Plato rem publicam alteram dixit pacatam e&longs;&longs;e: et ocii quieti&longs;que <lb/>
cupidam: Alteram ardentem et bellatricem: prout eorum e&longs;&longs;ent <lb/>
animi / qui rebus præ e&longs;&longs;ent. </s> <s id="N404AC4">Exque animi partibus omnem ciuium <lb/>
multitudinem partitus e&longs;t: Vnam eorum / qui ratione <expan abbr="con&longs;ilioquec&utilde;cta'">con&longs;ilioque <lb/>
cuncta '</expan> moderantur: Alteram eorum qui armis iniurias pro&longs;equan<lb/>
tur: Tertiam eorum qui alimenta / quibus patres et milites &longs;ub<lb/>
&longs;tententur / præbeant et &longs;ubmini&longs;trent. </s> <s id="N404AD3">Hæc de multis ueterum <lb/>
<expan abbr="cõmentariis">commentariis</expan> excerpta breui&longs;&longs;ime per&longs;trinxi: Ex quibus illud admo<lb/>
neri uideor: ut quas collegerim / omnes e&longs;&longs;e rerum <expan abbr="publicar&utilde;">publicarum</expan> par<lb/>
tes &longs;tatuam: &longs;inguli&longs;que &longs;ingula deberi ædificiorum genera diiudi<lb/>
cem. </s> <s id="N404AE5">Sed nos quo ex in&longs;tituto rem totam di&longs;tinctius <expan abbr="trã&longs;igamus">tran&longs;igamus</expan> <lb/>
iuuet &longs;ic di&longs;&longs;erui&longs;&longs;e. </s> <s id="N404AEE">Mortalium numerum &longs;iquis in partes diui <lb/>
&longs;urus &longs;it / quidnam huic aliud principio ueniet in mentem: <expan abbr="&quml;">quam</expan> ut <lb/>
&longs;entiat non eo&longs;dem cen&longs;endos e&longs;&longs;e: &longs;i una loci alicuius incolas uni <lb/>
uer&longs;os con&longs;ideres: atque &longs;i partibus &longs;eparatos di&longs;tincto&longs;que <expan abbr="rec&etilde;&longs;eas">recen&longs;eas</expan>. <lb/>
</s> <s id="N404B00">Proxime naturam ip&longs;am contemplatus num &longs;entiet illos quidem <lb/>
in qua poti&longs;&longs;imum re alter ab altero differat: ex ea &longs;ibi re notas ca<lb/>
ptandas e&longs;&longs;e: quibus alteros ab alteris &longs;ecernat. </s> <s id="N404B07">Atqui nihil e&longs;t / <lb/>
quo magis homo qui&longs;piam differat ab homine / <expan abbr="&quml;">quam</expan> una illa in re: <lb/>
qua ab genere beluarum longi&longs;&longs;ime abe&longs;t / ratione et artium opti<lb/>
marum cognitione: adde &longs;i uelis fortunæ <expan abbr="pro&longs;peritat&etilde;">pro&longs;peritatem</expan>: Quibus <lb/>
in dotibus omnibus pauci una inter mortales præ&longs;tant atque excel<lb/>
lunt. </s> <s id="N404B1C">Hinc igitur prima nobis patebit diui&longs;io: ut paucos ex om<lb/>
ni multitudine &longs;eligamus: <expan abbr="quor&utilde;">quorum</expan> alii &longs;apientia con&longs;ilio ingenioque <lb/>
illu&longs;tres: alii u&longs;u rerum et peritia probati: alii opum copia et for<lb/>
tunarum affluentia exi&longs;tant celebres. </s> <s id="N404B29">His primarias rei publicæ <lb/>
partes <expan abbr="cõmittendas">committendas</expan> quis neget? </s> <s id="N404B32">Ergo egregiis uiris qui con&longs;ilio <lb/>
polleant / prima et cura et moderatio rerum <expan abbr="cõmendabitur">commendabitur</expan>. </s> <s id="N404B3B">Hi <lb/>
rem diuinam religione &longs;tatuent: iu&longs;ti æquique modum lege con&longs;ti<lb/>
tuent: bene beateque uiuendi uiam mon&longs;trabunt: pro auctoritate <lb/>
dignitateque <expan abbr="&longs;uor&utilde;">&longs;uorum</expan> ciuium tuenda in die&longs;que augenda <expan abbr="aduigilab&utilde;t">aduigilabunt</expan>: <lb/>
Atque ubi quid <expan abbr="cõmodum/">commodum/</expan> utile / nece&longs;&longs;arium fore præ&longs;en&longs;erint: <lb/>
<expan abbr="c&utilde;">cum</expan> ip&longs;i ætate forte fe&longs;&longs;i contemplandis rebus occupari maluerint <lb/>
<expan abbr="&quml;">quam</expan> exequendis: demandabunt peritis u&longs;u rerum atque ad agendum