1251:1
. Virtutum mensuram fructus ratio sequitur. Subaudis, Ut ego, qui dum in cogitatione virtutum I menses dinumero, quando hoc quod implere appetunt parere valeant scio, quia nimirum dum cordis occulta conspicio, iuturum foris effectum operis intus in pondere cogitationis penso. Sequitur:
The reckoning of fruit follows the measure of virtues. You understand: as I do, who, while I number the months in the thought of virtues, know when they may be able to bring forth that which they desire to accomplish, because assuredly, while I behold the hidden things of the heart, I weigh within, in the balance of thought, the future outward effect of the work. There follows:
果子的計算隨眾德的量度而至。你當明白：正如我，我在德行的思想中數算月份時，就知道他們何時能生出所渴望成就的，因為我在鑒察心中隱密之事時，確實在思想的天平上、在內裡衡量那將來外在工作的功效。接著說：