Iodocus Badius Ascensius Religioso admodũ Patri
Ioanni de vepria sub diuo Bernardo in Claraualle
egregie militanti. Salutem.D.
MIsisti ad nos pater hũanissime moralẽ metamorpho
seos Ouidianę cõmẽtationẽ:venerandi videlz P[unknown character]is
Tomę Walleys natiõe anglici luculentã & vtilẽ (vt
cõplures alię eius extant gentis) lucubrationẽ: meo
pręlo (nili fallor) imprimẽdã. In qua re tacitis votis tuis lubẽtissime
morẽ gessi:tũ [unknown character] ab isto tã pio tam[unknown character] [unknown character]bando consilio
ne vnguẽ [unknown character] dẽ latũ discessisse voluerim:tũ [unknown character] idẽ mihi fortasse
q[unknown character] & paternitati tuę [unknown character]spicacissimę:[unknown character]nadeo & authori i[unknown character]i visũ
est: Opus videlicet ipsum prędicatorib9.i. diuini verbi declamatoribus
sane [unknown character] vtile futurũ: Siue [unknown character] eiusmodi mythicis ille-cebris
mortaliũ animi facili9 & tenacius irretian[unknown character]. vt sic admis
sus circũ pręcordia ludat:ridens[unknown character] verũ dicat:siue [unknown character] (quoniaz
ntimur in vetitũ:difficile[unknown character] est consueta relinquere) voluit au
rũ ęgyptiacũ in vsũ iudęorũ.i.res fabulosas ad vsũ x[unknown character]ifideliũ
cõuertere:docens videlicet fabulamentis poeticis [unknown character] pueri imbi
bim9 senes bene vti. Sic ete[unknown character] Pantheon factũ est oĩm sanctorũ
templũ.sic februarię lustrationes virgineę purificationis cę
rei & dñicę victorię faculę/brandones vocãt. Sic fere oĩa tam
gentilia [unknown character] iudaica & festa & antistitũ ornamẽta in piũ vsum ca
tholica couertit ecclesia. Nã pro saturnalibus:dñici aduentus
sanctissima instituit præ [unknown character]amenta. Pro Iani xeniis dñicã colit
circũcisionẽ. Pro genialib9 illis ac martijs calẽdis: qua dragesi
male ieiuniũ. Pro phase mosaica dñicã celebrat resurrectionẽ.
Pro pentecoste veteri/sanctispirit9 missionẽ. Sed [unknown character]d [unknown character] singula
discurro: cũ in omnibus n[unknown character]is sit quędã antiquę aut su[unknown character]stitio
nis aut cerimõię aut veræ etiã Religiõis imago Sic ig & ope
ris hui9 author magis in diuinis [unknown character] in hũanis litteris versatus:
fabulosas narrationes ad seueras morũ castigationes cõuertit
tametsi argutior apes ex huiusmo di flosculis liquidi9 & cęlesti
us subinde nectar exuxerit. Sed opus imprimẽdum non iudicandũ
recepi:quocirca netabulã quidẽ ĩmutabo pręter[unknown character] in or
thographię ratione. Quã lucubratiũculã paternitati tuæ Vir
doct issime at[unknown character] idem humanissime lubẽs nũcupo at[unknown character] addico.
Vale & boni cosule. Ex officina nostra chalcographa ad Idus
Iulias.M.D.IX.
