330._o psalm_n 136._o lotimus_n considerate_a 331._o cornelius_n tacitus_n lib._n 1._o lucan_n lib._n 1._o cor._n tacitus_n libre_fw-la 17._o dec._n 3._o lib._n 3._o frasmus_n in_o adage_n hernam_fw-la de_fw-fr pulga_n epist_n 2._o antonius_n de_fw-fr gavara_n 1._o part_n epistol_n franciscus_n lotinus_fw-la 336._o consideratione_n in_o illiad_n ovid._n in_o metamorph._n libro_fw-la 1._o aâ—ncid_n lib._n 1._o &_o â—_o tit_n 2._o pâ—â—ti_fw-la 3._o in_o tractatu_fw-la de_fw-fr 〈…〉_o principâ—…_n cap._n 1._o eth._n 3._o &_o mâ—gnorum_fw-la morahum_o lib._n 2._o lib._n 5._o cap._n 13._o histor_n rom._n in_o annotationibus_fw-la add_v cap._n 13._o platâ—r_n de_fw-fr virtut_o mor._n in_o tractâ—â—_n conditionum_fw-la impossibilium_fw-la â—at_a quasi_fw-la in_o tract_n epit._n mor._n jacob_n fabr._n iâ—_n 〈…〉_o arist_n lib._n in_o cap._n de_fw-fr pradentia_fw-la arist_n bb_n 1._o rhet._n &_o 3_o eth._n lodoc_fw-la cli._n ubi_fw-la sup_n arist_n ubisâ—p_n arist_n eth._n 3._o author_n 40._o cantronum_fw-la ponitâ—o_fw-la regulas_fw-la quas_fw-la sequi_fw-la debet_fw-la qui_fw-la sit_fw-la futurus_fw-la prudens_fw-la p._n 2._o cant_fw-la 4._o plato_n epist_n 1._o lib._n 20._o â—_o seneca_n de_fw-fr beneficiis_fw-la lib._n 6._o ca._n 13_o lib._n 10._o interpre_v plutarch_n in_o libro_fw-la quo_fw-la pacto_fw-la possis_fw-la adulatorem_fw-la ab_fw-la amito_fw-la cognoseere_n garivai_n lib._n 15._o capit._fw-la 4._o lib._n 1._o officio_fw-la sallust_n in_o principio_fw-la catelin_n herodorus_n lib._n 7._o consilio_fw-la 13._o lib._n 1_o consilio_fw-la saepe_fw-la est_fw-la olitor_fw-la opportuna_fw-la locutus_fw-la lib._n 3._o de_fw-la institut_fw-la princip_n franciscus_n sansovinus_n de_fw-fr dictis_fw-la &_o fact_n car._n v._o looper_n lactantius_n tirmianus_n lib._n 5._o cap._n 10._o baldovinus_fw-la ad_fw-la edicta_fw-la principium_fw-la de_fw-la christianis_fw-la marsilius_n patavinus_n &_o alii_fw-la quibus_fw-la respondit_fw-la albertus_n tigurius_fw-la lib._n hierar_n ecclesiast_fw-la cagnolus_fw-la in_o procemio_fw-la digastorum_fw-la 9_o itaque_fw-la in_o 131._o aelius_n spattianê°_n in_o vita_fw-la antoni_fw-la matth._n 10._o psalm_n 114._o capi._n 4._o de_fw-la inre_fw-la inâ—ando_fw-la lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr clementia_n cap._n 16._o suetonius_n tran._n in_o vita_fw-la augusti_fw-la dion_n lib._n 3._o aulus_n gellius_n lib._n 4._o cap._n 11._o in_o titulo_fw-la de_fw-la controversia_fw-la â—eâ—â—h_n apud_fw-la par_fw-fr cap._n 1._o eccle._n cap._n 3â—_n rhet._n lib._n 1._o in_o tractatu_fw-la de_fw-la consilio_fw-la &_o consiliariis_fw-la principum_fw-la seneca_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-la benefici_fw-la cap._n 6._o nemo_n gratis_o bone_fw-la est_fw-la sallust_n in_o catelin_n videant_fw-la consules_a nequid_fw-la detrimenti_fw-la respub_fw-la capiat_fw-la et_fw-la potestas_fw-la per_fw-la senatum_fw-la more_fw-it romano_n magistratui_fw-la max_fw-la ima_fw-la permittitur_fw-la cap._n 9_o the_o institutione_n christiani_n principis_fw-la rhet._n lib._n 1._o lib._n 6._o moral_a lib._n 6._o capit_fw-la 31._o antiq._n lect_n ecclesiast_fw-la 19_o 1._o john_n 4._o demp_v epist_n 1._o praeferri_fw-la debet_fw-la consilium_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la dei_fw-la voluntate_fw-la congruit_fw-la super._n math._n 4._o roma_fw-it 11._o psalm_n 35._o heâ—odot_n lib._n 7._o