De opera sexte diei.1
SExte die dixit de[us]. p[ro]ducat terra a[n]i[m]am viue[n]te[m]. iume[n]ta. [et] reptila. [et] bestias terre iuxta spe[cie]s suas. Et vidit de[us] q[uo]d e[ss]et bonu[m]: ait. Faciam[us] ho[m]i[n]em ad imagine[m] [et] si[mi]litudine[m] n[ost]ram. Et p[er]sit piscib[us] mar[is]. [et] volatilib[us] celi. [et] bestijs vniuerse terre. Et creuit de[us] ho[m]i[n]em ad imagine[m] [et] si[mi]litudine[m] sua[m].2
Ornatis sup[er]iorib[us] mu[n]di p[er]tib[us] ta[n]de[m] sexta die terra[m] generib[us] a[n]i[m]aliu[m] ornauit.
Inter a[n]i[m]alia terre tria memorat moyses. iume[n]ta. reptilia. [et] bestias.
In q[ui]b[us] tres d[iue]r[s]ias bruto[rum] irr[ati]onabiliu[m] in co[mmun]e nob[is] insinuat.
Su[n]t e[ni]m bestie q[uae] p[er]fecta sunt pha[n]tasia: mediu[m] i[n]ter irr[ati]onalia sortite: erudiri t[ame]n ab ho[m]i[n]e aut ma[n]suescere nesciu[n]t.
Su[n]t reptilia q[uae] i[m]p[er]fecta[m] ha[ben]t pha[n]tasia[m]: q[ua]si media i[n]ter bruta [et] pla[n]tas.
Su[n]t iume[n]ta q[uae] [et] si care[n]t r[ati]o[n]e: discipline t[ame]n hu[m]ane q[uo]q[uo]mo[do] capaces cu[m] sint. r[ati]o[n]is aliq[ui]d p[ar]ticipare vide[n]t[ur]: media[m] q[ua]si sortiter [con]ditio[n]em i[n]ter bruta [et] ho[m]i[n]es.
A[n]i[m]alia aute[m] varij gener[is] dissi[mi]lib[us] formis. [et] mag[na] [et] mi[n]ora vt fiere[n]t i[m]p[er]auit.
Et facta sunt bina .i[d est]. diuersi sex[us] sing[u]la.
Ex q[uo][rum] fetibus: [et] aer: [et] terra: [et] maria co[m]pleta sunt.
Deditq[ue] bis o[mn]ib[us] bis generatim de[us] alime[n]ta de terra: vt vsui e[ss]e ho[min]ib[us] possent.
Alia nimio[rum] ad cibos.
Alia v[er]o3 ad vestime[n]tu[m].
Que a[u]t[em] mag[nar]u[m] sunt viriu[m]: vt i[n] excole[n]da terra iuuarent. vn[de]4 dicta sunt iume[n]ta.
Hacten[us] de trib[us] mu[n]dis: sup[er]celesti: celesti: [et] s[u]blu[n]ari.
Nu[n]c age[n]du[m] de ho[m]i[n]e vt de quarto mu[n]do.
Ita reb[us] o[mn]ib[us] mirabili desc[ri]ptione co[m]posit[is]: regnu[m] sibi eternu[m] p[ar]are co[n]stituit.
Et innu[m]erabiles a[n]i[m]as p[re]creare. q[ui]b[us] i[m]mortalitate[m] daret.
Tum fecit ipse simulac[rum] sens[i]bile at[que] i[n]tellige[n]s. i[d est]. ad imaginis sue forma[m]. q[ua] nihil p[otes]t e[ss]e p[er]fecti[us]: ho[m]i[n]em figurauit ex limo terre: vn[de]4 ho[mo] nu[n]cupat[us] e[st]. q[uia] sit factus ex humo.
De[us] reru[m] o[mn]i[u]m machinator fecit hominem (q[uo]d Cicero [quam]uis(?) expers celestiu[m] l[ite]ra[rum]: vidit t[ame]n) q[ui] libro de legibus p[ri]mo l[ibro] ide[m] tradidit q[uo]d p[ro]ph[et]e Cui[us] verba s[u]biecim[us].5
Hoc a[n]i[m]al p[ro]uidu[m]: sagax: m[u]ltiplex: acutu[m]: memor: plenu[m] r[ati]o[n]is [et] [con]silij. que[m] vocam[us] homine[m]: p[re]clara q[ua]da[m] [con]dit[i]o[n]e generatu[m] e[ss]e a summo deo solu[m].
Est e[ni]m ex tot a[n]i[m]antiu[m] generib[us] at[que] natur[is]: p[ar]ticeps r[ati]o[n]is [et] cogitat[i]o[n]is. cu[m] cetera sint o[mn]ia exp[er]tia.
Est a[u]t[em] plerumq[ue] [con]suetudo a regib[us] vsurpata [et] p[ri]ncipib[us] terre: vt si forte magnifica[m] [et] nobile[m] c[og]itate[m] [et] [con]dideri[n]t. ia[m] vrbe absoluta imagine[m] sua[m] i[n] medio illi[us] visenda[m] o[mn]ib[us] specta[n]da[m]q[ue] [con]stitua[n]t.
Haut aliter p[ri]ncipe[m] o[mn]iu[m] deu[m] fecisse vide[m][us]. q[ui] to[ta] m[un]di machi[n]a [con]structa: postremu[m] o[mn]ia h[omn]iem in medio illi[us] statuit ad imagine[m] sua[m] [et] si[mi]litudi[n]em formatu[m]. vt libeat exclamare ill[u]d mercurij.6
Magnu[m] o asclepi mirac[u]l[u]m e[st] ho[mo].
Hoc p[re]cipuo no[m]i[n]e gl[or]iari hu[m]ana [con]ditio p[otes]t: q[uo] et[iam] f[a]ct[u]m]: vt s[er]uire illi: nulla creata s[u]b[stanti]a dedignet[ur]: huic terra et elem[en]ta: huic bruta sunt p[re]sto: [et] famulant[ur]. huic militat celu[m]: huic salute[m]: p[ro]cura[n]t a[n]gelices me[n]tes.
Nec miru[m] alicui videri debet: amari illu[m] ab om[n]ibus.
In quo om[n]ia suu[m] aliq[ui]d:
Immo se tota [et] sua om[n]ia agnoscu[n]t.
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