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Quintilian.

HAPPY WOULD THE

ON

THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL MUSIC,

BY THE REVEREND DON PEDRO CERONE OF BERGAMO.

BOOK ONE.

IN WHICH ARE CONTAINED CERTAIN

Advices, documents, and moralities: which, under the guise of uncovering certain

defects and vices, provide counsel on the good qualities that

an accomplished Singer and a perfect Musician must possess.

To the Chapel Masters and excellent Musicians, as learned people,

this work is commended so that, through their sound judgment, others may know and esteem it.

ARTS BE, IF

ONLY ARTISANS JUDGED THEM.

original: "FELICES FVTVRAS ARTES, SI SOLI ARTIFICES DE IIS IVDICARENT." A common Renaissance defense of expertise against amateur critics.

THEY SHINE IN VARIOUS WAYS original: "SPLENDENT VARIE." Likely referring to the sun and the candle in the accompanying emblem, symbolizing different levels of knowledge or brilliance.

You who have a sweet face and do not read these things gladly,
May you envy everyone, O Envious One, and may no one envy you.
original: "Qui dulcis vultus & non legis ista libenter, Omnibus inuideas Liuide, nemo tibi." A Latin epigram warning against spiteful readers.

Martial, Epigrams, Book 1.

ONLY ARTISANS