Musicae epitome ex Glareani dodecachordo

in Music, nor elsewhere are there more stubborn and arrogant opinionated people who, as soon as they have a little bit of practice in singing, put on a haughty look and, having seized the rod like Aristarchus a Greek grammarian known for his rigorous and critical editing; here used to signify a self-appointed authority, dare to teach and instruct in everything: as for example, those who teach that the confinales co-final notes of all the Modes (for that is what they call them) are on the fifth, when they are on the fourth, which will be clearly shown in Chapter XII of this epitome. By Hercules, one must hunt for the nature of the Modes from the seven species of the Diapason the octave, if indeed it pleases one to provide a certain and indubitable instruction, and not follow the common ways of recognizing the Modes