erasmus_n in_o apothekâ—â—a_fw-la pleâ—umque_fw-la omnium_fw-la temiretati_fw-la etc._n etc._n titus_n liviâ—s_n lib._n 38._o in_o oâ—aâ—_n ma._n seneca_n de_fw-fr beneficiis_fw-la lib._n 6._o capitulo_fw-la 11._o tullius_n in_o oâ—â—t_n pro_fw-la rabbit_n pâ—sth_n &_o in_o epistl_n ad_fw-la lentul_n boaetius_fw-la quem_fw-la citat_fw-la accuitius_n in_o l._n sed_fw-la a_o ultra_n in_o sine_fw-la â—â—_o psalm_n 126._o ecclesiast_fw-la 18._o in_o libro_fw-la 4._o virtut_o aristo_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 8._o magn_n moral_a discretio_fw-la mater_fw-la est_fw-la omnium_fw-la virtutum_fw-la aristo_n eth._n libro_fw-la 6._o seneca_n lib._n 9_o epistl_n 68_o seneca_n lib._n 1._o epistol_n 86._o anton._n in_o sum_n part_n 4._o tit_n cap._n 14_o jodoc._n clichtouc_n '_o in_o introduc_fw-la tionc_fw-fr jacob_n fabii_n in_o ethic._n arist_n ecclesiast_fw-la 21._o capitulo_fw-la 4._o ecclesiast_fw-la 33._o claud._n cotor_n lib_fw-la 1._o cap_n 2._o the_o discipline_n milit_fw-la in_o 6._o ethic._n alâ—isque_fw-la in_o cocis_fw-la vbi_fw-la supra_fw-la tit._n 3._o lib._n 2._o in_o prolo_fw-la statut_fw-la politic._n lib._n 5._o capitul_n 8._o in_o tractatu_fw-la de_fw-la constlio_fw-la &_o consiliariis_fw-la princip_n ff._n de_fw-fr minorib_n 25._o annis_fw-la plutarch_n in_o vita_fw-la licurgi_n aulus_n gellius_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 23_o vbi_fw-la supra_fw-la luke_n 6._o erasmus_n in_o apothegma_n 1._o coâ—nt_fw-la 13_o in_o libro_fw-la â—â—_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plutarch_n num_fw-la seni_fw-la gerenda_fw-la sit_fw-la respublica_fw-la vbi_fw-la supra_fw-la jacobus_n gracianus_fw-la in_o prologo_fw-la &_o declaratione_fw-la omnium_fw-la plutarchi_n operum_fw-la moral_n cicero_n in_o catone_n maiore_fw-la iliad_n 4._o odissi_n 2_o euripides_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o menalipe_n vetus_fw-la hoc_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la opera_fw-la quidem_fw-la juniorum_fw-la consilia_fw-la autem_fw-la senioâ—un_n vim_o habert_n diws_o ambrose_n officiorum_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 2._o seniores_fw-la consilio_fw-la praevaleuâ—_n iuniores_fw-la ministerio_fw-la phillippus_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr torre_n in_o libro_fw-la de_fw-fr institutione_n regis_fw-la christiani_n 1._o regum_fw-la 18._o genesis_n 14_o 1._o regum_fw-la 13._o 4._o regum_fw-la 5._o 4._o regum_fw-la 12._o 2._o esdras_n 8._o 2_o â—sdras_fw-la 5._o luke_n 10._o nicolaus_n de_fw-fr lora_n in_o caput_fw-la 10._o lucae_n ecclesiast_fw-la 30._o proverb_n 17._o proverb_n 11._o seneca_n in_o libro_fw-la de_fw-la benefi_n velox_fw-la consilium_fw-la sequitur_fw-la paenitentia_fw-la secundae_fw-la curae_fw-la sapientiores_fw-la noverca_fw-la consilij_fw-la praecipitatio_fw-la lib._n 22._o festinatio_fw-la improvida_fw-la est_fw-la &_o caeca_fw-la canis_fw-la festinans_fw-la caecos_fw-la parit_fw-la catulos_fw-la erasmus_fw-la in_o adagijs_fw-la anton._n de_fw-fr guevara_n in_o episto_n prover._n 4_o 25_o in_o lib._n cvi_fw-la titul_n dux_n itinerant_a in_o problemat_n proverb_n 12._o lib._n 2._o capit_fw-la 2._o de_fw-fr officijs_fw-la ecclesiast_fw-la 8._o proverb_n 27._o polienus_n libro_fw-la 1._o stratage_n libro_fw-la â—_o ecclesiast_fw-la 27_o fredericus_fw-la furi_fw-la ubâ—_n supra_fw-la erasm_n in_o panegir_n